The Hindu Crossword 12381

Published - July 28, 2018 12:05 am IST

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Across

  • 1. (with 5 Ac.) I accept corn for roasting in a special circle parallel to 12 Ac. (6,2)
  • 5. See 1 Ac. (6)
  • 9. Desires, after losing the opener, to slip away inside to find some bovids (9)
  • 11. Letters from a lecturer unable to compete again in an election (5)
  • 12. Zero latitude to place fish eggs from the east around a chewable leaf (7)
  • 14. No benefit from scoring one (3,4)
  • 15. Yours truly tore noisy quilt draped around the uniform in an unjust manner (12)
  • 17. Herb said to be behind the response to something that increases with alcohol intake (8,4)
  • 20. Leftover bit from the tirade interrupted by the men at sea (7)
  • 22. I give a sudden push in retreat to the Bengali checking in with a dog (7)
  • 23. Note, half in Arabic, on an ornament for the head (5)
  • 24. Can he allow rude aliens bribing a naive conductor originally on an old bus? (9)
  • 26. Metal worker with a rolling add-on for furniture (6)
  • 27. Upset typesetter cut short missing Yankee's musical composition (8)

Down

  • 1. Time to take out the German leader in a road-levelling machine to find a merchant (6)
  • 2. Strange-looking virus to be made conspicuous (9)
  • 3. Weak Greek character discarded a pungent pepper after a roll-back (3)
  • 4. Top trip cousin planned is self-seeking (13)
  • 6. Dangerous reactions involving gold leading to the science of flying machines (11)
  • 7. Oscar goes after concealing the shipment (5)
  • 8. Hurried to get on top of the large deer coming up to annoy (6)
  • 10. Reduce speed after filming an estate car (8,5)
  • 13. A chatty waiter, one cooking to get the water out and find the salt (11)
  • 16. Ambush's a result of fiction in the reported impact (3,2,4)
  • 18. Volunteers making way for the king lacking motor coordination with an American overshoe (6)
  • 19. Go around with an unofficial association (6)
  • 21. Healthy finances result from living within this (5)
  • 25. Insect found by model going down to bake in the sun (3)
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