The Hindu Crossword 12738

Published - September 24, 2019 12:05 am IST

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Across

  • 1. Madly hire – taking on board sailor and pirate (8)
  • 5. Nice is wrongly represented in Supreme Court ... it is picturesque (6)
  • 10. Servant maid's initial attraction (5)
  • 11. Accuracy of composition by Numero Uno on return (9)
  • 12. Put an end to a kind of whiskey (6)
  • 13. Appropriate English spa town (not hot!) (8)
  • 15. Strand engineer with a child (5)
  • 17. Leave the decision to Penny (4,1,4)
  • 19. Briefly record confusion in quadrilateral (9)
  • 20. Edit and finish by morning (5)
  • 21. I boarded hybrid car, catamaran and plane (8)
  • 23. Fit weapons to a German aircraft-carrier, initially, in fleet (6)
  • 27. Indian musical instrument's note is pure (9)
  • 28. Banned material that may be found next to trunk (5)
  • 29. He wears nothing except his birthday suit, perhaps, around commencement of dance after noon (6)
  • 30. State: "A Republican state" (8)

Down

  • 1. Sells, I hear, wines (5)
  • 2. RAF CO A. Jon's flying "The Maid of Orleans" (4,2,3)
  • 3. Wag company's little microphone (5)
  • 4. Spot English Bond, for example (4)
  • 6. Mince tail and poach to produce sausage (9)
  • 7. A person from Kerala has a note from Nigeria (5)
  • 8. Anxious ... CERN should be covered by cone before commencement of de-ionization (9)
  • 9. Blue Force, indeed (9)
  • 14. Spreading grease/fat results in articulation difficulties (5,4)
  • 15. Wild pubs supported by Scotsman (9)
  • 16. Spaces tall people need? Captain's cabins (9)
  • 18. Musical tops for surgeons (9)
  • 22. Drove around and wandered (5)
  • 24. Food secreted in Samurai tatami (5)
  • 25. Sailor on Yankee ship shows deep chasm (5)
  • 26. RIP ... a mourner may shed this (4)
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