The Hindu Crossword 12271

Published - March 22, 2018 12:05 am IST

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Across

  • 1. Passed on that I am section editor (8)
  • 5. Female and boy despondent and uncultivated (6)
  • 10. The best possible plot unveiled about doctors' organisation (7)
  • 11. Every ogre driven off at brisk speed (7)
  • 12. Makes improvements with half of them taking bits (6)
  • 13. Son’s getting comfy — learner leaving and moving very fast (8)
  • 15. We're told: "Lift beams" (4)
  • 16. Grecian den releasing member of family (10)
  • 18. Thug with history to make a public statement (2,2,6)
  • 20. Court's dead carpentry material (4)
  • 23. Cover with a piece of cloth on extremely large arm (8)
  • 24. Cunning hag and daughter (6)
  • 26. Unfriendly quality here in France — Sen's in confusion (7)
  • 27. Cultivation is up to date (7)
  • 28. Carefully read and absorb a magazine (6)
  • 29. He led, we cooked up endless sweet-talks (8)

Down

  • 1. How even a Leftist might be balanced (2,4,5,4)
  • 2. Product of a man of clay? (7)
  • 3. Cure: mere exercise — daily at start and end (6)
  • 4. Thinks female abandoned slippery customers (4)
  • 6. Referring to mythical king imprisoned in a plant (8)
  • 7. On support, desi goes wild (3,4)
  • 8. Deranged, she's now displaying perversity (15)
  • 9. Joint ownership of cane stock in block (9)
  • 14. No way — such an area cannot progress (9)
  • 17. Lubricators are great, helpful persons (8)
  • 19. Joker out to fall in with ruler making beastly noises (7)
  • 21. Considering everything, old girl accepts fifty-fifty (7)
  • 22. Put away quietly for themselves in part (6)
  • 25. At last, you have reversed role in US State (4)
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