The Hindu Crossword 12277

Updated - March 29, 2018 12:44 am IST

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Across

  • 1. Fish eating girls are rough (6)
  • 4. Against expecting — not hard to get some of the bribe back (8)
  • 10. Fellows not only committing robbery, also showing deceit (9)
  • 11. See Peter retreating into tent (5)
  • 12. Path paved with gold, before it was plain (7)
  • 13. Under pain, went ahead — went at great speed (7)
  • 14. Yes, it's halfway house in Russia (5)
  • 15. Sanctimonious fellow, one in a sphere shaped enclosure (8)
  • 18. Inability to write to a foreign character in Indian city (8)
  • 20. Holidaymaker takes maiden out on a romp (5)
  • 23. Opening perforce, not starting revolution (7)
  • 25. The fish isn't alive, said to have succumbed (7)
  • 26. Cleared a bit, let the student go (5)
  • 27. Honest one, perhaps? Precisely! (2,3,4)
  • 28. Ruin as finally Kennedy was brought in dead (3,5)
  • 29. Wagers take place on board (6)

Down

  • 1. Orders for a fighter (8)
  • 2. Cinemas shot on being forgetful (7)
  • 3. University team set to enter fun feast in the country (9)
  • 5. After the movie Stanlay's resolve shrinks (14)
  • 6. Fish eater's different — different at the centre (5)
  • 7. Simple trick to receive uniform signal (7)
  • 8. Girl's thin but voracious (6)
  • 9. After award, got the push — maybe cash in one's chips (4-2,3,5)
  • 16. By changing hands, growth is severe (9)
  • 17. Sardines cooked, being dry (8)
  • 19. Talk after you win contest (7)
  • 21. Stuff to cut in a field (7)
  • 22. It's an invocation (6)
  • 24. Starts investigating — new development in African country (5)
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