Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Hindu crossword 9347 solution

Across
 1 Rough surface of seed coverings (7)

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 5 Wise sayings on advertisement over long periods of time (6)

Ans: adages - 'ad' from advertisement and 'ages' from long period of time form adages meaning wise sayings.
10 Application of weights on land area particle (8)

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11 Small part of article in Greek city (6)

Ans: sparta , 's' from small + 'part' + 'a' article form Sparta, a Greek city
13 Roadway small for birds (4)

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14 First draft of a prospectus has a misleading clue (3,7)

Ans: red herring , a misleading clue
16 Intense dislike for head covering of cardinal (6)

Ans: hatred , 'hat' head covering + 'red' cardinal form hatred, intense dislike
18 Sound air forced on extinct reptile (8)

Ans: dinosaur - sound air anagram
21 Master on pitch turned honourable for a long distance race (8)

Ans: marathon , 'ma' from master + 'rat' from turned tar, pitch + 'h' from honorable + 'on' form marathon, a long distance race.
22 Grand use of half drum of an institution having valuable objects (6)

Ans: museum , Grand 'm' + 'use' + 'um' half of drum form museum, an institution having valuable objects.
25 So I pursuit different alcohol type (10)

Ans: spirituous - anagram of 'so i pursuit'
27 Sound of a donkey right in bay (4)

Ans: bray, 'bay' + 'r' form bray, sound of a donkey.
30 Flat slab has a counting device (6)

Ans:abacus , direct clue. abacus also means a flat slab.
31 Twist together within bent angles (8)

Ans: entangle, bent angles meaning twist together
32 To build a secret form! (6)

Ans: erects, anagram of secret
33 Early as this, short Albert to read at the end of the day (7)

Ans: already , 'al' short albert + 'read' + 'y' end of the day form already, early as this.

Down
 2 Visible mark of a great end of a race (5)

Ans: trace , 't' end of great + 'race' form trace meaning visible mark
 3 Thick end of the handle of a large cask (4)

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 4 Human fingerprint like pattern found in Waterloo pedestals (6)

Ans: looped , found in Waterloo pedestals, human fingerprint
 6 Roped in a pusher! (5)

Ans: doper, anagram of roped
 7 Virus in at point to grow out (9)

Ans: germinate , 'germ' - virus + 'in' + 'at' + 'e' east point form germinate meaning grow out.
 8 To walk unsteadily with a street article for girls emergency room (7)

Ans: stagger 'st' from street + 'a' article + 'gg' from girls + 'er' from emergency room from stagger meaning to walk unsteadily
12 Church circle for one right group of singers (5)

Ans: choir - 'ch' in church + 'i' in one + 'r' in right form choir, a group of singers
15 Altered grass stalk (4)

Ans: bent , direct clue
17 Bring to an end careless miner in art gallery (9)

Ans: terminate , anagram of miner art with an additional t form terminate meaning bring to an end.
19 The responsibility is on the United States (4)

Ans: onus , 'on' + US form onus meaning responsibility.
20 Fraudulent counterfeit money (5)

Ans: bogus, direct clue
21 Communication of point in manuscript for a wise man (7)

Ans: message , manuscribe 'ms' + point 'e' + wiseman 'sage' form message, a communication.
23 Initially, mark another year having exact modes of absolute chaos (6)

Ans: mayhem , initials of mark another year having exact modes form mayhem, absolute chaos.

24 Let nun through the passageway in the cave (6)

Ans: tunnel , passageway in the cave, anagram of 'let nun'
26 Arctic people have a fashionable bend for it (5)

Ans: 'inuit' - eskimo. from bend 'u' + 'it' For 'in' we need to find the reason.
28 Not moving — dig one right backwards (5)

Ans: rigid , 'dig' + 'i' from one + 'r' from right turn backward to form rigid, not moving
29 Master reference for a female horse (4)

Ans: mare , 'ma' from master and 're' from reference form mare, a female horse.

4 comments:

The Ignoramus said...

Red Herring is also a preliminary financial document, in addition to being a misleading clue. Hence, the clue is actually a direct one :)

Also, for marathon, honourable provides the 'hon' and not just 'h'.

Interestingly, I picked up the crossie after years, and solved all but two that has been already presented. That's an encouragement for me.

The Ignoramus said...

1 across: stubble. Stubble is a material consisting of seed coverings, and causes a rough surface on a man's face.

10 across: traction land area = tract + particle = ion.

3 down: butt - a direct clue.

Benkiman said...

@Gomma,

you also join this blog as an author. would be nice.

and why is Grand 'm' ?

and what about 13 across?

Rakshit Tirumala said...

13 across is 'aves' . ave - small for avenue (roadway)