The Indian Express -- Crossword

Friday, May 30 1997

Crossword No 6625

Across
1. Reading for the daily help (9)
8. Delete the first letter in Gaelic (5)
9. Precious possession one is not bound to have (7)
10. Eventually punctual (2,4)
11. Total comes back with nil return for fabric (6)
12. Fifty inside possibly fainted when blown up (8)
15. A secluded walk (8)
18. Move that shortens the game a little? (6)
20. Females of unusual ideals (6)
21. Rocket-propelled weapon perhaps is miles out (7)
22. Someone mending a pipe? (5)
23. A good place to see the stars come out (5,4)

Down
2. Goodbye to a Frenchman (5)
3. Smoothly gets Evelyn reorganised (6)
4. He researches into plants and into bats perhaps (8)
5. King Charles's residence perhaps? (6)
6. We take pains to please them (7)
7. One kept - in suspense? (9)
11. Superior to all, but lacking fire (9)
13. Doing without, because working (8)
14. Dishonourable inside information (3-4)
16. Instrument to try on board (6)
17. Being diverted made us upset (6)
19. Place in the snow to make oil go refined (5)

Solution
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Across: 1. Lemming 4. Infer 7. Ring 8. Converse 10. Disrespect 12. Steady 13. Stocks 15. Out of order 18. Breather 19. Deck 20. Scour 21. Estates
Down:: 1. Lured 2. Minister 3. Groups 4. Invocation 5. Form 6. Reefers 9. Head-hunter 11. Acid test 12. Scribes 14. Cohere 16. Rakes 17. Nero

Crossword No 6625

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