The Hindu : The Hindu Crossword 7420

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Friday, Jul 19, 2002

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The Hindu Crossword 7420

Across

1 A starch is broken down for purification (9)
5 The one to be paid before calling the tune (5)
8 Sweet that can go with tuna, oddly (6)
9 Stopping device faulty? Escape from confinement (5,3)
11 Underground duct (4)
12 Old-fashioned, long-suffering person getting treatment at hospital (10)
14 Titan's bone in the neck (5)
15 A measure wielded for the defendant (7)
16 Employer loses head, fabricates a compound (7)
17 Fertilizer from Antigua nourishes plants (5)
19 Getting involved — by assuming a role? (6,4)
20 Surprise! Surprise! A boundary marker (2-2)
22 Enter, trim it: no change needed (8)
23 He enjoys pain but not his own (6)
24 Distinctive attitudes of those suffering (5)
25 Such education, different from the conventional model, for a normal French beginner on a trip (9)

Down

1 Old Danish king of England, Catholic, with a new utility truck (6)
2 A brief account that a humble cat thinks about (9,6)
3 A girl with no finish, unfortunately (4)
4 Standing passengers in suspended state (12)
5 He works at a profession and gets a funny tip in Accra (10)
6 ISI's plan for some fresh competence at work (15)
7 Went round and followed a sequence (7)
10 What a correspondent puts down at the end — money for a magazine, maybe (12)
13 Wading birds, males, go in with a female in a flurry (10)
16 Relating to Peter in a different way (7)
18 Crayon with which to beat student (6)
21 Get from some palms a good starch (4)

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dated July 19, 1952: The Olympic Games

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