The Hindu Crossword 12587

March 30, 2019 12:05 am | Updated 12:05 am IST

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Across

  • 1. Foresee guys losing money and face (8)
  • 5. Inclined to run breaking limits of speed (6)
  • 10. Caught dear husband dancing around maiden mesmerised (7)
  • 11. Eggs on toast! It’s nice (7)
  • 12. Desperate adults wanting date in American city (5)
  • 13. Disheartened wives tackling depression with alcohol indiscriminately (9)
  • 14. Make the critical difference! Destroy plastic sheet (3,3,6)
  • 18. Make drunk approach the principal (2,2,4,4)
  • 21. Strengthen hold on army (9)
  • 23. Tree in front of London Bridge (5)
  • 24. Not new to rock in Goa with rum and fish (7)
  • 25. Criminals concealed aboard steamer (7)
  • 26. One carrying marijuana and ecstasy caught by guide (6)
  • 27. Rogue seen around camp making deals (8)

Down

  • 1. Conservative aboard flight beginning to earnestly provoke (6)
  • 2. Sailor drawn in by horrible sound (6)
  • 3. Mischievous child wearing fancy coat is congenial (9)
  • 4. What a sewer worker might do to be totally wasted? (2,4,3,5)
  • 6. Caught in temptation for riches (5)
  • 7. Hazards from potholes over slope (8)
  • 8. Criticize essentially and break up (8)
  • 9. What a tug-of-war contestant might do to be obstinate? (3,4,5,2)
  • 15. Tax measure withdrawn in amendment (9)
  • 16. Jelly in a bait brought up a fish (4-4)
  • 17. Approach contemptible person interrupting a duet rudely (8)
  • 19. Silver ring lost? No great shakes (6)
  • 20. Spirits given by good innkeepers (6)
  • 22. Student breaks bogus chip (5)
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