No 9447 Wednesday, February 4, 2009, M.Manna

Hello to anyone who is a crossword freak. I am starting today a blog with the answers for The Hindu Crosswords. I hope to keep it up daily.
Todays crossword was quite an easy one and I must have spent hardly any time on it

ACROSS

1 - No shams to set out in two-wheeld horse cabs - HANSOMS*

5 - Again consider in another form, the rink - RETHINK*

10 - One herding animals right into port - {D{R}OVER}

11 - A characteristic of houses perhaps - PROPERTY [DD]

12 - Lion eats tiny creature in shed - {LE{AN T}O}

13 - A little difference about one's causing a hassle - {NU{I'S}ANCE}

14 - Twin stars - GEMINI [DD]

15 - Gets ready to run lots of coaches together - TRAINS [DD]

18 - A denial by a literary corporal - an unidentified one - {A}{NO}NYM

20 - Gunners trapped in boggy ground or marsh - {MO{RA}SS}

23 - The rest poured the water through a filter - {ST{RAIN}ER*}

25 - One examining bed canopy - TESTER

26 - Snarl the net badly when you fish with - {ENT*}{ANGLE}

27 - Sent abroad once one had taken command - {EX}{I}{LED}

28 - Said "Off to take a look round the holiday spot" - {SE{ASID*}E}

29 - Stowed in a hiding place at a shed on misused road - {ST}{A}{SHED}

DOWN


2 - Something like a rush on silver is accepted - {AG}{REED}

3 - Almost adult, so interviewed about an incident - {S{EVENT}EEN}

4 - Wireless pioneer from Minorca - MARCONI*

6 - Self caterer - EGOTIST [E]


7 - Animal that produces a hysterical sounding laugh - HYENA [E]

8 - Being observant when it is thawing? - {NOT}{ICING}

9 - Where all the goods will be sold out - OPEN AIR MARKET [CD]

16 - After dope, like wrongdoing thugs - {ASS}{AS}{SINS}

17 - Popular viewpoint for example - {IN}{STANCE}

19 - Still got by and ran the company - MANAGED [B]

21 - Be driven back to the refuge - RETREAT [DD]

22 - Look up to as always, taken in by again - {R{EVER}E}

24 - Am dope to gather items in great quantity - {AM}{ASS}

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