The Hindu Crossword 12216

January 17, 2018 12:05 am | Updated 01:15 am IST

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Across

  • 6. British revolutionary eats one, then second loaf of bread (7)
  • 7. Let's try to buy stuffing of unprepared pastry (7)
  • 9. Come close to disrobed girl being shielded (5)
  • 10. Dishonest editor's withdrawal requires authorisation (9)
  • 11. Grapes for a concubine (7)
  • 13. Fuss about king being guarded by individuals of martial art (6)
  • 15. Thong curled in another thong, maybe (13)
  • 19. Deceased leader of gang gets buried at first by religious person (6)
  • 20. Small crate of ice-cream midway exported is returned, being illicit (7)
  • 23. Displaying jewellery with elaborate decor (9)
  • 24. Inert liquid is in three parts (5)
  • 26. Sprite affects girl and men (7)
  • 27. Information often needs to be checked for recency (7)

Down

  • 1. Pestles broke shell to reveal skin (4)
  • 2. Dined on Meze with little chili, got a skin infection (6)
  • 3. Solemn music that can occur in a zombie movie (4,5)
  • 4. Ill-mannered king imprisoned being narrow-minded (8)
  • 5. Notice by district inspector: Lot kidnapped one criminal more (10)
  • 6. Dismiss bachelor with auditor's job (6)
  • 7. Miso soup is somewhat average (2-2)
  • 8. Army division executes leader for money (6)
  • 12. Lines of code written to describe king of Mongolia, say (10)
  • 14. Banishing worry being sad (9)
  • 16. Totally, ten robbed one bank (8)
  • 17. Engineers got time filling in for idiot (6)
  • 18. Leave English exam getting highest sectional scores (6)
  • 21. Terracotta wagons smuggled into city (6)
  • 22. Family purchases large oven (4)
  • 25. Frozen dice are thawed (4)
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