The Hindu Crossword 12581

March 23, 2019 12:05 am | Updated 12:05 am IST

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Across

  • 1. Force leaderless, depressed cricket side to bat again (6,2)
  • 5. Fearful of a fine, search by police (6)
  • 9. Somehow I regret holding second record (8)
  • 10. Ailment curtailed a river animal (6)
  • 12. Heat source sent back? Overwhelming energy charges (5)
  • 13. Sailor cop busted at citadel (9)
  • 14. Knock down every other steel sword in tent (6)
  • 16. Shiny decoration is grand waste (7)
  • 19. Theft of large bow at eastern New York (7)
  • 21. Leaders of third unit entering den on the way back for ceremony (6)
  • 23. Ordinary lines come almost broken up by punctuation mark (9)
  • 25. Passage in a land surrounded by water (5)
  • 26. Appeal by insurers covering area in leaning type (6)
  • 27. Millions participating in firm and direct protest (8)
  • 28. Penguin easily dwells in this country (6)
  • 29. Intern he corrected is essential (8)

Down

  • 1. Commotion in messages, you are breaking at the front (6)
  • 2. Astronomical unit of trivial period of our orbit (5-4)
  • 3. Water source ordinary and without warranty (5)
  • 4. Missing primary drug recipe, had to run (7)
  • 6. One could stomp this to impress and get space for resources (9)
  • 7. A new member backing early stage investor (5)
  • 8. At first extremely sorry, I’d become insulting (8)
  • 11. Boast about clothing (4)
  • 15. Order public relations secretary to restrain engineer (9)
  • 17. Convert lean start for a change (9)
  • 18. Boon bowled without batting glove to begin with (8)
  • 20. American university withheld many alerts (4)
  • 21. Operated with hired thug at former capital (7)
  • 22. Place protecting each new source of oil (6)
  • 24. I’m coming back twice to go around a port city (5)
  • 25. Plenty of core specimens (5)
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