The Hindu Crossword 12402

August 22, 2018 12:05 am | Updated 01:37 am IST

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Across

  • 8. Goa's broth — it's made from tapioca (4)
  • 9. Spicy rice consumed by 22 laureates (5)
  • 10. State: Bhutan is in turmoil after loss of borders (4)
  • 11. Bounder wearing jacket (6)
  • 12. Unmarried sister initially consumes a pinch of hashish for herpes zoster (8)
  • 13. Tries a model temporary employee starting to take stock (8)
  • 15. 60 minutes on island for heavenly women (6)
  • 17. Pets return after a dance (3-4)
  • 19. Suggestion: Replace one with another one, and go ahead (7)
  • 22. Seafood racket's good? (6)
  • 24. Church-yard's got some measure of length in the U.S., where one may rest in peace (8)
  • 26. Reduce iron, perhaps (8)
  • 28. Smile crookedly consuming some Ugandan breakfast cereal (6)
  • 30. Bad habit of six engineers (4)
  • 31. Pollen nuisance, to some extent, results in feeling of weariness (5)
  • 32. Force Yankee following a Republican male (4)

Down

  • 1. Tailless animal's arrived (4)
  • 2. Male bird's knees, I hear, for some Londoners? (8)
  • 3. Say, "Nope, wrong state" (4,2)
  • 4. Most proximate dead-end road on street (7)
  • 5. Penalized and shunted around Northern Ireland (8)
  • 6. Martial art king's gun is kaput — has endless fun (4,2)
  • 7. Jane leaves Javanese container (4)
  • 14. Pick me up and take on nice international cruise, for starters (5)
  • 16. Touring Agincourt, remove torn toga and suffer (5)
  • 18. States Equated Monthly Instalment and taxes (8)
  • 20. Where an alcoholic lawyer may end up? (2,3,3)
  • 21. Shows hides (7)
  • 23. Killing a group of crows (6)
  • 25. Autobiography of setter — also in French and Russian, initially (6)
  • 27. Leave alien abducting team (4)
  • 29. Thrashes monk endlessly in front of sheriff at first (4)

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