The Hindu Crossword 12688

July 26, 2019 12:05 am | Updated 12:05 am IST

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Across

  • 1. Determined to transfer director to British capital; dejected and overwhelmed (6,4)
  • 6. Soldiers coming back after end of fight capturing a plant (4)
  • 10. Boy! Louis is mad to cross the middle of river. Evidently (9)
  • 11. Counter opening earlier, runs out of stock of calling device (5)
  • 12. Drawback! Book desptached for capital of Canada takes time, internal mix up at Germany. Get a courier (7,6)
  • 14. Chilled daiquiri, cognac, absinthe at the end leads to dysentry primarily (4)
  • 15. Perhaps extra zone Congress eventually conceded to Left in the poll for vacant seat (2-8)
  • 17. Teacher is strict, our group got notified first (10)
  • 21. Man, say is skeletal essentially (4)
  • 23. Five missing; servant covers up mysterious clash necessitating a court order (6,7)
  • 25. Small bird found in the lot we let fly (5)
  • 26. Fluctuating returns, large discrepancy found in the centre, covered up (9)
  • 27. Worst owner to retain place (4)
  • 28. Decreased flow around Chennai in the middle, rose again (10)

Down

  • 1. Born in difficulty, child is bearing a trouble from the start, leading to a complaint (10)
  • 2. Teacher manages to control errant students at the beginning (9)
  • 3. Sweethearts's hugs and kisses and stroke is almost sensational (6)
  • 4. Eldest royal, tucked in and put to sleep (7)
  • 5. Receipt for wife's account features an unknown quantity (7)
  • 7. Gas in car gone (5)
  • 8. Vegetable is good, recipe's awesome primarily (4)
  • 9. A regular pint with ice flakes can be connected to breathlessness (6)
  • 13. Father to learner; be free and ignorant (10)
  • 16. Everything in street kept before often needs to be fixed (9)
  • 18. Property of earl at the outskirts of Tilbury right in the front (6)
  • 19. Company! Can it be endless and in the middle gain energy with drug? (7)
  • 20. Drawback to have son following and no turning back in the front and beyond (7)
  • 22. Shoe found in Britain, at Oxford's good, high class and cheap essentially (6)
  • 23. Attack is almost ending, to retreat against third front (5)
  • 24. Cast is primarily terrific, gets Oscar for keeping spectators on the edge repeatedly (4)
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