ACROSS
1 Son's caught — bound to be in need of money (8) STRAPPED {S}{TRAPPED} Two defintions
6 Fiddles by company partners (4) CONS {CO}{N}{S}
9 Ignores loss of direction in parts of the crossword (6) LIGHTS
10 Nothing right with ferocious dog, maybe — it goes round and round (7) ORBITER {O}{R}{BITER}
13 Patience an elector developed and displayed (9) TOLERANCE*
14 Cine disaster sets off emotion in relative (5) NIECE {CINE*}{E
15 Despot, losing cart in crash, gets another vehicle (4) AUTO AUTO
16 No good space? Sort out first — it has to be a safe place (10) STRONG ROOM {SORT*}{NG} {ROOM}
19 Army officer, alas, loses head in a statement that lacks details (10) GENERALITY {GENERAL}{
21 Get news of vital organ losing its edge (4) HEAR HEAR
24 Rex, in small projection, has to pay for everyone (5) TREAT {T{R}EAT}
25 Make more than one range in different piles (9) PLURALISE {URAL} in {PILES}*
26 Hell! Finer settlement meets with refusal (7) INFERNO {FINER*}{NO}
27 Water-heater from big crude carrier (6) BOILER {B}{OILER}
28 Tell trade union to brighten (4) GILD (~guild)
29 Banner: King goes aboard ship (8) STREAMER {ST{R}EAMER}
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2 Journey allowed for one in a big carriage, perhaps (7) TRIPLET {TRIP}{LET}
3 Wood and roe scattered on the beach (6) ASHORE {ASH}{ROE*}
4 Wrong stop somewhere in South Africa in period after birth (9) POSTNATAL {STOP*}{NATAL}
5 Herd chauffeured (5) DROVE [DD]
7 Busy, stopping nowhere (2,3,2) ON THE GO [CD]
8 Indian woman abstainer goes over fifth brand in public shopping area (6,6) STREET MARKET {STREE}{T {MARK}{
11 Good, live with as many as grahas, say (6) BENIGN {BE}{NIGN}(~ nine)
12 It is odd — will it result in night? (7,5) STRANGE THING {NIGHT}* [RA]
17 Make public an issue and have numerical advantage (9) OUTNUMBER {OUT}{NUMBER}
18 A Tamil leader is caught between two alternatives for speaker (6) ORATOR {OR}{A}{T
20 Paying attention, husband leaves for new requisite (7) NEEDFUL (-h+n)NEEDFUL
22 Its look is no good (4,3) EVIL EYE [CD]
23 Plate creature tossed up (6) LAMINA <=
25 Devout supplement about debt notice (5) PIOUS {P{IOU}S}
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As the interactive version of The Hindu Crossword has stabilised and appears regularly I am stopping the procedure of posting the clues and grid. However in case there is a delay in the interactive version appearing, I will post the clues and blank grid.
ReplyDeleteFifth brand -> e mark. What is the indicator to exchange, pls.
ReplyDeleteWhere does the last T come from?
DeleteIs Indian woman 'Sree' or 'Stree' as shown? It has to be 'Sree' with TT.
I get it now. Indian woman is STREE. The last T is part of TT.
DeleteAbstainer - TT
DeleteHat trick of 'Walk in the park' CW's.
ReplyDeleteNiece makes a comeback.
Is benign good or harmless?
Contextual. Good-natured, good-humoured.
DeleteI took 2d Defn as 'one in big carriage'. A cryptic way of indicating a triplet.
ReplyDelete+1
DeleteIndian woman - STREE
ReplyDeleteabstainer - TT
goes over - c/c ind
fifth brand - the whole phrase yields MARK E (you wouldn;t say E mark - cf. Mark 1 Mark 2 etc, thus STREE T(MARK E)T
in
public shopping area def
The Col has given it correctly. The Comment is by way of explanation to a query above.
ReplyDeleteSlightly tougher than yesterday's offering! Yet it was an enjoyable solve.
ReplyDeleteThanks GM. :)
+1
DeleteCan't figure 9A. LIGHTS?
ReplyDeletePlease see the link to crossword unclued article on lights given above. This was the last blog that appeared in CU
DeleteThank you. Didn't know that.
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