The Hindu Crossword No. 2777

February 08, 2014 03:45 pm | Updated May 18, 2016 06:56 am IST

Across

1 Dynamo in our wee shop

malfunctioned (10)

6 Luxurious hotel cut

credit (4)

10 Book finally abridged (5)

11 Moved abroad, head of

group settled in Abu Dhabi

with daughter? (9)

12 Run out of ideas, so planned

tea dance doomed?

(4,2,1,4,3)

14 Is a poet on drugs? (7)

15 Good, boy’s looks (7)

17 Lab gear inappropriate for

this school subject (7)

19 Back where witch lived, she

with no heart (7)

20 Girl needs chopped apple to make a dessert (9,5)

23 Well-organised firm —

join (5-4)

24 One worn by sailor, a

headdress (5)

25 Take off before ten for

summit (4)

26 Our Greek primate

on board pretended disdain

(4,6)

Down

1 Page on amateur stage

production (4)

2 Wife saying yes, rolling

about in mud (9)

3 Admire skill and

integrity (14)

4 Single over American

finds difficult (7)

5 Language used within

confines of stag party (7)

7 Large Italian male,

supple (5)

8 Extra portions of food team

ruins (4,6)

9 Ordinary study in B & B,

say (5-3-6)

13 Vacation so relaxing in

Canadian province (4,6)

16 I may not give you a fair

deal (9)

18 Against carrying on, old

merchant of Venice (7)

19 One may make one cross,

one picking team without

leader (7)

21 A wild urge to contradict (5)

22 Prince and son depicted by

portrait painter (4)

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