The Hindu : The Hindu Crossword 7540

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Tuesday, Dec 10, 2002

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Miscellaneous - Crossword

The Hindu Crossword 7540

                                           
Across
 1 Money set aside for state support - fixed allowance covering one (13)
10 Evergreen fruit yields grenade (9)
11 Get down to pray (5)
12 Summon up memories of first lady, in good condition within (5)
13 Trap said to be intended for collecting water (9)
14 American novelist Jack's capital in Europe (6)
16 Investment, say, in meat (5)
19 Seat at court (5)
20 Get one accustomed to a m'melody (6)
25 Trickery newly noticed, concealing record (9)
26 Singers find it hot, wearing coconut fibre (5)
27 Game played in a club in good-natured rivalry (5)
28 Religious leader in Iran (9)
29 Such action could be taken to resist attack (4-9)
Down
 2 Exactly identify —  the meaning of the postal code? (8)
 3 To carry off by force is ever a problem (5)
 4 Pontiff's office makes father cry, tearing heart out (6)
 5 Tiny diet variation, the sameness of it (8)
 6 Be encouraged, acquire male skill (4,5)
 7 One to get things going (6)
 8 The allure of a soft ring (6)
 9 Toothless mammal's reluctance to work (5)
15 Open roof, very strangely, is heat-resistant (9)
17 Put into effect legislation on one tax, English (8)
18 Language of a gay soul, dancing over victory (8)
21 Coarse ground, one-fourth of a yard (6)
22 Brick building in which Lincoln held party (5)
23 Candlestick found in an American state in the past (6)
24 A scene shot, put in a box (6)
26 Do they falsify the books in the kitchen? (5)

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