The Hindu Crossword 12038

Published - June 20, 2017 12:00 am IST

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Across

  • 1. It may end explosively (8)
  • 5. Muscle aches regularly during dance (6)
  • 9. Dirty bachelor dressed like hippie initially (8)
  • 10. Air cover (6)
  • 12. Train to fly high (5)
  • 13. Maybe daughter or son failed course, mostly about tax (9)
  • 14. Character from Athens starting to run, chased by American bull (6)
  • 16. Lab animals injected with appropriate virus (7)
  • 19. They say a stupid criminal is honest (7)
  • 21. Ancient city is #1? Not quite (6)
  • 23. When it's bedtime finally, you brew tea that's dilute (9)
  • 25. Begins to sweat, cry aloud...about to panic (5)
  • 26. Calling nurse near emergency room (6)
  • 27. Notaries working for a young lady (8)
  • 28. Wrong to open reserved drink (6)
  • 29. In this month, a new clue — "Drained out", for example (8)

Down

  • 1. Understudy turned blue after act (6)
  • 2. Important announcement from witness: "In the middle, saw flesh being cooked" (9)
  • 3. Part of Stockholm is typically wet (5)
  • 4. Locks extremely suspicious characters wearing ashes perhaps (7)
  • 6. Exotic day-care centre’s leader off to welcome singer (9)
  • 7. Game where men could jump overboard (5)
  • 8. Old man attempts to control new stores (8)
  • 11. Rogue's short trick (4)
  • 15. Storyteller almost managed to deceive, with true cunning (9)
  • 17. Speech about exercise, exercise (9)
  • 18. Acts of expiation in prison can possibly ease suffering, for starters (8)
  • 20. Page from "Performing Flea" (4)
  • 21. Moneybags present in that place (7)
  • 22. Got worker to pinch security device (6)
  • 24. Trees irregularly clipped (5)
  • 25. Boy left running, say (5)
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