The Word Games Club of IIT Madras is organising its flagship event, The Cryptic Crossword Open, on 2nd Apr 2016.
The event is open to all in teams of two, just like last year, with prizes worth 20K up for grabs, along with special prizes for the best college and best school teams.
Registrations will be on-spot, but they have a Google form for RSVP so that they can have a rough estimate of the number of people turning up. The Google form can be accessed at the following link REGISTRATION FORM Contact Shashwat Sinai Salgaocar for further details if any.
ACROSS
8 Stop Indian aircraft company's truck at first (4) HALT {HAL}{Tr..k}
9 Doctor's personal duck (5) DROWN {DR}{OWN}
10 Fatigue? Relinquish fag and develop case (4) ETUI faTIgUE*
11 Revolutionary direction with South European food (6) CHEESE {CHE}{E}{S}{E}
12 Noisy proposal by man (8) PLANGENT{PLAN}{GENT}
13 Bear tale compilation can be appraised (8) RATEABLE*
15 Corners of eyes seen in Tuscan thingamajigs (6) CANTHI[T]
17 He leakeda secret police agent’s circular without a hint of trickery (7) ASSANGE{A}{SS}{AGENt*}
19 Mates French and Indian objectives (7) FRIENDS {FR}{I}{ENDS}
22 A person who causes injury and thus may lead to rheumatism (6) MAIMER MAIME{Rh...m} Anno pending(Addendum - RhEuMAtIsM* - See comments)
24 Picture left by artist has sex appeal (8) PORTRAIT {PORT}{RA}{IT}
26 Rhythmic area in the central part of a city (8) DOWNTOWN [CD]
28 Exchange an electrical component (6) SWITCH [DD]
30 She can be found around this crossword (4) NINA [DD]
31 Language spoken by Lieutenant returning with French friend (5) TAMIL {T{AMI}L<=}
32 Primarily, say, a Red Indian garb (4) SARI Acrostic
DOWN
1 Party buffet (4) BASH [DD]
2 Alien care is organised (including extraterrestrial), and so on (2,6) ET CETERA {ET}{C{ET}ERA*}
3 Brave toured around delta rapidly, for example (6) ADVERB {A{D}VERB*}
4 John's on the seaside structure and is more insane (7) LOOPIER {LOO}{PIER}
5 Hence, RNA may be a booster (8) ENHANCER*
6 Dutch (president) rebuilt a range (6) REAGAN*
7 Rotate model vessel (4) TURN {T}{URN}
14 As tea may be brewed during a voyage (2,3) AT SEA*
16 Pilgrim greeting — wearing a dinner jacket initially. Quite the contrary (5) HADJI {H{A}{Di...r}{Ja...t}I}
18 Mutilated target around Romania showed execution device (8) GARROTTE{GAR{RO}TTE*}
20 Trees Ali chopped up first (8) EARLIEST*
21 My peons, oddly, are persons whose names are used to name other places or things (7) EPONYMS*
23 Madcap has gent in aggressive clasp initially (6) MANIAC {MAN}{In}{Ag...e}{Cl..p}
25 Railway carries light ash compound imprudently (6) RASHLY {R{ASH}{L}Y}
27 State, “State briefly — Input/Output” (4) OHIO {OH}{I/O}
29 Accountant's costly vehicle in boggy copse (4) CARR{CA}{RR}
