The Hindu Crossword 12488

December 04, 2018 12:05 am | Updated 12:05 am IST

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Across

  • 5. Cool musical accompaniment described by Brown (6)
  • 6. Being pockmarked, gets depressed (6)
  • 9. Tiny bit of positivity in revolutionary statement rejecting fancy speech! (6)
  • 10. Scribe's tools here in cocktail booth (8)
  • 11. Framework fitted into bracket (4)
  • 12. A world full of noodle soup for anti-colonialist! (10)
  • 13. Interventionism: is it ruining our surroundings (11)
  • 18. Shock as king enters stand-off with son (10)
  • 21. Anaemic bone deficiency (4)
  • 22. Verify a relative's eligibility to drink a bit of masala chai (8)
  • 23. Difficult to get ahead when short of money (4,2)
  • 24. Pour out wine, say, for British TV presenters (6)
  • 25. Walk in the park in light wind (6)

Down

  • 1. Kid gloves made of this for nanny! (8)
  • 2. Tarzan's not feral at heart, can create a few lines of poetry (6)
  • 3. Invalids in this vomitorium! (8)
  • 4. Darn cramp! (6)
  • 5. Official event for students (6)
  • 7. German flower bed vandalised, Indian woman arrested (6)
  • 8. Rex’s realm to get closer to the world beyond (7,4)
  • 14. Setter to ponder over half broken engine light (8)
  • 15. Adapts, renews the Spanish film with items of topical interest (8)
  • 16. Her grand entrances ignored by Commission (6)
  • 17. Initiate time off before key occasion (6)
  • 19. Snowbird ensnared by mad dictator (6)
  • 20. Circle inspector's boss present (6)
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