The Hindu Crossword 11888

Updated - December 27, 2016 08:18 am IST

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Across

  • 1. Promiser put out flower (8)
  • 5. Almost everybody uttered falsehoods to be in something together (6)
  • 9. One who chooses loses his head but still remains one who chooses (7)
  • 10. Endure TV news segment (7)
  • 11. Italian dairy product Tamil leader put in italic all round appropriately (9)
  • 12. Mark ace leaving out detail that's confusing (5)
  • 13. Pretence produces endless embarrassment (4)
  • 14. They give minute warning before breakfast serving (3,6)
  • 17. Having given details, son calmed down, seeing a vowel-change (9)
  • 19. Frequently goes after society that's not strict (4)
  • 23. (5)
  • 24. Embarrassed by late sale I managed (3,2,4)
  • 25. Heavily defeat leaders of terrorists' ring with little weight (7)
  • 26. We lot squirm uneasily/approve sexy kind of scene in our films (7)
  • 27. Strip guy going round the mid-section of Vienna (6)
  • 28. He struggles often to get out of a hold (8)

Down

  • 1. Don't look that much! It's without equal! (8)
  • 2. I somehow retain staying power (7)
  • 3. Give an account of a sort of trade (6)
  • 4. Storing away, away from ' Rocks', thanks to which deliveries are made properly (7,6)
  • 6. The French somehow made it in preparation period (4,4)
  • 7. It is used while suffering from cold – one's now beginning to get more healthy (7)
  • 8. Obscure boat in hiding place (6)
  • 10. Tell-all referee? (13)
  • 15. Checked for being shown in a theatre (8)
  • 16. One who runs out of clothes (8)
  • 18. Philosopher on a group of soldiers (7)
  • 20. Doing well – how a ball thrown down may be (2,1,4)
  • 21. Suitable man given the equipment (6)
  • 22. Now America reveals rank (6)
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