The Hindu Crossword 12689

Published - July 27, 2019 12:05 am IST

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Across

  • 1. Unfair to retain bureaucrats in an area (6)
  • 4. Seaming wicket in Glamorgan, primarily seen by the beginning of summer at England (6)
  • 9. One against 13? Time to regret (4)
  • 10. Had copies distributed earlier on pressure from Bishop's office (10)
  • 11. In Ottawa, Sabina gets a spice (6)
  • 12. Too many administrators and headman, a vanity to the extremes (3-5)
  • 13. A new crime's now on? False (9)
  • 15. Kings are tyrants, heartless going to wars pointlessly (5)
  • 16. Started to pray for Sun, to begin with shower to go away (5)
  • 18. Butler in terrible mood after being dismissed; crowd is backing (5-4)
  • 22. Wrong name, also name in memoirs wrongly spelled (8)
  • 23. Small place; has faulty shower (6)
  • 25. Mock doctor, a miser spending some money at charity event (10)
  • 26. Out in the morning and wander (4)
  • 27. A den made over anew essentially, for a group of nine (6)
  • 28. Hat on forehead? Perhaps he is absent (6)

Down

  • 1. Promise once more, to follow Bible and keep reading (7)
  • 2. Article about king at a battlefield (5)
  • 3. Best set sent back in European Community? Sad (7)
  • 5. Avoid English, Science and Physical Education at the beginning (6)
  • 6. Influenced with leader being absent, aimed to control media, perhaps (9)
  • 7. Recover and turn up (3,4)
  • 8. Award for winner's biased perhaps (8,5)
  • 14. Extinct creature? UN doing a clone using an egg (9)
  • 17. Gourmet's imposing, needs curries often (7)
  • 19. Watch two balls; wait (7)
  • 20. Cosmetic used by mother to conceal a blemish (7)
  • 21. Animal could be a chimp, a langur in captivity (6)
  • 24. Clumsy old guard; dud, should be sacked for being slow (5)
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