SUNDAY CROSSWORD OF THE HINDU DATED 31ST JANUARY 2010 (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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Across

1 Dizzy blonde? (5-6)

9 Film, hidden from view on occasion (5,4)

10 Caricature of girl in opera, lead in Carmen (5)

11 Essayist is overwhelmed by extra charge (7)

12 Abstemious - tea user, possibly (7)

13 Gloomy day - sail out across mouth of Mersey (6)

14,17 Pretty girls using extortion in plant (4-4-8)

18 A dry heat out East, all things considered (2,4)

21 Master in pain through most of term (7)

23 Firm not persuaded (7)

24 After hours, a lecturer was wearing (3,2)

25 He, say, must stand in front of church to make an announcement (9)

26 Argue in protest about WW1 battle charge after commencement of truce (11)

Down

1 Servant, 13, with day off (5,4)

2 Old woman, awfully angry, penning note (6)

3 Lawrence of Arabia's birthplace – Democrat misdirected (8)

4 Girl's TV awards (5)

5 Golden Globe winning actress may make heaviest demand (4,5,5)

6 The Lord of the Flies novelist? (7)

7 A plank on a ship, perhaps (6)

8 Uncommonly splendid manure required? Don't despair (3,11)

15 Ad lib from retired English politician in shot (9)

16 Warehouse, one pretty nearly bust (8)

17 Killer, hideous brute grabbing child (7)

19 Row about Diane being neater (6)

20 Copper getting a cut climbing dome (6)

22 Tennis champion served up nine after holding initially (5)

Created at 12.00 hrs IST on 31-01-2010

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