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Tuesday, May 03, 2005

Hindu Xword 8284

Across

1 Fundamental reason to restrict the supply of drink (9)RATIONALE.

5 An organisation placed in position (3,2)SET UP.

8 Cotton material, nothing dad returned (6)POPLIN.

9 Grave-clothes for some sincere men traded here (8)CEREMENT.

11 Two notes found in upholstered seat (4)SOFA.

12 Being present at a particular time, to waltz perhaps (10)ATTENDANCE.

14 With difficulty moved left to a miserable dwelling (5)HOVEL.

15 Group of three related works, a record in an attempt (7)TRILOGY.

16 Simenon's crime buster (7)MAIGRET.

17 Male pre-eminent in robbery (5)HEIST.

19 Clue: drama's twisted, not at all understandable (5,2,3)CLEAR AS MUD.

20 Check love, refuse consent (4)VETO.

22 Uncover the entrance to give unrestricted admission (4,4)OPEN DOOR.

23 Doctor captured in old security law, a plant (6)MIMOSA.

24 Sharp-eyed flier (5)EAGLE.

25 Alert Lord frustrated unreasonable request (4,5)TALL ORDER.

Down

1 Assume an attitude afresh for tranquility (6)REPOSE.

2 In the main, a sign of danger: there is more to it than meets the eye (3,2,3,7)TIP OF THE ICEBERG.

3 State that Columbus made capital of (4)OHIO.

4 The latest possible time to give the Spanish contest 60 minutes around start of heats (8,4)ELEVENTH HOUR.

5 Check on amphetamine places a restriction on the rate of progress (5,5)SPEED LIMIT.

6 Terminus, one cannot continue further (3,3,2,3,4)THE END OF THE ROAD.

7 The art of making fired clay vessels is poetry re-created around time (7)POTTERY.

10 Fungal affection of member that sportsmen pay for (8,4)ATHLETES FOOT.

13 Facility for walkers overlooking tracks perhaps (10)OVERBRIDGE.

16 Rodents enveloping heart of acrobat, possible disease-carrier (7)MICROBE.

18 Material for doctor with a confident manner, hard inside (6)MOHAIR.

21 In South American city, love replaces a luxury car (4) LIMO.

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