Hindu Crossword 9355 solutions

Let me publish the answer for the finished grid now. For those missing explanations, I will try to do it by the weekend.

Across

1 The ancestry of the railway era? (7)

Ans: lineage

5 Turner’s tops with tan (3,4)

Ans: nat head , I am not sure whether it is correct

10 Traffic bound unit producing a string of invective! (6)

Ans:milage ,

11 Kenneth risked going out as it became more gloomy (8)

Ans:darkenend

12 Grants a novice much more (6)

Ans:allots ,

13 Close of play, perhaps (8)

Ans:epilogue ,

14 Believe in making financial provision (6)

Ans:credit ,

15 Without the conservative leader, city men might show hostility (6)

Ans:enmity ,

18 Frank admission that one has ability and has used it (6)

Ans:candid ,

20 Believing in the saw (6)

Ans:seeing ,

23 Mend a dud adapter, though that’s extra (8)

Ans:addendum ,

25 Bishop takes in each of the French proof corrector (6)

Ans:reader ,

26 As in rate of exchange — as well? (8)

Ans:artesian ,

27 Absolutely denied involvement (6)

Ans:indeed ,

28 It’s a wonder that one can have quiet dig at Roy (7)

Ans:prodigy ,

29 From Salerno a new place in America (7)

Ans:orleans ,

Down

2 A pendent spear of ice (6)

Ans:icicle ,

3 Inspired with love despite the awful demeanour (9)

Ans:enamoured ,

4 Crashed gears boy had oiled (7)

Ans:greased ,

6 Traffic route followed by aircraft (7)

Ans:airline ,

7 Notes made out to denote contracted name for heart disease (5)

Ans:haemo ,

8 Sufficient to move in a quad out of tee, in golf (8)

Ans:adequated ,

9 This notice determines VAT coding (13)

Ans:advertisement ,

16 Treat roughly the fellow with a title (9)

Ans:manhandle ,

17 Andrew is travelling about again — he likes to travel (8)

Ans:wanderer ,

19 Manipulation of light, projected through a negative by an enlarger (7)

Ans:dodging ,

21 Prior belted one that is ultimately right (7)

Ans:earlier ,

22 Ill treat those lower in status (6)

Ans:demean ,

24 Editor got fellows inside to remove faults (5)

Ans:emend ,

Hindu Crossword 9354 solution

Across
 1 Not primary measure of time needed before ray disperses (9)
Ans: secondary
 6 Not happy about the French collation (5)
Ans: salad
 9 Find her to be a sane girl (5)
Ans: agnes
10 Stands up for ace players (9)
Ans: champions
11 Does he take the place of the lodger, when on leave? (10)
Ans: lieutenant
12 Character from the Bible, a Hebrew one (4)
Ans: beth
14 Is to let out, it was not an overstatement (7)
Ans: litotes
15 Record drop of point to determine change of wavelength (7)
Ans: doppler
17 An in charge to request need to use opium as sedative (7)
Ans: codeine
19 The French cater pie with sugar syrup (7)
Ans: treacle
20 Regular traverse of a fixed course (4)
Ans: race
22 Dare bather change into costume that is so worn out? (10)
Ans: threadbare
25 Wealth stored up to cater for rates certain to go wild (9)
Ans: treasures
26 Central heating in Illinois may be like hot dry wind of N. Africa (5)
Ans: chili
27 Exploits that require to be witnessed (5)
Ans: deeds
28 Singing birds (9)
Ans: songsters
Down
 1 Good man totally stable (5)
Ans: stall
 2 Swindler put on trial didn’t plead guilty (9)
Ans: contested
 3 Total noise shattering as the traffic piles up (4,2,4)
Ans: nose to tail
 4 Can’t engineer’s speech have distinctive modes of expression (7)
Ans: accents
 5 Longed to deny listener to be interfered with (7)
Ans: yearned
 6 Drinks in small quantities (4)
Ans: sips
 7 Unattached Englishman out of sorts in Oslo (5)
Ans: loose
 8 Dunderhead is put on charge, but let off (9)
Ans: discharge
13 Add final courses to be found at the back of the book (10)
Ans: appendices
14 The trainee one reprimanded and so wounded (9)
Ans: lacerated
16 Profitable manufacture of vital cure (9)
Ans: lucrative
18 Urges strongly to Rex, not to get shot (7)
Ans:exhorts
19 Not proper to charge boy with disloyalty (7)
Ans:treason
21 Engineer takes in material of several wrinkled fabric (5)
Ans:crepe
23 Some Islamic rulers created unending misery (5)
Ans:emirs
24 Snakes pass around (4)
Ans: asps

Hindu Crossword 9353 solutions

Across
 1 Dealer in stolen property — might be radio equipment (8)
Ans: receiver , direct clue
 5 Somehow liked going round model wearing traditional Scottish dress (6)
Ans: kilted
10 Father dared to be different and displayed proudly (7)
Ans: paraded
11 Hoping endlessly it will cure the headache (7)
Ans: aspirin
12 Dull and slow-moving — like an ox? (6)
Ans: bovine
13 How a Bengali might pronounce very replicating disease (8)
Ans: beri beri ,
15 Quickly knock out without doing anything (4)
Ans: idle ,
16 Putting on robes should pay dividends (10)
Ans: investment
18 This should give you a measure of the heavenly bodies (10)
Ans: astrometry
20 Go back on a terrifying person (4)
Ans: ogre
23 Friend with whom one can be sportive (8)
Ans: playmate ,
24 Look round very briefly! Be faster! (6)
26 Bird recovered from kangaroo’s territory (7)
Ans: rooster ,
27 It is on one’s tongue (7)
Ans: papilla
28 Howl may echo back to the French sea (6)
Ans: yammer
29 Touching display of regal appreciation (8)
Ans: accolade
Down
 1 Church people to catch up in any political organisation in the U.S. (10,5)
Ans: republican party ,
 2 About to disentangle a small vessel (7)
Ans: caravel ,
 3 Order tinned mixture (6)
Ans: indent ,
 4 Go round and head off a bear (4)
Ans: eddy ,
 6 Marks one getting public relations into money plants (8)
Ans: imprints ,
 7 Teen stumbles to catch mistake of the earth (7)
Ans: terrene ,
 8 Enhancements Ed and I ordered to cartoon character (6,3,6)
Ans: dennis the menace ,
 9 Jollify (4,5)
Ans: make merry
14 Cross neta positioned to show who came before us (9)
Ans: ancestors
17 Move to remote train part (8)
Ans: roomette
19 Move fast to spectacles at Mumbai’s top refreshment centre (7)
Ans: tearoom
21 Move to brook a big beast (7)
22 Move slowly and irregularly, like bumper-to-bumper traffic (4-2)
Ans:
25 Piece with no end makes a story (4)
Ans: epic

Hindu Crossword 9352 solution

Across
 1 American lawyer holds specially designed charm — old coin (7)
Ans: drachma , american lawyer 'da' + 'charm' form drachma, old greek coin
 5 Remains with artist on mountaintop hermitage (6)
Ans: Ashram , remains 'ash' + 'ar' artist + 'm' mountaintop form ashram hermitage
 9 Operates the plant (5)
Ans: works , direct clue
10 Dislike for worker taking one route extremely sleazy (9)
Ans: antipathy , 'ant' worker+'i' one+'path' route + 'y' extreme of sleazy form antipathy dislike
11 It might be at the tip of a gold pen (7)
Ans: iridium , direct clue. gold pen with iridium nib (fountain pin nibs)
12 Perform again to show the second of heroines in brisk canter (2-5)
Ans: re-enact , 'e' second of heroines + 'canter' anagram form re-enact to perform again
13 Sign to half of a doghouse (5)
Ans: token , 'to' + 'ken'nel half of doghouse form token, a sign
14 Hector met strange cold-blooded animal (9)
Ans: ectotherm , anagram of hector met
16 Dream sale organised in Cuban city (9)
Ans: esmaralda , anagram of dream sale , a Cuban city
19 His tales are fabulous (5)
Ans: aesop , direct clue
21 Just a piano (7)
Ans: upright , a piano.
23 One who harms others in half a month on edge of rack (7)
Ans: injurer , 'in' + 'ju' half of June/July + 'r' injurer, one who harms
24 On which one may kneel and supplicate (6,3)
Ans: prayer rug, direct clue
25 A store of French drink (5)
Ans: depot , 'de' french + 'pot' drink form depot, a store
26 Robber group with charm? (6)
Ans: bandit , 'band' group + 'it' charm form a robber
27 He will give up sources of yearlong income to the senior (7)
Ans: yielder , 'yi' yearlong income + 'elder' senior form yielder who gives up sources
Down
 1 Depressed, in bad spirits (4,2,3,5)
Ans: down to the dumps , direct clue
 2 Such a person is unlikely to be a high flier (7)
Ans: airsick , direct clue
 3 She somehow gets Ian’s order for jute fabric (7)
Ans: hessian , anagram of she + ians
 4 A sound device to wake you up (5,4)
Ans: alarm bell , direct clue
 5 Fragrant oil laden by a great tartan (5)
Ans: attar , great tartan , a fragrant oil
 6 Greeting softly, taking dancing step that is most trendy (7)
Ans: hippest , 'hi' greeting + 'p' soft + 'step' form hippest , trendy
 7 Put into practice what’s done to turn out tea (7)
Ans: actuate , 'act' what's done + 'u' turn + 'tea' form actuate, put into practice
 8 Computer professional roughs up seamy protestor (6,8)
Ans: system operator , anagram of seamy protestor
15 Ate masala alone in a provocative manner (9)
Ans: teasingly , 'ate' masala mix + 'singly' alone form teasingly, psirovocative manner
17 Wine Rex poured into a mixture of spices (7)
Ans: marsala , sicilian wine from 'r' rex + 'masala' mix of spices
18 Anger about Western journalist in plant (7)
Ans: ragweed , rage + w + ed form ragweed
19 Decide on a beginning to drop a trying official (7)
Ans: adjudge , 'a' + 'd' beginning of drop + 'judge' trying official form adjudge, decide
20 Having lines that are rubbish in stage direction (7)
Ans: stripe , from the answer i got the clue. 'sd' stage direction+ 'tripe' rubbish
22 Card of the future? (5)
Ans: tarot, direct clue

Hindu crossword 9351 solution

Across
 1 A detective to egg on backward manoeuvre in skateboarding (4,4)

Ans: acid drop , 'a' + 'cid' detective + 'prod' to egg on backward form acid drop, a manoeuvre
 5 Fairly recent win she managed (6)

Ans: newish , anagram of win she

 9 Such a player won’t perform well (7)

Ans: miscast, direct clue
10 Describing the bloodthirsty mood of savage beasts (7)

Ans: preyful , direct clue
11 Sun doesn’t fall on this dress (9)

Ans: nightgear , direct clue
12 Come to terms with a finally willing grass holding back the last bit (5)

Ans: agree , 'a' + grass 'green' - 'n' form agree meaning come to terms
13 Thin layer, we hear, for animal shelter (4)

Ans: cote , sounds like coat , thin layer for domestic animal shelter
14 It is strikingly death-dealing (5,4)

Ans: fatal blow , direct clue
17 Distressed? Give Edgar a rundown (9)

Ans: aggrieved , anagram of give edgar meaning distressed.
19 Spectacles describing single large city (4)

Ans: oslo , spectacles O-O with 'sl' single large form oslo, a city (it took a while to get this)
23 Attempt a literary composition (5)

Ans: essay , direct clue
24 Prepared with proper equipment (6,3)

Ans: fitted out, direct clue
25 Six take a French nobleman to finally built bridge (7)

Ans: viaduct , 'vi' six + 'a' + 'duc' french noble man + 't' finally built form viaduct, bridge
26 What Rama had worked and fought against (7)

Ans: adharma , rama + had anagram
27 Give a facelift to nothing in English town (2,4)

Ans: do over . I just got it based on the letters available.
28 Profitable use of money not in clothing for the clergy (8)

Ans: vestment, investement, profitable use of money - in form vestment, clothing for the clergymen.
Down
 1 Albert on insane persons dismissing one in yearbooks (8)

Ans: almanacs, 'al' alberta + maniacs (insane persons) - i (one) --> manacs form almanacs, annual publications
 2 Perception of one on northern location, we hear (7)

Ans: insight , 'i' from one + 'n' norther + location -site we hear 'sight' form insight, perception
 3 Plans for medical man on fast dissipated (6)

Ans: drafts , 'dr' medical man + 'fast' muddled form drafts, plans
 4 Apparently where some of those climbing the Everest may be seen (2,3,4,2,2)

Ans: at the base of it , direct clue
 6 You said the French doctors would fetch the animals (3,5)

Ans: ewe lambs , 'ewe' pronouced as you + 'la' the french + 'mbs' doctors form ewe lambs. I got only lambs and rest, thanks google.
 7 Guess the number in Hell (7)

Ans: inferno, 'infer' -guess + 'no' number form inferno, hell like
 8 Hard to change the hangman’s rope (6)

Ans: halter , 'h' from hard + 'alter' change forms halter, noose.
10 Salon speciality causes an enduring sensation (9,4)

Ans: permanent wave , direct clue.
15 Perhaps buy extra radiological equipment (4,4)

Ans: xray tube , anagram of buy extra forms the radiological equipment
16 Picture left with an Indian dish incomplete (8)

Ans: portrait , port from left + rait (raita incomplete) form portrait, picture
18 Romance on army post office exposes heavy-handed group (7)

Ans: gestapo , 'gest' romance + 'apo' from army post office form gestapo
20 Beat affliction (7)

Ans: scourge , direct clue
21 What the butler or tennis player did (6)

Ans: served , direct clue
22 Company thread loosened (3,3)

Ans: red hat , thread anagram

Hindu crossword 9350 solution

Across
 1 Original strip remodelled by one new engineering head (8)

Ans: pristine , 'strip' + 'i' from one + ne' from new engineering head (start) give pristine mean original
 6 Coptic divine for putting two sailors back to back (4)

Ans: abba , 'ab' + 'ba' sailor back to back form abba, coptic divine
 9 Brown follows hub set up in country (6)

Ans: bhutan , 'tan' brown + 'hub' form bhutan, a country
10 One who can give cover for life (7)

Ans: insurer , direct clue
13 Seriously, tanneries cleaned up (2,7)

Ans: in earnest , anagram of tanneries meaning seriously.
14 Right to have more than eight coming back for an enzyme (5)

Ans: renin , 'r' from right + 'nine' more than eight form renin, an enzyme
15 Rex to employ a trick (4)

Ans: ruse , 'r' from rex + 'use' employ form ruse , a trick
16 From where a tourist would like to see a scenic spot? (5,5)

Ans: ideal point , direct clue
19 It allows you to locate a point on a map (4,6)

Ans: grid system , direct clue
21 City, in fine, is backward in parts (4)

Ans: ifni , in fine , moroccon city
24 You take out round primarily colourful California flower (5)

Ans: yucca , 'yu' you without 0, the round + 'c' primarily colourful or first of colourful + 'ca' california form yucca, a flower
25 Descending and halting roughly to capture one gangleader (9)

Ans: alighting , 'halting' + 'i' for one+ 'g' gang leader form alighting meaning descending
26 Contemptible person showing a sense of guilt (7)

Ans: hangdog , direct clue, hangdog meaning one showing sense of guilt
27 Obstruct spies returning deep-set (6)

Ans: impede , 'im' from mi - spies returning + 'deep' form impede meaning to obstruct
28 Revolutionary following for head cook (4)

Ans: chef , 'che' revolutionary che guevara
29 These periods are for recouping from work (4,4)

Ans: rest days , direct clue
Down
 2 Again tilts to one side as that woman comes up with slippery characters (7)

Ans: reheels , 're' from again + 'heels' titls form reheels meaning slippery things We need to find out why a woman is mentioned here
 3 Swift writing, perhaps (6)

Ans: satire , Jonathan Swift's writing are satiric
 4 Edison and nun make malicious implications (9)

Ans: innuendos , anagram of edison and nun form malicious implications
 5 Order cited as being incorrect (5)

Ans: edict , cited anagram form edict meaning an order
 7 Rubicund, hundred leave disturbed country (7)

Ans: burundi , rubicund without 'c' hundred in roman form burundi, an african country.
 8 As a grown-up, one shouldn’t be tied to these (5,7)

Ans: apron strings , direct clue
11 Overly sweet: why are you heard to be entangled with a secret agent? (6)

Ans: syrupy , 'yru' hearing of why are you + 'spy' secret agent form syrupy meaning very sweet.
12 Go! He chirpily will produce a writing system (12)

Ans: hieroglyphic , anagram of go he chirpily form a writing system with pictures
17 Last word on one site fixed with things that put you at ease (9)

Ans: amenities , 'amen' last word + 'i' one +'site' form amenities, things put you in ease
18 “___ ___ visible?”: the shipwrecked’s concern (2,4)

Ans: is land , direct clue
20 Cause anger with something smouldering maybe (7)

Ans: incense , direct clue
22 When the weather condition is acceptable (4,3)

Ans: fair day , direct clue
23 Did a potter’s work — or a topiarist’s (6)

Ans: shaped , direct clue
25 Soothsayer’s drill, say (5)

Ans: augur , direct clue

Hindu Crossword 9349 Solutions

Across

 1 Hate fellow getting rid of one in foul play (11)

Ans: Malevolence - Fellow - "Male" and removing one -"i" from "violence" which stands for foul play gives malevolence meaning hate

 9 Moments that just tick by within two moments (4,3)

Ans: Time Lag - Direct Clue

10 Won’t a kettle boil if you … …? (5,2)

Ans: Watch It - From the idiom, "If you watch a kettle, it never boils"

11 Nothing big in a U.S. city (5)

Ans: Omaha - Nothing - "O" + Big - "Maha" gives the US City "Omaha"

12 It’s bigger than a watch but smaller than a clock (9)

Ans: Timepiece - Direct Clue

13 I, with a doctor, begin to interpret poets’ feet (5)

Ans: Iambi - "i", with "a", doctor -"MB" + (begin to) "i"nterpret gives iambi meaning a metrical foot.

15 Joke with child and wag about what may hold data (5,4)

Ans: Punch Card - Joke - "Pun" + "Ch"ild. Don't know what is the clue for card. but punch card is one which holds data.

18 Temple too modified an Indian emblem (5,4)

Ans: Totem Pole - Anagram of "Temple too". It is an emblem used by the Indian tribes in America

21 Substance that will disintegrate blood cells (5)

Ans:

22 One weak mule totters in U.S. city (9)

Ans: Milwaukee - Anagram of one -"i" + "weak mule"

24 Nothing to charge in talk (5)

Ans: Orate - Nothing "o" + charge - "rate" gives orate

26 Free sailor to work out (7)

Ans: Absolve - Sailor - "Ab" + Work out - "solve" gives absolve meaning "to free"

27 Like rock, police officer condemns one to a foreign country (7)

Ans: Igneous - Police officer - "IG" + condemns (anagram of) "one" + foreign country - "US" gives igneous.

28 Substance used to provide cooling (11)

Ans: Refrigerant - Direct Clue

Down

 1 I steer Tom cleverly to an expert on heavenly bodies (9)

Ans: Meteorist - anagram of "I steer Tom"

 2 Auxiliary proposition of learner on an Austen title (5)

Ans: Lemma - "L"earner + "Emma" - Jane Austen's novel gives lemma meaning an auxiliary proposition.

 3 One does not have taste to have this (9)

Ans: Vulgarism - Direct Clue

 4 Pay no need to anti-tobacconists? (5,2)

Ans: Light Up - Direct Clue

 5 Four directions to fellow-journalist (7)

Ans: Newsman - Four directions - "News" + fellow - "man"

 6 Start-of-meal urging at tea-break to university group finally (3,2)

Ans: Eat up - Break up (anagram) "tea" + "U"niversity "G"roup gives "Eat up"

 7 Revolutionary hates to disturb the big cats (8)

Ans: Cheetahs - "Che" from Che Guevara - an Argentinian revolutionary + anagram of "hates"

 8 By the way, you once might have had this lid problem (4)

Ans:

14 When a chess game does not end definitively? Not exactly! (8)

Ans: Mateless

16 Fifty percent of a liquid measure (4-5)

Ans: Half Ounce - Direct Clue

17 The service that may be on the table at mealtime (6,3)

Ans:

19 This cluster is a rank symbol in the U.S. Armed Forces (3,4)

Ans: Oak Leaf - Direct Clue

20 Revised item about rising anger of honorary retirees (7)

Ans: Emeriti - revised (anagram of) "Item" + Rising anger - "ire" gives emeriti meaning honorary retirees

22 Ditch a medical officer with a technician to begin with (4)

Ans: Moat - "M"edical "O"fficer "a" "t"echnician gives moat meaning a ditch.

23 Sailor with the French redhead is more up to it! (5)

Ans: Abler - Sailor - "Ab" + the French - "Le" + "r"edhead gives abler.

25 Greetings from Hawaii (5)

Ans: Aloha - Direct Clue