The Hindu Xword 8531 Solutions(first go...)

Across

1 Finally, all angst to be dissipated (2,4,4)AT LONG LAST

7 Copper, very noisy, gets a blow (4)

9 Involuntary movements at mineral spring with a message (6)SPASMS

10 Worker about to be consumed in toil (8)

11 Mouser e.g. could become ghastly (8)GRUESOME

12 Tribute to the departed (6)

13 Contrary but fashionable poetry (7)

16 To produce milk is an accomplishment in an old setting (7)

17 Bird, East German, opulent (7)

19 A long time for a coveted score (7)

22 Awful fears, hard, spreading once more (6)

23 Physicist who had a hypothesis about cooking good rava (8)AVOGADRO

26 Despot in a three-wheeler, defective cart (8)

27 Tending to promote peace with some doctrinaire niceties (6)IRENIC

28 Soft, whimsical child with lucre (4)

29 Runners may be trained by one working with plants (10)NURSERYMAN

Down

2 Creature put to use on our railway (5)

3 Alumnus reportedly observed to be bawdy (7)

4 Vigorous enjoyment in August, October etc. (5)GUSTO

5 The friends in WW II (6)ALLIES

6 Knives etc., make for conflict between the board and head of establishment (9)

7 A brilliant stroke allowed in two lines (7)

8 Cargo carrier, French number, about to overturn (9)

14 Wind instrument, but its tone is not necessarily nasal (4,5)

15 Sweetener in cans, a rich preparation (9)SACCHARIN

18 Write without effort with a feel for novelty (4,3)

20 Kind of play which is a drag, yet runs (7)TRAGEDY

21 It cannot be created or destroyed and may be of consequence (6)MATTER

24 Fruit of love, of current interest (5)

25 Indian dish, one Tara cooked (5) RAITA

The Hindu Xword 8530 Solutions

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1 In secret, troop is repositioned for surveying past things (13)RETROSPECTION

10 Inflamed like some eyes (9)BLINDSHUT

11 Singular chase for transferring rolling stock from one track to another (5)SHUNT

12 An aristocrat manages to reveal the soul (5)ATMAN

13 Chemical found in uncommon ground (4,5)RARE EARTH

14 Beguile the errant parent (6)ENTRAP

16 Derisive smile of Poles, always poetic (5)SNEER

19 Place in Nebraska to which a poor actor, with love, returned (5)OMAHA

20 Having a doubt, like the German philosopher (6)ASKANT

25 Fast craft with a prow to be repaired (9)POWERBOAT

26 Husband and wife lose pound in carriage (5)COUPE

27 Go up with a Conservative member (5)CLIMB

28 Some deliveries assessed — assessed too highly (9)OVERRATED

29 Dispersed articles ended confusion (13)DECENTRALISED

Down

2 Wickedness of putting gold in bad blood (8)ENORMITY

3 Radioactive element that created a fuss among British sailors (5)RADON

4 Indian physicist meets artist somewhere in Africa (6)SAHARA

5 Install on the royal seat (8)ENTHRONE

6 Sales test fails, lacking flavour (9)TASTELESS

7 EU over-excited about work of art (6)OEUVRE

8 Old boy tardy with one dedicated to the monastic life (6)OBLATE

9 Eager — to scratch? (5)ITCHY

15 Publicity effort on space station accomplished — excellent! (9)ADMIRABLE

17 Gun battle — take a picture away (5-3)SHOOT OUT

18 Get a tube fashioned for French loaf (8)BAGUETTE

21 Fashionable finish in an attempt (6)TRENDY

22 Room for the astronaut (5)SPACE

23 Would he wail miserably for a brief period? (6)AWHILE

24 Girl from Bath enamours (6)ATHENA

26 The dog that Igor caught straying (5) CORGI

The Hindu Xword 8529 Solutions

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1 Took a deep breath in relief about time as observed (7)SIGHTED

5 Tom's father said to be a dupe (4-3)CATS PAW

9 Regardless of circumstances, weather notwithstanding (4,4,2,5)COME RAIN OR SHINE

10 Antiquated but permitted escape route (6)OUTLET

11 Manoeuvre takes a month in an English river (8)

13 Cycle of events in a riot, not unusual (8)ROTATION

15 Twisted out of shape by exercises in a hospital room (6)WARPED

18 Outstanding boss, born leader (6)SUPERB

19 Kind of government that is about people in general (8)REPUBLIC

22 Recognise someone yet find one difference (8)IDENTIFY

24 Exploiter of a sailor, drug-taker (6)ABUSER

27 It has a lasting attraction for metal (9,6)PERMANENT MAGNET

28 Deserter, with time, went ahead and caused fear (7)RATTLED

29 Request the German made for an advocate (7)PLEADER

Down

1 Help provided by a pushover reportedly (7)SUCCOUR

2 The whole range, a thousand in a passage (5)GAMUT

3 He brings great suffering to people between two hills (9)TORMENTOR

4 Stupid person getting intravenous treatment (4)DRIP

5 Necklace that could be a hindrance to breathing (6)CHOKER

6 Operatic work that got some eight Oscars (5)

7 The main person at college (9)PRINCIPAL

8 Reportedly shaky finish when seven days are up (7)WEEKEND

12 Watch chain, free on board (3)

14 Nothing could be more hush-hush (3,6)TOP SECRET

16 Suggest a foolish pace (9)ADUMBRATE

17 Check James Herriot, say (3)

18 Team leader, jumpy sort (7)SKIPPER

20 A curt or shifty art gallery official (7)CURATOR

21 Displease cricket side and wind up (6)OFFEND

23 What may be left on the way by some fast railcars (5)TRAIL

25 Teachers upset about unknown ecclesiastical council (5)

26 Part of staircase, a pet's undoing (4) STEP

The Hindu Xword 8527 Solutions

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1 A nut, as I chop it, scatters (9)PISTACHIO

5 Victoria, say, sounds incorrect (5)FALLS

8 Black spice builds muscle (6)BICEPS

9 He provides evidence at street disturbance (8)ATTESTER

11 Some paranoia, in retrospect, in the island (4)IONA

12 Mutilated boy came back, worked out (10)DISFIGURED

14 Organic base found in a pit (5)AMINE

15 What to do to be a winner (7)OUTPLAY

16 Revenue-earning cargo to recompense boy holding ring (7)PAYLOAD

17 Former British statesman in a large, open area (5)HEATH

19 Service rendered by the haves for the have-nots, perhaps (6,4)SOCIAL WORK

20 Festival mantra takes in master (4)ONAM

22 Treated with oxygen (8)OZONISED

23 Film on metal — one featured in state capital (6)PATINA

24 A welcome sign for the house hunter (2,3)TO LET

25 The best journey by air — excellent (3,6)TOP FLIGHT

Down

1 Well-known people in general (6)PUBLIC

2 Place of learning where Ross coached only haphazardly (9,6)SECONDARY SCHOOL

3 A record's created by mountain (4)ALPS

4 How to free UNO anyhow, suddenly? (3,2,7)OUT OF NOWHERE

5 Wagon in which a race fight erupted (7,3)FREIGHT CAR

6 Intellectual activity on the side is an unorthodox way of solving problems (7,8)LATERAL THINKING

7 Quiet and reportedly prepared but torn to pieces (7)SHREDDY

10 Taking back the grant already made ended Tom's win unfortunately (12)DISENDOWMENT

13 One who hates marriage raises mature insects (non-English) in a cloud (10)MISOGAMIST

16 Father's reportedly determined to qualify for a military commission (4,3)PASS OUT

18 To communicate information needs a significant skill (6)IMPART

21 A legislative body featured in newspaper endlessly (4) DAIL

The Hindu Xword 8525

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1 Withdraw what one has said about a pamphlet (7)RETRACT

5 Off-centre operation of pressure group (7)FACTION

9 Seek proper treatment of colitis (7)SOLICIT

10 Call back camel on an irregular road (7)RECLAIM

11 She may be an emblem of peace (5)OLIVE

12 Architect's plan for advancement (9)ELEVATION

13 Boxer perhaps, bluish purple, grows wild (3,6)DOG VIOLET

15 To so punish, may be fine (5)PENAL

16 Its best to have no cause to dote (5)BESOT

18 Guys engaged in a welcome sort of correspondence (9)AGREEMENT

21 Restore privileges to soldiers in the country (9)REINSTATE

24 Change later to a suitable fitting (5)ALTER

25 Designed a nice tax but was not precise (7)INEXACT

26 The boss, that is deputy head, is purposeful (7)STUDIED

27 He exerts pressure to obtain illicit money (7)HUSTLER

28 Adds seasoning to food (7)DRESSES

Down

1 Ponders uneasily the way to react (7)RESPOND

2 Effective reporting (7)TELLING

3 St. Michael converted this old scientist (9)ALCHEMIST

4 Let it be a formal designation (5)TITLE

5 He can't possibly keep a cool tongue (4,5)FIRE EATER

6 Two firms combine over a nourishing hot drink (5)COCOA

7 I dashed off to Ian taking him to be from an Indo European branch (7)IRANIAN

8 Many take loan in a very small amount of the real value (7)NOMINAL

14 Star performer (4,5)LEAD ACTOR

15 Too early to tamper unduly with the river (9)PREMATURE

16 Polish in brush — how untidy! (7)BURNISH

17 They spin scary objects generally (7)S-I-E-S

19 The French stain results from inevitable consequences (7)ENTAILS

20 Trade is compounded of abuses (7)TIRADES

22 Southern shopping area is to slender size (5)SMALL

23 Relieved of pain (5) EASED

The Hindu Xword 8521

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1 A profit plus more of the same, repeatedly (5,3,5)AGAIN AND AGAIN

8 Where models tread with feline grace? (7) CATWALK

9 The foolish snipe at the wise (7)

11 Slightly sunken spot, not a real problem (6)

13 Irritate to change a race bet (8) ACERBATE

15 Quoits thrown by ancient Greek athletes (5)

16 An English possibly meant to proceed from some source (7)EMANATE

18 Racket that should be taken to court (7) SWINDLE

19 Deeply unconscious of key defects in optical systems (5)

21 They take advantage of others' good nature to deceive (8)

23 Romans required money to get free (6)RANSOM

25 Rubbing out certain age at the start (7) ERASURE

26 Rest of the firewood and metal (7)

28 Understanding navigational aid that is used around NATO emplacement (13)COMPASSIONATE

Down


2 Cowardly as a fiddler with no strings to pull (7) GUTLESS

3 She may possibly be of help (3) IDA

4 A dope goes around a sovereign with requests (4) ASKS

5 Outraged by dead secret resolution (10) DESECRATED

6 One may stare with mouth wide open at Greek who captures a monkey (5) GAPER

7 Treat that is complicated? You can say that again (7) ITERATE

8 Underground group needs it to change (11)

10 The chaps who dig into their tucker! (11)

12 A yoghurt cold drink for a girl (5)LASSI

14 Understanding what is needed in a good steak (10) TENDERNESS

17 Bill crashes vehicle in Africa (5) ACCRA

18 Staff officer hurried into the river for the singer (7) SOPRANO

20 Strong smelling substance that emanates from large aquatic animal (7)

22 A wooden leg made of short thick branch (5) STUMP

24 Army team transport (4)

27 A private office of the French quarter (3) DEN

The Hindu Xword 8516 Solutions(first go...highly partial)

Across

1 You don't have to pay for them (8)FREEBIES

5 Classified one publicising what's required (4-2)

9 Siva, Eve proves to be deliberately vague (7)EVASIVE

10 Promotes acts of kindness (7)

11 Based on observation: I impel car haphazardly (9)EMPIRICAL

12 Central leader Hari hesitant to control the discussion (5)CHAIR

13 Information Bureau earlier found the goat (4)IBEX

14 Find out when it's sure (9)ASCERTAIN

17 No-good discount surrounding the expert (9)

19 Examine hastily some of his canons (4)SCAN

23 Tsar in trouble accepts superior rule in Sanskrit (5)

24 Bob thrashing Bacon, I see (9)

25 In public transport copper enters, causing a nightmare (7)

26 Say again, the learned has lost his head (7)ITERATE

27 Agreeable persons? (3-3)YES-MEN

28 Being light-minded, turn over and breathe noisily (8)

Down

1 Maddened if Centre is in disarray (8)FRENETIC

2 Model formerly rich? (7)EXAMPLE

3 Cunning Berry traps one set with brambles (6)

4 Do they tell you how to do work-outs in the gym? (8,5)EXERCISE

6 Campaigner has publicity material about village officer and girl (8)ADVOCATE

7 Disaster from aunts: I'm shocked (7)TSUNAMI

8 Catch sight of some brides crying (6)

10 What the bird did when it ate was suitable (6,3,4)

15 Make an introduction to part of the constitution, perhaps (8)

16 At this place book is natural (8)

18 Tempts tens to swarm around diamonds (7)

20 Can the Indian industrialist provide a harmonious composition? (7)

21 Become inflexible, Boss, if youth is in hiding (6)

22 Successfully retired? (6)

The Hindu Xword 8515 Solutions

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1 Settlement to drag the Pole to the vessel (8)TOWNSHIP

6 Article I encountered is facing the wrong way (4)STEM

9 In accord, Democrat made up for deficiencies (6)ATONED

10 Revolutionary Lois mixes up earth's layer (3,4)TOP SOIL

13 Advances in music, perhaps (9)OVERTURES

14 Fund in Hindi translation (5)NIDHI

15 Shave two, we hear (4)PARE

16 Old boy mixes Natal oil pertaining to a religious offering (10)OBLATIONAL

19 So unlike a U or S? (3-7)NON-BENDING

21 Long narrative in the picaresque tradition (4)EPIC

24 Dislikes "Heats" being reviewed (5)HATES

25 Enthusiastic alien goes round well-laid-out exurban (9)EXUBERANT

26 Unfavourable publicity lines (7)ADVERSE

27 Out of the ear, something out of the ordinary (6)EXOTIC

28 Teacher goes back to the East to get higher (4)RISE

29 Pretend amulet is lost (8)SIMULATE

Down

2 What you won't be dressed in at home may last longer than others (7)OUTWEAR

3 This appeared at the end of the Eighties (6)NINETY

4 Heady bard recreates the city (9)HYDERABAD

5 Sampath sets out ways of life (5)PATHS

7 Crushed the wild rodent going around bottom of the ground (7)TRODDEN

8 There is no singularity here (12)MULTIPLICITY

11 Write `it may be applied to an eyebrow' (6)PENCIL

12 Become excited about what a balloon may do when released (2,2,2,3,3)GO UP IN THE AIR

17 Blast! Damn! Sue AA to a sickening degree (2,7)AD NAUSEAM

18 Smaller one who gives lease, we hear (6)LESSER

20 Vain set gobbles up indigenous people (7)NATIVES

22 A grand player? (7)PIANIST

23 Shrink back from wind again? (6)RECOIL

25 Were made in the south to hold water (5) EWERS