The Hindu : The Hindu Crossword 7539

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Monday, Dec 09, 2002

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The Hindu Crossword 7539

Across
 1 Skipper, killer, admits a point (7)
 5 Can Cairo be bursting and depending on fresh air? (7)
 9 Possible power of a body as a result of its position in a 
   gravitational field (9,6)
10 Metallic element in a medical meal (6)
11 Using the leech in treatment (8)
13 Stone of a peach, say, can tear open card (8)
15 A key to enter and attach (6)
18 Sudden craze for dense, silky hair and Swedish money (6)
19 Tactful distribution of credits around start of Easter (8)
22 Steroid, no garden variety (8)
24 Make a big depression with packaging container, rare (6)
27 Make a conclusive statement: nothing more to be said? (4,3,4,4)
28 Connected by kinship, gave an account (7)
29 A day starts: put a finish on where you live (7)
Down
 1 Competent and fit to be included in the team, say (7)
 2 Saint is safe (5)
 3 One can run off with a radio station worker (9)
 4 Cover for a digital tip (4)
 5 Gene carrying trait found in a part of a parallel 
   epidemiological study (6)
 6 Wash the pole thrust into an upsurge (5)
 7 Sedative for a rabbit, one going wild (9)
 8 Weep over love, officer, for a freezing mixture (7)
12 Creative skill in painting (3)
14 Reckless person challenged wickedness (9)
16 Given a medal perhaps (9)
17 Strike a big success (3)
18 Her feat repaired a part of the plumage (7)
20 Angry speeches of one caught in jobs (7)
21 A celebrity, say, in advance (6)
23 Music for eight (5)
25 That plural (5)
26 Mother's Indian uncle (4)

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