The Hindu Crossword 8799 Solutions

Across

1 Type of carnation that is an optic illusion, errors excepted (7)

5 French illumination gives great pleasure (7) DELIGHT

9 Recluse's foes run off, showing ingenuity (15) RESOURCEFULNESS

10 In cookery, it is the right piece to be cooked (6) RECIPE

11 Fix firmly the candlestick, following directions (8)

13 Old British volunteer force was one unknown army formation (8) YEOMANRY

15 Fighters who are backward, unsatisfactory in a way (6) TROOPS

18 Have a home in Ypres ideally (6) RESIDE

19 Switch positions intermittently (3,3,2) OFF AND ON

22 Food item for a fat mole as ordered (4,4) MEAT LOAF

24 Cutting tool that is a kind of puzzle (6) JIGSAW

27 Flash in the sky causes sudden cessation of work (9,6) LIGHTNING STRIKE

28 A backward move for fighting forces (7) RETREAT

29 See pace set by one who has broken out (7) ESCAPEE

Down

1 Picture a harbour beam (7) PORTRAY

2 Unit of flow used in Syracuse colleges (7)CUSEC

3 A possible winner in the hand (5,4) TRUMP CARD

4 Wear away with acid and so on, Henry (4)

5 Fed up with the objective? Give battle (6) DEFEND

6 Ring up about one flower (5) LILAC

7 Forest that provides raw timber (9) GREENWOOD

8 Elephants or wild boars (7) TUSKERS

12 Work unit, say, around the capital of Romania (3) ERG

14 Violent attack on cricket side: massacre without expression of hesitation (9) ONSLAUGHT

16 Level-headed and clear? It is odd (9) REALISTIC

17 Newt that went off headless (3)

18 Plant, part bramble, rather uncommon (7) RAMBLER

20 New hero working for a non-existent place (7) NOWHERE

21 He enjoys pain — others'! (6) SADIST

23 Workshop equipment for turning French and English articles (5) LATHE

25 Cut down on expenses, avoid accepting the beginning of misfortune (5) SKIMP

26 Shivering fit experienced by a guest? No way (4) AGUE