The Hindu Crossword 12552

February 18, 2019 12:05 am | Updated 12:05 am IST

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Across

  • 1. Frustrating arrangement traps Oscar in a borderline unethical public relations exercise (12)
  • 8. Consult a naturalist for the provision of a grape variety (7)
  • 9. Princess leaving the old-timer at sea with a grape variety (6)
  • 11. Abandoned in a state of flux (9)
  • 12. Grape variety from a Greek character getting a century on return (5)
  • 14. An order of mammals requiring the corn Ravi cooked with a vitamin (9)
  • 16. We're getting the energy to go in front with a pitcher (4)
  • 18. Send out the inverted timer after removing the cap (4)
  • 19. Vani sung off-key after consuming the old French grape (9)
  • 21. A time for bats to fly with the speaker's chess piece (5)
  • 22. Firm British sailors hunt for something likely to be seen in an American field (9)
  • 23. Grape variety to laugh at? That is right! (6)
  • 25. Single Yankee sent out by the Democrat to get a tight-fitting garment (7)
  • 26. Adamant Rani's netting in tatters (12)

Down

  • 2. Egocentric description of the portions in a buffet? (4-7)
  • 3. Come by again to treat tainted segment (8)
  • 4. Cattle herd supervisor's coin flip welcomes the storyteller upset by a follower (5,4)
  • 5. Poem in recital by daughter covered with frost (5)
  • 6. Enter uninvited into an Italian website featuring a low vibrating sound from the south (6)
  • 7. Slime made from grinding of offal originally (3)
  • 8. Countess made to go around Switzerland to get the family shields (10)
  • 10. Description of a person in a birthday suit? (5,5)
  • 13. Left out landowner has no hesitation in re-development for a profit occasionally (3,3,5)
  • 15. Samurai in trouble after hiding half a pound in the fish tanks (9)
  • 17. Grape variety for a sweet white wine (8)
  • 20. Sense a narrow focus? (6)
  • 22. Vatican court gets an article to barter for the old trinket (5)
  • 24. Bird needing no introduction to the Maori tribes (3)
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