The Hindu Crossword No. 2593

July 10, 2010 06:23 pm | Updated June 14, 2012 02:42 pm IST

Across

1 Basil, alas, poorly having eaten 500 tropical seeds (10)

6 Broadcast about introduction of cigar lighter (4)

10 Non-religious clause upset rector, initially (7)

11 Longin’ for a painkiller (7)

12/14 Believe me, you need to get everything right concerning Italian (4,2,7,5,2)

16 Relative earning bucks (7)

17 Second course in preparation? Sugar’s required (7)

18 Most serious heading off for mountain (7)

19 Small terrier - daughter and I mind one barking at end of street (6,7)

23 Typical of girl kept in a long time (7)

24 Working with sailor, I round lake (7)

25 Characteristic memo (4)

26 PA a chap uses in resort (10)

Down

1 Leader of such a quiet band (4)

2 As all involved agree, vulgar Conservative in Tenby’s out of order (2,6,7)

3 Boy, Kelvin, makes a mechanical creature (5)

4 Not Gretel’s new pair of glasses (9)

5 Apprehension in Territorial Army (5)

7 I scare truculent suspect with rebukes (7,8)

8 Fabric shrink? Up until now, both ends of Terylene (10)

9 Rat from a river in Italy, say (8)

13 Stirred up, one in prison caused a commotion (6,4)

15 Very hot local drinking drop of retsina (8)

16 Novice with new musical instrument (9)

20 Switch off short play about the East (5)

21 Mistaken about oddball (5)

22 Person in charge in stud (4)

Solution to previous crossword 2592 is also given

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