SUNDAY CROSSWORD OF THE HINDU DATED 16TH AUGUST 2009 (FILLABLE AND WITH HINTS AS WELL AS SOLUTION)



FOR FILLING UP, POINT THE MOUSE AT THE APPROPRIATE GRID AND TYPE THE LETTER

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Axross

1 VIPs sent back prize money (3,5)

5 Slang for a variety of zircon (6)

9 Girl, pretty small type (5)

10 Preoccupation of old boy before meeting (9)

12 Film director affected one acting (7)

13 Seriousness shown by boy hugging adult (7)

14 Chess ending overwhelmed friend (9,4)

17 Train - direct, say (6,7)

21 Spanish boy in queer comic (7)

22 Short girl on a keyboard instrument (7)

24 Body of water, in a desert, he polluted (3,3,3)

25 Place to meet briefly with sun goddess (5)

26 Artificial, some flowers at zoo (6)

27 Fish - vet catching tons (8)

Down

1 Predictable? In part, yes? (8)

2 Song prize split by son (5)

3 Courtier and a girl he aroused (7)

4 Crack on sale by river vexes some upper-class young ladies (6,7)

6 A small country in an ancient kingdom (7)

7 Piece about one girl about to become a legendary paramour (9)

8 Joe perhaps, quite an age (6)

11 Drug dealer, one not hanging about? (5,8)

5 Sold roues bubbly without a distinctive smell (9)

16 Hit man, for instance, on cheek, at home (8)

18 In pursuance of an investigation (7)

19 Bother a tennis star after end of championship (7)

20 Heart and clubs put down,reportedly (6)

23 One-way ticket left out for char (5)


Created at 13.00 hrs IST on 16-08-2009 without 2 solutions. Got them by referring to Yahoo groups of crossword solvers where I am also a member.

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