SUNDAY CROSSWORD OF THE HINDU DATED 2ND AUGUST 2009 (FILLABLE AND WITH HINTS AS WELL AS SOLUTION)



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Across

1 Insect found in place close to coast (6)

4 Lump getting bigger (8)

9 A short time after state capital makes pact (9)

11 Lie about British chart (5)

12 Finished first in Turnberry open (5)

13 Held short bust in doorway (9)

14 Lies in patches around part of the Vatican (7,6)

18 Suitable offer I support abroad (3,3,7)

20 A new piece of advice about hors d’oeuvre (9)

22 Musician played initially in support (5)

24 Miss Grey, from the north, kept in a long time (5)

25 Relative’s partner in game (4,5)

26 Last, in spite of everything (5,3)

27 Game, jaunty chap (6)

Down

1 Ball game in LA, trial reportedly (8)

2 Once a flying boat (5)

3 Brief record of the suitable candidates (5,4)

5 Film moderates outside joint (9,4)

6 American after fortune for car (5)

7 Run out in awfully big limo causes a jam (9)

8 Voracious animal up in heart of Argyll (6)

10 Loathed bolshy lunatic in school (9,4)

15 Rash yet fasten a protective device (6,3)

16 Father, in capital, wants us raised together (4,5)

17 Play in gym involved gentry (4,4)

19 Criticise American standing on a hat (6)

21 Difficult question for model (5)

23 Vitality plus extraordinary energy (5)


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