The Hindu Crossword 12671

July 06, 2019 12:05 am | Updated 12:05 am IST

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Across

  • 1. Chastening fellow setter, happy to knock vacuous clue (11)
  • 9. Process of prioritising, working great around hospitals essentially (6)
  • 10. Sang praises of old lover — took it as a duty (8)
  • 11. Low point of revolting free article (5)
  • 12. Put right notorious criminal? Not so (4,3)
  • 13. Secretaries facing one's stricture (8)
  • 15. Oily and gross, a piece of cake (6)
  • 16. Woman in strife with domestic appliance (6)
  • 18. Swigging gin cured loss of excess weight (8)
  • 20. Wordplay — wicked reversal bringing cheer (5,2)
  • 21. First woman to box, a dead duck (5)
  • 22. Language like 'Open Sesame' (8)
  • 23. It indicates the hour where water freezes shut (6)
  • 24. Gang pile up on male outside cell (6,5)

Down

  • 2. Two legs at great length (2,3,2)
  • 3. In disagreement about ruler (5)
  • 4. They show a degree of reverence heading off agents surrounding Bond (7)
  • 5. Cast do go to pieces filming fine tragedies (4,2,3)
  • 6. Approximately large section of pizza (7)
  • 7. Book club to forget keeping account? Be done with it (5,2,1,5)
  • 8. Killing scene at the end? (5,8)
  • 14. Still mastering golf, it is turning to be plain (9)
  • 17. Try ham, veal got after rump cuts (4,1,2)
  • 18. Full on exercise prisons to allow (7)
  • 19. Comedian keeping place in series (7)
  • 21. Time is hard to manage growing up (5)

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