The Hindu Crossword 12597

April 11, 2019 12:05 am | Updated 12:05 am IST

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Across

  • 1. A drop of lime-infused wild honey (7)
  • 5. Dr. Spooner propounded that the conjunction of a star and satellite leads to deluge for days on end (7)
  • 9. Frank leaves home, chasing popular girl next door, maybe? (7)
  • 10. Pull of light cart tackling turns (7)
  • 11. Explain why return on advance covering promotion ignores the last instalment of repayments (9)
  • 12. After eliminating America, Austria thrashed Indian side (5)
  • 13. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone’s opening fights (5)
  • 15. Evangelist voiced love quote, say, ... that helps keep sickness at bay (9)
  • 17. Doctor in love gets direction (9)
  • 19. For mathematicians, it signifies a total disgrace when Fermat's last is forgotten (5)
  • 22. Not a vessel to provide a meal (5)
  • 23. A piece intended to be heard flat (9)
  • 25. Symmetrical roof is better with sides interchanged (7)
  • 26. Punches holes in reform of Bible Society by Democrat (7)
  • 27. Conspicuously new — yet old-fashioned (7)
  • 28. Extremely fretful jaguar's spring (7)

Down

  • 1. Platform is shrouding the bottom of orange flowers (7)
  • 2. Race event, for instance, is enveloped by perfume wafting up (7)
  • 3. Secret want given up by freshman (5)
  • 4. Aggressive, mostly irregular rebel, ultimately (9)
  • 5. Suggested adding root of onion in mutton, perhaps? (5)
  • 6. Scandalous, revolting bilge left neurobiologist unsettled (9)
  • 7. Cloudiness is beginning to overwhelm the outskirts of Patiala town (7)
  • 8. Compound interest is charged after including arrears from inception and deducting cess (excluding tips) (7)
  • 14. Small bear at the fag ends of the wood gets killed (9)
  • 16. Judge found criminal's clothing? Never happened before! (7-2)
  • 17. Bird is eating a piece of wood, I say! (7)
  • 18. Free — yet I'm unambitious...controlling...retiring (7)
  • 20. Source of problems from global test on the basics of machine learning and integrated networks (7)
  • 21. Musician playing sitar starts to transfix everyone (7)
  • 23. Solder toys after unpacking completely on top (5)
  • 24. Bought a book filled with forbidden stuff (5)
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