The Hindu Crossword 12279

Updated - March 31, 2018 12:55 am IST

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Across

  • 6. Stupid fellow, getting caught in the bar (5)
  • 7. Crash as one becomes old in the west (8)
  • 10. Payment for space, back up on time (7)
  • 11. Vile, putrid, takes seconds to create mayhem (7)
  • 12. For call girl, sex is money (7)
  • 13. Applause — eggs on to get it back (7)
  • 14. Had met a nobleman before in the final (11)
  • 19. Habit of fool chopping hay (7)
  • 21. Stop a book halfway and publish — no bar (7)
  • 23. Dregs that remain around university (7)
  • 25. Railroad only to check delay (7)
  • 26. Use merit to become a don post retirement (8)
  • 27. Lodging or dislodging tips from photo cell (5)

Down

  • 1. Girl's a cat, did you say? (8)
  • 2. Writer's fear of losing way in city (6)
  • 3. Solve problem, Mack's perhaps pining (10)
  • 4. Part of medicals, getting high on drug (4)
  • 5. Growth rings will invalidate one (6)
  • 6. Horribly rude with me? On the contrary (6)
  • 8. Sped away bearing gloom (7)
  • 9. Feel bad it's time for lunch (5)
  • 13. I shouldn't refuse to drink a rum (10)
  • 15. First check how the German makes soup (7)
  • 16. Girl without sail, out in the capital (8)
  • 17. Not even once horse gets shade (5)
  • 18. Phone placed on laptop keeps bugs away (6)
  • 20. Oil producer creates a mess close to shore (6)
  • 22. Choice for pain is a herb (6)
  • 24. Opponents a short distance apart, they’re amphibians (4)
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