Monday 25 August, 2008

The Hindu Crossword 9311

If I manage to start posting again, I plan to make some changes in the method of posting...
I'll be putting up the original clue, and the the additional hint to crack it... then the answer, as usual, as a tooltip for "Ans"

As given below:

Across
1 Therapy that is impossible in a blackout? (5,9) A treatment that needs electricity? Ans
8 Little creature with a modish wing (6) A six legged creature Ans
9 See a sign unfurled by one to whom property has been transferred (8) See a sign - unfurl it. Ans
11 In the Middle East, it had penalties modified (9) Penalties - modified. Ans
12 A portion of a small mammal (5) This small mammal had a race with a slow walker. Ans
13 What a footballer hates to see — a socialist joker? (3,4) A penalty ticket; A memebership in a labour union? Ans
15 Prominent stranger, in a way (7) Stranger - someone from outer space? Way = Street = st. Ans
17 Stump that is misused as an encouragement (7) Misuse of That is = ie + Stump Ans
19 He gives company to the flier (2-5)
21 U.S. prosecutor omitted from CV of living organisms (5)
23 Degradation of a low-level accommodation (9)
25 Power cut that expels a chess player perhaps (8)
26 Love commercial dirt! (6)
27 Bone disease that Irish tattooers develop (14)

Down
1 Team leader but a small fish (7)
2 Bird, one in a group of grouse, lark etc. (5)
3 Get (the bike) going (4-5)
4 Bachelor of surgery involved in various cases of pus collection (7)
5 Power flows through them in restructured, new Siam (5)
6 Peerless example that is plainer on reform (9)
7 Umpire, entering wager, is miserable (6)
10 A gentle sort (4)
14 Maid’s plot upset by foreign service officials (9)
16 He uses his eyes to comprehend what others say (3-6)
17 Consume drink with one doctor and one engineer (6)
18 Paula’s caught cracking a shoulder bone (7)
19 Persuade with some colas, say (4)
20 In them your clothes are torn (7)
22 An important joint for some Bohemian kleptomaniacs (5)
24 A proclamation like what Asoka left on stone (5)
XWD 9311

After a very looong time, i sat down with the xwd, determined to crack it... And cracked it today....
Needed some help from online dictionaries to fill up spme remaining words at the end...