Sunday, 5 October 2025

The Hindu Cryptic on Sunday, Sunday 05 Oct 2025, Arden

ACROSS
1   Morning meeting of influential people might stop quickly (5,9) POWER BREAKFAST {POWER}{BREAK FAST}
10 Liable to gather essential idea from expert (5) ADEPT {A{iDEa}PT}
11 Third bomb blast - also twice outside the famous test site (3,6) LOS ALAMOS {boMb} in {ALSO+ALSO}*
12 Spindle diameter providing fast movement inside (7) DISTAFF {DI{FAST*}F} Diameter/Dif? (Correction - {D}{I{FAST*}F} See comments
13 "Island in part" - a musical review (7) SUMATRA [T]
14 Bad smell? Chop head off fish (5) TENCH sTENCH
16 He was philosophical about 14 size (9) NIETZSCHE {TENCH+SIZE}*
19 Insult to church, shape to be altered (5,4) CHEAP SHOT {CH}{SHAPE+TO}*
20 Loves speed, get-up-and-go (5) OOMPH {OO}{MPH}
22 Blister means hearts go for spades (7) VESICLE VE(-h+s)SICLE
25 Greek Goddess's gift, giving out half (7) ARTEMIS Anno pending (Addendum {ART}{EMISsion} - See comments)
27 Bones broken - team on pitch is recalled (9) METATARSI {TEAM}*{TAR}{IS<=}
28 Perfect inside a laundry (5) IDEAL [T]
29 Follow direction, then play around with girls - it's a natural phenomenon (8,6) NORTHERN LIGHTS {NORTH}{THEN+GIRLS}*

DOWN
2   Be nice - so a criminal gets respect (9) OBEISANCE*
3   Old painting hung up additionally (5) EXTRA {EX}{ART<=}
4   Bird having a fill perhaps amid the flowers (9) BULLFINCH {BU{FILL*}NCH}
5   Chides for the lack of time, becomes moderate (5) EASES tEASES
6   Ex-president before a menagerie in US city (9) KALAMAZOO {KALAM}{A}{ZOO}
7   Student essentially comes in the morning, it becomes own (5) ADMIT {A{stuDent}M}{IT}
8   Having the will, say to support those disheartened... (7) TESTATE {STATE}<=>{ThosE}
9   ...and getting in touch with the criminal (6) BANDIT {B{AND{IT}
15 Hard work to score in a game (9) HOPSCOTCH {H}{OP}{SCOTCH}
17 Hormone details or composition (9) ESTRADIOL*
18 Cat hides hand, say, when it's used to catch mice (9) CAMEMBERT {CA{MEMBER}T}
19 Beginning with Charlie and Victor - name picked up by our ancestor (4,3) CAVE MAN {Ch...e}{And}{Vi...r}{NAME<=}
21 Bother with high sales output (6) HASSLE {H}{SALES*}
23 Instrument in transit, arriving shortly (5) SITAR [T]
24 Merry sort, no covers, one slip (5) ERROR {mERRy}{sORt}
26 Connecting it perhaps when height is unknown (5) TYING T(-h+y)YING

Reference List
Diameter = D, Church = CH, Hearts = H, Spades = S, Old = EX, Time = T, Hard = H, High = H, Height = H, Unknown = Y

9 comments:

  1. 25A- out half is (semi)*- EMIS
    I am not able to get the 'Art' part of it.
    Is it half of 'Depart'?

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  2. Replies
    1. IXL is going on. No sunday specials until it is over.

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  3. Can someone explain 9dn?
    And in bit? How do u get bit?

    Doing crossword after almost 10 days.
    Nice to start with Arden.
    My fav - KALAMAZOO,.LAO ALAMOS, NIETZSCHE.
    Loved the clues for all the 3.
    Thanx!

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