SUNDAY CROSSWORD OF THE HINDU DATED 23RD 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 Start of melodious song, one from West Side Story (5)

4 What could make row? Estate car, maybe (3-6)

9 Order soldiers to board plane abroad, heading for terrible place housing convicts (5,10)

10 An unwise act giving cheek about king (10)

11 Small pale bird (4)

13 Soldiers diving into English river in flood (7)

15 Some poplin in gaberdine for padding (6)

17 Paint firm to left of us (6)

18 Manage to survive in US city, on beer? (4,3)

20 Primate’s cross and crown (4)

21 Very loud American I’ve accommodated in Ely, lavishly (10)

24 A starter, perhaps - phone cousin for mixture around noon (6,5,4)

5 Robot making car chap’s getting round to (9)

26 Lived with flipping obscene transvestite initially (5)

Down

1 This poem unsettled the devil (8)

2 Approach ladder ahead (3-2)

3/4 No cowboy films in the pipeline? Here’s one about war (3,5,2,3,7,5)

5 One can’t really see it being a trick (7,8)

6 PM from East End, surprisingly (4)

7 Martial art dan we took out (3,4,2)

8 This helps one to see girl after note’s written (6)

12 Not appointed, girl’s cross with editor (10)

14 Resolve to put out US president (9)

16 Remains with Scottish banker on board express (5,3)

19 Fibre shown in service by one based in Florida (6)

22 Run away with girl after writer is ditched (5)

23 Caught in South Africa with millions from dishonest scheme (4)


Created at 18.00 hrs IST on 23-08-2009. I finished the crossword within an hour, but could not upload it as I had to go out.

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