The Hindu : The Hindu Crossword No. 2502

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Sunday, Apr 27, 2003

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Miscellaneous - Crossword

The Hindu Crossword No. 2502

Across

1 At home in safe job requiring little work (8)

5 Steer and colt carried by rail in freight wagon (6)

10 Tune from duo without hint of pizzaz (3)

11 Very strong chess player caught out by girl in lesson (11)

12 Fish meals — a child may have one (10)

13 Obscure band (4)

15 Tackle a problem decisively — get help at stern, badly damaged (5,3,6)

18 Business practice introduced by the ancient Egyptians? (7,7)

20 Young person on a Caribbean island (4)

21 Loyalty, for example, in union (10)

24 Char, with a finger broken, is sweeping (3-8)

25 Drink in crate, ale (3)

26 Run out on pitch with president (6)

27 Irish dramatist uneasily read his name (8)

Down

1 Thinly dispensed over round heart of grassland (6)

2 Girl, not quite sane (5)

3 Awkward member, so drunk, following copper (10)

4 The last shot should have put such a one inpocket (9,5)

6 Applied to Church of England, formerly (4)

7 Girl, we hear, needs a note from quack (9)

8 Given a second helping that's cold? (8)

9 English novelist — awful ogre greeted him roughly (6,8)

14 One may be heard on Sundays, one in front of the flock? (4-6)

16 Unusual chats, perhaps with exceptional people (4,5)

17 Clearly identified remedy (8)

19 Keep army in check (6)

22 Famous diamonds college sent over (5)

23 Tackle US leading man, reportedly (4)

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