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)

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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)

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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)

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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