Special, Sunday 08 May 2016, Final Chennai Crossie Open 2016 by IIT(M)

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Shashwat Sinai Salgaocar and Bhargavi Suryanarayanan of IIT(M) were the setters for the Chennai Crossie Open

Thanks to Shashwat of IIT(M) for sharing this with us.

ACROSS
9   Students affronted by imprisonment - the BJP shows its true colours? (7)
10 Follow 'er in a camping van (7)
11 Adult gathering that consumes wine at regular intervals (7)
12 Maybe what America needs to bid in bridge (2-5)
13 Content from writer at Esquire keeps repeating over and over again (8)
15 Put up and knock down, we hear (5)
16 Unmask turncoat animal in sheep clothing and discharge (7)
19 Pricks' want is reduced after passion essentially vanishes (7)
20 Choose to pursue commercial support (5)
21 Got bail finally and fled, crossing boundaries, to the countryside (9)
25 Refuse to acknowledge divas' horrible cry of pain (7)
26 Rats covertly steal tiny organism (7)
28 Saline fluid obtained after fellow climaxes (7)
29 Braille written another way could be modern (7)

DOWN
1   America's great without traitor's rule (5)
2   Struggle borne by thief, for thrift (6)
3   Bhargavi rushed to get cereal (4)
4   Tattoos and marijuana are what may help you express yourself? (6)
5   Substitutes must be honest and sincere, essentially (6, 2)
6   Orientals' holiday meals are free of commotion (10)
7   Every one of you asked to get a bottle of soil (8)
8   According to Spooner, German lady caresses Mohammed and Moses, say (8)
14 Comparatively like family? (10)
16 Switch positions in this kind of relationship (2, 3, 3)
17 'Twist and Shout' - a huge number (8)
18 Stew in cowboy land (4, 4)
22 Fast-moving river carries many boats, initially (6)
23 A snake on road or on plane, perhaps? (6)
2  How to read nervy teen's play to get this smoothly (6)
27 A solid that crumbles unevenly (4)


Across Lite version can be accessed at IIT(M) Open Final 2016

Enjoy