The Hindu Crossword No. 2789

May 03, 2014 05:41 pm | Updated 05:41 pm IST

Across

1 Check opening for caretaker (7)

5 Groom leader of Hispanic American group (7)

9 Deposit for gatehouse (5)

10 Right one developing small firearms (9)

11 Simultaneously, however (2,3,4,4)

13 Sound coming from car with disc on (5)

14 In doubt, new curate about new home (9)

16 Delivery securing wicket before end of league game (9)

18 Bird, yellow, all but head (5)

20 Eventually seeing rather remarkable rare lot (6,2,5)

23 Noticing novel written by Oscar under an assumed name (9)

24 Racket revealed by informer, one inside (5)

25 Reflect it’s good to pay attention (7)

26 Former player, demanding type (7)

Down

1 QC in second class (4)

2 Spinster’s game (3,4)

3 What a soldier may have on in fine film (9)

4 Always going up to Montpelier, a criminal (9,6)

5 Brand new item from carpenter shouldn’t be defective? (4,1,5,5)

6 Work out volume in one (5)

7 A married girl in the USA (7)

8 Having good taste, Cinders poured out gin cocktail (10)

12 Hearing, sadly, about graduate’s lengthy scolding (10)

15 Land of Hope and Glory’s fourth air aunt and I performed(9)

17 Dumplings and odd-looking conch collected by soldier (7)

19 Finding of court in support of composer (7)

21 Freighter’s crew? (5)

22 Raise back (4)

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