tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-304884522012-02-12T19:24:38.475-08:00This page will contain the solutions and explanations of all the clues i manage to solve in the daily Hindu crossword. Also, it shall contain other clues to solve.Rajaram Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05046791020882868220noreply@blogger.comBlogger261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30488452.post-1157463875679522002006-09-05T06:41:00.000-07:002007-05-18T05:51:41.586-07:00<div align="justify">Yeah, its been ages since i have updated this page. Yeah, I know that this is what happens to 90% of the blogs which start. But, what i know is that this is not going to be the end of this blog. I have been attempting the Hindu Crossword daily, but haven't found time to update this site as often as i wanted to.</div><div align="justify">While doing some random searching, I came across my crossword section in the site zatang.com and i have posted the same on my site. </div><div align="justify">So, here you have, a <a href="http://www.srajaram.com/crossword/crossword-tips.php">detailed tips and tricks guide</a> on how to solve cryptic crosswords with an emphasis on the Hindu Crossword type clues.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30488452-115746387567952200?l=the-hindu-crossword.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rajaram Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05046791020882868220noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30488452.post-1155139917799936502006-08-09T09:01:00.000-07:002006-08-09T09:11:57.816-07:0019 Ac. Flier disturbs the police — right? (10) <a onmouseover="return overlib('helicopter',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -the police r-',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />24 Ac. One who has been pipped at the post (5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('loser',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />25 Ac. In grammar it indicates time that’s gone (4,5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('past tense',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />27 Ac. Thus we stand, proverbially (6) <a onmouseover="return overlib('united',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('United we stand, divided we fall - proverb',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />29 Ac. Due at pit, showing rare readiness to learn (8) <a onmouseover="return overlib('aptitude',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -due at pit-',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br /><br />7 Dn. “Vanished into air, into — —” (Shakespeare) (4,3) <a onmouseover="return overlib('thin air',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('quote from skakespeare',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />17 Dn. Necessarily wants smut destroyed (5,4) <a onmouseover="return overlib('needs must',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('wants=needs, anagram of smut',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />18 Dn. Uncommon mark on the church (6) <a onmouseover="return overlib('scarce',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('mark=scar, church=ce',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />20 Dn. Al sang a new order for macaroni (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('lasagna',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('anagram of -al sang a-',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />23 Dn. Rigorous dodge not completed in street (6) <a onmouseover="return overlib('strict',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('dodge=trick, not completed so=tric, street=st',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30488452-115513991779993650?l=the-hindu-crossword.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rajaram Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05046791020882868220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30488452.post-1155046149733507592006-08-08T06:59:00.000-07:002006-08-08T07:09:09.746-07:001 Ac. Nest nice lad set up is secret (11) <a onmouseover="return overlib('clandestine',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -nest nice lad-',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />9 Ac. Jumper accepts Indian garment in Argentine port (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('rosario',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Googled for argentina port, got rosario amongst many,sari=indian garment, checked for the meaning of roo=kangaroo in winnie the pooh=jumper!',WIDTH,300);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />11 Ac. Having gained the advantage of New English wielded by the British publisher (3-2) <a onmouseover="return overlib('one up',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('New english=ne, the rest i dunno',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />12 Ac. Wearing which, one may drop down from the sky (9) <a onmouseover="return overlib('parachute',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />21 Ac. Hindu deity dumps rain around delta (5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('indra',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('anagram of delta=d+rain',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br /><br />2 Dn. Passage from a small island (5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('aisle',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('a + small island=isle',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />3 Dn. I prattled about an automobile accessory to keep out mud (4,5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('dirt plate',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('anagram of -i prattled-',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />16 Dn. It measures the precipitation (4-5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('rain guage',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />22 Dn. Task list? (2-2) <a onmouseover="return overlib('to do',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30488452-115504614973350759?l=the-hindu-crossword.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rajaram Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05046791020882868220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30488452.post-1154702703444216862006-08-04T06:51:00.000-07:002006-08-04T07:45:03.563-07:001 Ac. In MI route, car I’m steering is made to look very small (14) <a onmouseover="return overlib('microminiature',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -in mi route cat im-',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />9 Ac. Have too high an opinion of (8) <a onmouseover="return overlib('overrate',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />10 Ac. Spiny succulent plants (5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('cacti',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />31 Ac. Names that somehow inspire our love (8) <a onmouseover="return overlib('enamours',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Nice Clue-Anagram of -names our-',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />32 Ac. One most capable of dealing with the situation now (3,2,3,6) <a onmouseover="return overlib('man of the moment',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br /><br />2 Dn. Underground hollows (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('caverns',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />3 Dn. Terrifying person (4) <a onmouseover="return overlib('ogre',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue-not sure-it fits in the grid',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />4 Dn. Pictured to oneself something non-existent (8) <a onmouseover="return overlib('imagined',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue-not sure-maybe pictured=imaged,oneself=in',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />6 Dn. Diplomacy to just act with perception (4) <a onmouseover="return overlib('tact',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('containment.jus-t act-',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />8 Dn. Device enabling one to see both far and near (7,4) <a onmouseover="return overlib('bifocal lens',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('direct clue.not sure of the answer',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />15 Dn. Drain off Middle East currency (5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('Dinar',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of drain',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />19 Dn. A screen I cunningly put up (8) <a onmouseover="return overlib('increase',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -a screen i-',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />24 Dn. Indignant to be again dispatched in a rush (6) <a onmouseover="return overlib('resent',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('again=re, dispatched=sent',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />28 Dn. Riot caused by a set of three (4) <a onmouseover="return overlib('trio',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('anagram of -riot-',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />29 Dn. Ordinary and second rate (2,2) <a onmouseover="return overlib('so so',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30488452-115470270344421686?l=the-hindu-crossword.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rajaram Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05046791020882868220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30488452.post-1154606588721664432006-08-03T04:48:00.000-07:002006-08-03T05:03:08.746-07:00Posting after a break. Was very busy during the last week.<br /><br />6 Ac. Made a run for it, account briefly being in red (5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('raced',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Account briefly=ac+red=raced',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />10 Ac. Revokes and rings again (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('recalls',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Again=re,rings=calls',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />15 Ac. Bought after use by previous owner (6,4) <a onmouseover="return overlib('second hand',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br /><br />5 Dn. Basil from a feather-bedded family (4) <a onmouseover="return overlib('herb',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('feat-her b-edded',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />14 Dn. Senseless to be somewhat in an ecstasy (5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('inane',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('containment clue.-in an e-cstasy',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />20 Dn. One who is engaged in trapping wild animals (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('poacher',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30488452-115460658872166443?l=the-hindu-crossword.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rajaram Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05046791020882868220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30488452.post-1154004857416808502006-07-27T05:40:00.000-07:002006-07-27T05:54:17.433-07:005 Ac. Go up designing dances (6) <a onmouseover="return overlib('ascend',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -dances-',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />10 Ac. Human or lord’s house (5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('manor',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('containment. hu-man or-',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />12 Ac. Acrobat’s walkway (9) <a onmouseover="return overlib('tightrope',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />14 Ac. Wild dog in a wood in government land (5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('dingo',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('containment.woo-d in a g-overnment',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />18 Ac. Dues Lynd settled without notice (8) <a onmouseover="return overlib('suddenly',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -dues lynd-',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />24 Ac. Cat-like creature caught, with one doc following (5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('civet',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('caught=c, one=i, doc=vet, civet is a carnivore',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />27 Ac. Dark sailor in a card game (5,4) <a onmouseover="return overlib('black jack',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('dark=black, sailor=jack',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />29 Ac. Carrying tin to German capital is crazy (6) <a onmouseover="return overlib('toting',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('german capital=g, anagram of -tin to g-',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br /><br />1 Dn. Type of company which constrains risk (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('limited',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('double definition',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />2 Dn. Figure seen on an icon on a gondola (7)<a onmouseover="return overlib('nonagon',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('containment.ico-n on a gon-dola',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />15 Dn. Ken, a voter, distressed when passed by (9)<a onmouseover="return overlib('overtaken',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('anagram of -ken a voter-',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />18 Dn. Ransack buttery for hidden instrument (7)<a onmouseover="return overlib('sackbut',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('the grid helped me. Then i checked sackbut on google',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />19 Dn. Abnormal Roman way in a depression (7)<a onmouseover="return overlib('deviant',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('depression=dent, roman way=via',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30488452-115400485741680850?l=the-hindu-crossword.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rajaram Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05046791020882868220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30488452.post-1153833283309171032006-07-25T06:00:00.000-07:002006-07-25T06:14:43.326-07:005 Ac. Long lasting, as some consumer items should be (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('Durable',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />13 Ac. Big snake from Canada, no kidding (8) <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anaconda',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -canada no-',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />15 Ac. The best performance on file? (6) <a onmouseover="return overlib('record',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Nice Clue. Double Definition. Record= best performance,record=to put into a file',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />19 Ac. Strange test case for a 15 (8) <a onmouseover="return overlib('cassette',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('No Idea why',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />27 Ac. E.M.Forster’s work against aid, a pose crumbling (1,7,2,5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('a passage to india',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('forsters most famous book',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />29 Ac. Superior genetic factor said to bring cleanliness (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('hygiene',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('superior=high, genetic factor = gene',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br /><br />3 Dn. Current conductor, positive or negative (9) <a onmouseover="return overlib('electrons',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />7 Dn. Creature that distracts a cod on bait (9) <a onmouseover="return overlib('bandicoot',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -cod on bait-',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />8 Dn. E.Dexter, in trouble, made a strenuous effort (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('exerted',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('anagram of -e dexter-',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />12 Dn. A party creates fuss (3) <a onmouseover="return overlib('ado',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('party=do?, i dunno',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />16 Dn. Carefree and effortless in movement (4-5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('easy-going',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('double definition.',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />18 Dn. Words to infuse confidence kept pal moving (3,4) <a onmouseover="return overlib('pep-talk',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -kept pal-',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />20 Dn. Loan installment charge in Dubai for example (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('emirate',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('loan installment=emi, chanrge=rate. Dubai is one of the United Arab Emirates',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />20 Dn. Relaxed, in a surcease,dreaming (5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('eased',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('in suggests containment.surc-ease d-reaming',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30488452-115383328330917103?l=the-hindu-crossword.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rajaram Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05046791020882868220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30488452.post-1153658645360928872006-07-23T05:24:00.000-07:002006-07-23T05:44:05.366-07:00<div align="justify">1 Ac. Communication device to help clone production (9)Cellphone. Anagram of "help clone"<br />8 Ac. Substance initially derived from carbon, oxygen, barium, antimony, lithium and titanium (6)cobalt. Initially suggests to take the forst letters of all the words </div><div align="justify">17 Ac. One doing needlework in a drain (5) sewer. Double definition.<br /><br />1 Dn. Insect with some thoracic adaptation (6)cicada. "Some" suggests containment. thora<strong>cic ada</strong>ption</div><div align="justify">2 Dn. Mutinous Brit leaves union in which much of the costs are due to wages (6-9) Labour Intensive. Anagram of "Brit leaves union"</div><div align="justify">7 Dn. Add to Aunt Meg's discomfiture (7)Augment. Anagram of "Aunt Meg"</div><div align="justify">21 Dn. Fall in winter reveals love in three directions (4) snow. Love=0, three directions=south, north, west.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30488452-115365864536092887?l=the-hindu-crossword.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rajaram Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05046791020882868220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30488452.post-1153480932416974902006-07-21T04:13:00.000-07:002006-07-21T04:22:12.426-07:00Busy today, so not formatting the Answers and the explanations.<br /><br />11 Ac. That is Mac, suffering with a breathing difficulty (9) <a onmouseover="return overlib('asthmatic',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('suffering suggests an Anagram of -that is mac-',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br /><div align="justify">13 Ac. Agamemnon’s daughter in a select radical group (7) Electra. "In a" suggests containment. s<strong>elect ra</strong>dical.</div><div align="justify">15 Ac. Omen now deciphered as indicating a periodic phase of a satellite (3,4) New Moon. Anagram of "Omen Now".</div><div align="justify">17 Ac. Vehicle that Bertram carefully parked inside (7) Tramcar. inside suggests containment. Ber<strong>tram car</strong>efully.</div><div align="justify">27 Ac. Preliminary inspection for development of non-scenic areas (14) Reconnaissance. Anagram of "non-scenic areas".</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">2 Dn. Putin’s strange contribution (5) Input. strange suggests an anagram of Putin.</div><div align="justify">3 Dn. Mysterious image in Connecticut unscrambled (9) Enigmatic. Connecticut= CT. Anagram of "image in ct".</div><div align="justify">10 Dn. Location of the forge of Volcan in Italy (4) Etna. Direct Clue.</div><div align="justify">14 Dn. Highly complicated tale: a bore, however (9) Elaborate.Anagram of "tale a bore".</div><div align="justify">18 Dn. A side, working and up-to-date(5-2) Right-on. A side=right, working=on.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30488452-115348093241697490?l=the-hindu-crossword.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rajaram Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05046791020882868220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30488452.post-1153467573249714242006-07-21T00:21:00.000-07:002006-07-21T04:25:18.606-07:001 Ac. Secured against loss or injury(7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('insured',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />9 Ac. A predicament to accept either choices, both untenable (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('dilemma',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />10 Ac. Strain of rattling one’s tin (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('tension',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -ones tin-',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />12 Ac. Boring i.e. a wayward native inhabitant (9) <a onmouseover="return overlib('aborigine',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -boring i.e a- native of australia',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />15 Ac. Not proper to leap at copper,to implore (5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('plead',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('It may be cryptic clue, but i dont know how',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br /><br />1 Dn. Dunce I’d mistakenly brought on (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('induced',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -dunce id-',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />6 Dn. Cross Channel listlessness (5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('ennui',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('again, i dont understand the cryptic-ness behind this clue',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />15 Dn. A top man’s pride sent crashing (9) <a onmouseover="return overlib('president',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('crashing suggests an anagram of -pride sent-',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />23 Dn. It’s a right created string instrument (5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('sitar',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -its a right=r',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30488452-115346757324971424?l=the-hindu-crossword.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rajaram Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05046791020882868220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30488452.post-1153296746238194162006-07-19T00:52:00.000-07:002006-07-19T01:12:26.246-07:001 Ac. Still possibly producing sausage (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('assuage',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of sausage, meaning still, calm',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />10 Ac. New coats need yarns (9) <a onmouseover="return overlib('anecdotes',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -coats need-, meaning a story, spinning a yarn',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />14 Ac. Unfamiliar user given direction to manage with care (5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('murse',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of user + direction=n',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br /><br />4 Dn. Cheese produced by a dame (4) <a onmouseover="return overlib('edam',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of dame, meaning a type of cheese',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />7 Dn. The entertainer rates it differently (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('artiste',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram -rates it-',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30488452-115329674623819416?l=the-hindu-crossword.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rajaram Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05046791020882868220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30488452.post-1153215319106414262006-07-18T02:33:00.000-07:002006-07-18T02:35:19.123-07:00<div align="justify">Had a very busy weekend preparing for the <a href="http://www.srajaram.com/2006/07/dumb-charades-dumbc-event-at-amdocs.html">dumb-c event</a> I am organising. So, didn't have time to even download the crossword page. Will start posting from today again.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30488452-115321531910641426?l=the-hindu-crossword.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rajaram Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05046791020882868220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30488452.post-1152885709053782222006-07-14T06:54:00.000-07:002006-07-14T07:01:49.063-07:00Been very busy today, got only a few minutes to work on the crossword.<br /><br />1 Ac. Machines for reproduction? (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('copiers',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br /><br />2 Dn. Female monster who inspires fear (6) <a onmouseover="return overlib('ogress',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />21 Dn. Passivity I retain somehow (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('inertia',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -i retain-',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />22 Dn. Expel top red acting suspiciously? (6)<a onmouseover="return overlib('deport',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -top red-',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />24 Dn. As Tom put right, plant has a pore for ingress of gases (5)<a onmouseover="return overlib('stoma',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -as tom-',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30488452-115288570905378222?l=the-hindu-crossword.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rajaram Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05046791020882868220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30488452.post-1152801229753189382006-07-13T07:13:00.000-07:002006-07-13T07:33:49.766-07:0011 Ac. Fabricated tapestries can be revealing (5,5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('strip tease',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('fabricated suggesting an Anagram of tapestries',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />14 Ac. Brief jottings taken at precise times (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('minutes',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('as in minutes of meeting',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />20 Ac. Anyway Pedro has no right to become an idiot (4)<a onmouseover="return overlib('dope',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('pedro minus right(r) - anagrammed to dope',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />22 Ac. Partner due to be agitated and smitten (10)<a onmouseover="return overlib('enraptured',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('anagram of -partner due-, meaning smitten',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br /><br /><br />2 Dn. Partisans can be such trying people (9)<a onmouseover="return overlib('aspirants',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('anagram of -partisans-, meaning people who are trying for something',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />3 Dn. Mention ‘pot’ could be all powerful (10)<a onmouseover="return overlib('omnipotent',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('anagram of -mention pot-',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />14 Dn. Are mended — put right — when twisted (9)<a onmouseover="return overlib('meandered',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('anagram of -are mended-,as in a river meanders',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />18 Dn. South east military alliance right in Congress (7)<a onmouseover="return overlib('senator',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('south east=SE, military alliance=nator, right=r, giving senator',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30488452-115280122975318938?l=the-hindu-crossword.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rajaram Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05046791020882868220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30488452.post-1152699873410836752006-07-12T03:16:00.000-07:002006-07-12T03:24:33.426-07:0015 Ac. Manipulates Gir’s resources (4) <a onmouseover="return overlib('rigs',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of girs',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" onmouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />18 Ac. Resembles — follows doctor’s instruction post-prandial (5,5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('takes after',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('post-prandial means after taking food, takes after means resembling',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" onmouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />24 Ac. Dozing? Wake up, please! (6) <a onmouseover="return overlib('asleep',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Nice clue. Anagram of please',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" onmouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br /><br />2 Dn. Vacancy for old writer in Gujarat’s capital (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('opening',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Old=o,writer=pen, + in + G=gujarat capital',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" onmouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />4 Dn. Noticed the show, reportedly (4) <a onmouseover="return overlib('seen',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Rhyming Double definition noticed=seen, show=scene',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" onmouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />14 Dn. Dinner few share with recent ally (3,6) <a onmouseover="return overlib('new friend',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('anagram of dinner few',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" onmouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />17 Dn. What you do to evict a person from illegal occupation (3,5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('use force',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" href="javascript:void(0);" onmouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />19 Dn. You’re not invited! (4,3) <a onmouseover="return overlib('keep out',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue-not very sure',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" onmouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />21 Dn. Thus, 10 will become 9 (3,4) <a onmouseover="return overlib('one less',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" href="javascript:void(0);" onmouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />22 Dn. Mat has caused an unhealthy condition (6)<a onmouseover="return overlib('asthma',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -mat has-',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" onmouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30488452-115269987341083675?l=the-hindu-crossword.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rajaram Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05046791020882868220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30488452.post-1152612860681733552006-07-11T03:08:00.000-07:002006-07-11T03:54:33.810-07:009 Ac. One training for military service (5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('cadet',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" href="javascript:void(0);" onmouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />10 Ac. The Greek Goddess of memory (9) <a onmouseover="return overlib('mnemosyne',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" href="javascript:void(0);" onmouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />11 Ac. Imperturbable, Officer Commanding embracing one in last disturbance (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('stoical',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('OC + one=i+last=stoical',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" onmouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />14 Ac. Religious rite that master can formulate anew (9) <a onmouseover="return overlib('sacrament',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -master can-, meaning christian religious rite',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" onmouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />21 Ac. Such a leader is a ‘mullah’ (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('islamic',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" href="javascript:void(0);" onmouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />24 Ac. Tape Senor interpreting the international language (9) <a onmouseover="return overlib('esperanto',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -tape senor-, esperanto is an international language, check wikipedia',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" onmouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />25 Ac. Animal horn I break (5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('rhino',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -horn i-',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" onmouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />26 Ac. Hides coats (6) <a onmouseover="return overlib('covers',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Double Definition. Covers meaning both hides and coats',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" onmouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br /><br />1 Dn. A nuisance from behind to the person at the wheel (4-4,6) <a onmouseover="return overlib('Back Seat Driver',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" href="javascript:void(0);" onmouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />2 Dn. Skin not in a secret place (4-3) <a onmouseover="return overlib('hide-out',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('skin=hide, not in=out',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" onmouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />7 Dn. “Is there _ _ of it? I would like to have a second helping” (3,4)<a onmouseover="return overlib('any more',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" href="javascript:void(0);" onmouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />17 Dn. West Indian ballad (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('Calypso',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" href="javascript:void(0);" onmouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />22 Dn. Hundred individuals display ice-cream holders (5)<a onmouseover="return overlib('cones',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('hundred=c, individual=one',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" onmouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30488452-115261286068173355?l=the-hindu-crossword.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rajaram Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05046791020882868220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30488452.post-1152526271110747462006-07-10T02:59:00.000-07:002006-07-10T03:16:13.936-07:0011 Ac. I near such a strange creature in the main (3,6) <a onmouseover="return overlib('sea urchin',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('anagram of -i near such-',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" onmouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />24 Ac. What a patient receives at the hands of a doctor (9) <a onmouseover="return overlib('treatment',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" href="javascript:void(0);" onmouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br /><br />4 Dn. Walker told to be careful (5,4,4) <a onmouseover="return overlib('Watch your step',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" href="javascript:void(0);" onmouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />6 Dn. Had a mind to sack the female attendant (8) <a onmouseover="return overlib('handmaid',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('anagram of -had a mind-, meaning female servant',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" onmouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />7 Dn. Roman or Arabic? Figure it out! (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('numbers',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" href="javascript:void(0);" onmouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />22 Dn. “That —— again! It had a dying fall!” (Shakespeare) <a onmouseover="return overlib('strain',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Yet another quote which you have to google for!',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" onmouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30488452-115252627111074746?l=the-hindu-crossword.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rajaram Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05046791020882868220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30488452.post-1152436977259498042006-07-09T02:15:00.000-07:002006-07-09T02:22:57.270-07:001 Ac. A horse exercised on the beach (6) <a onmouseover="return overlib('ashore',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('anagram of -a horse-, exercised signifying an anagram',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" mouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />19 Ac. Girl crushed by satirists (4) <a onmouseover="return overlib('iris',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('iris is within satirists',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" mouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />21 Ac. Crime of wicked senator (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('treason',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('wicked signifies an anagram, senator anagrams to treason meaning crime',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" mouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br /><br />2 Dn. Valet cheers wildly in a fortified manor house in Kent (5,6) <a onmouseover="return overlib('hever castle',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('anagram of -valet cheers-, once i got the castle as the second word, i just googled',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" mouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />6 Dn. Leaders of our Liberal Democrats,advanced in years (3) <a onmouseover="return overlib('old',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Leaders meaning the first letters of our Liberal Democrats giving old',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" mouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />7 Dn. Follow gang a lot, uneasily (3,5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('tag along',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -gang a lot-',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" mouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />16 Dn. Happy hour – binge in one next door (9) <a onmouseover="return overlib('neighbour',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -hour binge-',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" mouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />25 Dn. Some bourbon belonging to us (3) <a onmouseover="return overlib('our',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('some bourbon signifies that the answer is a part of bourbon, so answer is our',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" mouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30488452-115243697725949804?l=the-hindu-crossword.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rajaram Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05046791020882868220noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30488452.post-1152337104209266492006-07-07T22:33:00.000-07:002006-07-07T23:22:55.623-07:006 Ac. One pose. Really? (2,2) <a onmouseover="return overlib('is it',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('one=i, pose=sit, giving is it? meaning really?',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" mouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />10 Ac. Somehow nail a U.P. writer (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('naipaul',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -nail a U.P-',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" mouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />16 Ac. Unimportant — like a ghost? (10)<a onmouseover="return overlib('immaterial',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('The meaning should unimportant. Think of a wrod related to a ghost.',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" mouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />27 Ac. He and coed turned around and repeated (6) <a onmouseover="return overlib('echoed',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -he coed-',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" mouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br /><br />2 Dn. Vela can mend the draped border (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('valance',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -vela can-meaning drapery',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" mouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />4 Dn. Happy days of the decent paper (4,5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('good times',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('nice clue. decent=good, paper=times(newspaper) giving good times=happy days',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" mouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />7 Dn. Former Prime Minister — a learned man in Hindu law (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('shastri',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct clue. Found the answer from rest of the letters on the grid',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" mouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />17 Dn. Pains Hess takes for the attribute of a mimic (9) <a onmouseover="return overlib('apishness',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -pains hess-',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" mouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />18 Dn. Saga is about a tennis player (6) <a onmouseover="return overlib('agassi',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -saga is-',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" mouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30488452-115233710420926649?l=the-hindu-crossword.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rajaram Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05046791020882868220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30488452.post-1152257982987394472006-07-07T00:39:00.000-07:002006-07-07T05:31:23.883-07:001 Ac. A place in Sri Lanka to come in later, perhaps (11) <a onmouseover="return overlib('Trincomalee',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -come in later-',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" mouseout="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />11 Ac. Lines from the Hub? (5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('radii',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd ();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />13 Ac. "To-, perchance to dream" (Shakespeare) (5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('sleep',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd ();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />22 Ac. Such a view takes it all! (9) <a onmouseover="return overlib('Panoramic',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="j">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascri">Explanation</a><br />28 Ac. The political arena in the U.K. (11) <a onmouseover="return overlib('Westminster',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="j">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct ? It fits in the grid, though',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascri">Explanation</a><br /><br />2 Dn. Girl one Frenchman goes after (5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('irene',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javas">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('one=i, frenchman=rene',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" t="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />4 Dn. Overcomes raging streams (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('masters',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javas">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('raging suggests an anagram. Anagram of streams',WIDTH,200);" href="javascript:void(0);" t="return nd();">Explanation</a><br />6 Dn. Three points awarded to my opponent (5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('enemy',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Three points East,North,East with my gives enemy',WIDTH,200); " onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />7 Dn. Without any company whatsoever (3,5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('all alone',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="ja">Explanation</a><br />8 Dn. Employed American journalist (4) <a onmouseover="return overlib('used',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('American=US, journalist=editor=ed',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="ja">Explanation</a><br />19 Dn. Such a hunter is sure to miss the target (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('aimless',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="ja">Explanation</a><br />23 Dn. W-ne'er did what you may do with an expired subscription(5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('Renew',WIDTH,100);" href="javascript:void(0);" seout="return nd();">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Dumb Clue. Anagram of wneer',WIDTH,200 );" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />25 Dn. Separate a section (5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('apart',WIDTH,100);" href="javascript:void(0);" seout="return nd();">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('section=part+a=apart=separate',WIDTH,200 );" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30488452-115225798298739447?l=the-hindu-crossword.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rajaram Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05046791020882868220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30488452.post-1152174599475533942006-07-06T01:29:00.000-07:002006-07-06T04:06:19.183-07:001 Ac. The band was, in a Sherlock Holmes story (8) <a onmouseover="return overlib('speckled',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue from the story - The Speckled Band-',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />5 Ac. So Carl belted out songs of joy (6) <a onmouseover="return overlib('carols',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -so carl- meaning songs of joy',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />10 Ac. Declare that the fool has hesitation to begin (6) <a onmouseover="return overlib('assert',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('fool=ass, hesitation=er, to begin =t, hence assert=declare',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />17 Ac. Branch in Karnataka faces fate (5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('karma',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Not very sure how n becomes m in karnataka, but karma works!',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />21 Ac. Stop sleeping! (6) <a onmouseover="return overlib('Awaken',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />24 Ac. Regret on the French street at 1200, perhaps (3,3,4) <a onmouseover="return overlib('Rue the hour',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Nice Clue. Streets in France are like Rue Fondry, Rue Mar etc, so street in French is Rue, 1200 is hour, rue the hour means to regret',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />29 Ac. What is taught, with skimpy clothes (6) <a onmouseover="return overlib('lesson',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Nice clue. Skimpy clothes means that you have -less on- you. lesson is what that is taught',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />31 Ac. Throws airs about in the General Hospital. How showy!(6) <a onmouseover="return overlib('garish',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('General Hospital = GH, throws indicates an anagram , anagram of airs+gh= garish, meaning showy',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />32 Ac. If a film has this, it’s quite popular among theatre-goers (1,4,3) <a onmouseover="return overlib('a star act',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br /><br />2 Dn. Chooses the Spanish sect mistakenly (6) <a onmouseover="return overlib('elects',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('mistakenly suggests an anagram. sect + le anagrams to elects. Usually France/french is le, here is it referred as Spanish',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />6 Dn. Storyteller strikes a pose (5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('aesop',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('anagram of -a pose- giving aesop of Aesops fables fame',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />7 Dn. Work over an interchange — it may make you rather tired (8) <a onmouseover="return overlib('overwork',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Looks a dumb clue. interchange work and over to get overwork, which obviously makes you tired!',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />8 Dn. Weekend when rusty Ada perks up! (8) <a onmouseover="return overlib('saturday',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('perks up suggests an anagram. Anangram of -rusty ada- gives Saturday',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />16 Dn. Star-turn, extremely hasty, is worthless (6) <a onmouseover="return overlib('trashy',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Nice clue. star-turn = anagram of star, extremely hasty = extremes of hasty = hy, hence trashy meaning useless',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />18 Dn. Not necessarily a cripple in a fielding position (5,3) <a onmouseover="return overlib('Short leg',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Nice clue. If you consider sll fielding positions, short leg makes sense for a cripple',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />19 Dn. Does he value donkeys and sort unendingly? (8) <a onmouseover="return overlib('assessor',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('donkeys=asses, sort unendingly=sor, assessor values things',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />25 Dn. Shoot down the jeerings (5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('hoots',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('anagram of shoot gives hoots. To hoot is to boo or to jeer',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30488452-115217459947553394?l=the-hindu-crossword.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rajaram Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05046791020882868220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30488452.post-1152088389586274162006-07-05T01:20:00.001-07:002006-07-05T01:33:09.596-07:001 Ac. Stake in centre of a pleasant estate (4) <a onmouseover="return overlib('ante',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('-in centre of- pleas-ant e-state',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />10 Ac. Dried evergreen shrub used to make refreshing beverage (3,4) <a onmouseover="return overlib('Tea Leaf',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />12 Ac. Straight lines from centre to circumference of circle (5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('radii',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />14 Ac. Jumbo the plane crashed (8) <a onmouseover="return overlib('elephant',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Nice Clue. crashed suggests an anagram. -the plane- anagrams to elephant',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />26 Ac. Dance to make most of the pungent smell disappear (5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('tango',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Not very sure how, but fits in the grid and also the meaning -dance-',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />28 Ac. Hardest part of human extremity (3,4) <a onmouseover="return overlib('toe nail',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br /><br />6 Dn. Song of mourning (5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('elegy',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />9 Dn. Things that cause great pleasure (8) <a onmouseover="return overlib('delights',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue- can be worked out from the other letters on the grid',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />16 Dn. Lets this prickly plant bear dense flower heads somehow (8) <a onmouseover="return overlib('thistles',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Anagram of -lets this- meaning prickly leaved plants',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />22 Dn. No smell somehow but distended withal (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('swollen',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Almost an Anagram of -no smell- meaning distended or swollen',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30488452-115208838958627416?l=the-hindu-crossword.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rajaram Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05046791020882868220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30488452.post-1152005604343043622006-07-04T02:20:00.000-07:002006-07-04T02:35:55.070-07:001 Ac. The puppeteer needs to be in control to do this (4,3,7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('Pull the strings',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Almost a direct clue. The word -puppeteer- should point you in the right direction',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />12 Ac. In some notable prophetic happening (4) <a onmouseover="return overlib('omen',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('-In x y- suggests that the answer is in between x and y. Prophetic happening is the meaning',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />20 Ac. Drink of the gods (6) <a onmouseover="return overlib('nectar',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />26 Ac. The face that launched a thousand ships (5) <a onmouseover="return overlib('helen',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br /><br />3 Dn. Draws out of site (4) <a onmouseover="return overlib('ties',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('here -draws- refer to the ones we have in games for the playing sequence. site anagrams to ties.',WIDTH,200);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><br />6 Dn. Metrical foot of short and long syllable (4) <a onmouseover="return overlib('iamb',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a> <a onmouseover="return overlib('Direct Clue',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Explanation</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30488452-115200560434304362?l=the-hindu-crossword.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rajaram Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05046791020882868220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30488452.post-1151918097571862962006-07-03T02:11:00.000-07:002006-07-03T02:14:57.580-07:0010 Ac. Strum or make speech on the platform (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('Rostrum',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a><br />11 Ac. Formal acknowledgement of debt (3) <a onmouseover="return overlib('IOU',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a><br />31 Ac. Dates Ed made to be calm and composed (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('sedated',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a><br /><br />2 Dn. Turn hut round, it is said to be false (7) <a onmouseover="return overlib('untruth',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a><br />5 Dn. Players whose main concern is to score goals (8) <a onmouseover="return overlib('strikers',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a><br />17 Dn. Reduce expenditure relating to a deep ditch (8) <a onmouseover="return overlib('retrench',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30488452-115191809757186296?l=the-hindu-crossword.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rajaram Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05046791020882868220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30488452.post-1151823089624919552006-07-01T23:46:00.000-07:002006-07-02T04:40:24.686-07:00<div align="justify">12 Ac. One of the same kind close to General Eisenhower (4) <a onmouseover="return overlib('like',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a><br />25 Ac. About to call one about uprising (9)) <a onmouseover="return overlib('rebellion',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a><br />1 Dn. Feeble, the French cutting tool (6)) <a onmouseover="return overlib('sickle',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a><br />14 Dn. Treat guy in Nice hospital, unsanitary (10) <a onmouseover="return overlib('unhygienic',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a><br /><br />Solving the crosswords during the weekend is difficult, because I get the printout at work, whereas i have to spend time exclusively for this on the PC while at home. So, i expect far less solutions to be posted on weekends! </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30488452-115182308962491955?l=the-hindu-crossword.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rajaram Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05046791020882868220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30488452.post-1151681212684409852006-06-30T08:26:00.000-07:002006-06-30T08:55:34.513-07:00<div align="justify">I used to be good on solving Hindu Crosswords back in college at BITS, around 7 years back. I have even managed to completely solve few grids. After that, i have lost touch, with random attempts here and there. Last month, when I was travelling to India for vacation, I tried my hand at the cryptic crossword appearing in the Gulf newspaper. Surprisingly, I still could manage a few! </div><div align="justify">So, back in Cyprus now. Started this blog mainly to remind me to keep posting to it, i.e keep attempting the daily crossword. Lets see how long it takes before I manage a decent number on a single day!</div><br />8 Ac. Place for scientific investigations (3)<a onmouseover="return overlib('lab',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a><br />9 Ac. Tallest living animal (7)<a onmouseover="return overlib('Giraffe',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a><br />14 Ac. Laze in fun possibly but not when suffering from this (9)<a onmouseover="return overlib('Influenza',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a><br />22 Ac. Silly to be somewhat in an ecstasy (5)<a onmouseover="return overlib('inane',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a><br />26 Ac. Notice one included help (3)<a onmouseover="return overlib('aid',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a><br /><br />4 Dn. Put out of shape and make ugly (6)<a onmouseover="return overlib('deform',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a><br />23 Dn. Render presentation as gift (5)<a onmouseover="return overlib('award',WIDTH,100);" onmouseout="return nd();" href="javascript:void(0);">Ans</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30488452-115168121268440985?l=the-hindu-crossword.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rajaram Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05046791020882868220noreply@blogger.com0