The Hindu Crossword 12165

Published - November 17, 2017 12:05 am IST

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Across

  • 1. Hair-straighteners? (6-7)
  • 8. Drink in a vacation retreat (4)
  • 9. Hooks cool boy harshly for learning aid (10)
  • 10. Looking back, not even one royal (excluding the king) is of direct descent (6)
  • 11. Oral examination on maybe, Kolkata's fire (8)
  • 12. New shiny hat is stuffed with many flowers (9)
  • 14. Lures Asian out using insult (4)
  • 15. Consumer portion of Welsh dish that's lightly cooked (4)
  • 16. Order to intercept ship near island — he is sent to fight (9)
  • 20. Settler: one primarily securing territory (8)
  • 21. Empty space for home appliance (6)
  • 23. What people wear during Halloween and kids contest (5,5)
  • 24. Centre line seen during the world war (4)
  • 25. Placing short container in front of plastic (13)

Down

  • 1. Starts to help every aged villager in love yearning painfully (7)
  • 2. Remove resistance without help (5)
  • 3. Inulins regulate regulator (7)
  • 4. Those Jews vanish into religious organization (8,7)
  • 5. Grow yield (6)
  • 6. I am to live with marines — it's said they are simpletons (9)
  • 7. Photographer to drive away over model acting up (7)
  • 13. Symbol of protection needs to impress (9)
  • 15. Crowd-control law for cat? (4,3)
  • 17. Go back to inspect six rites being conducted (7)
  • 18. A Chinese kingdom split by America? That's funny (7)
  • 19. Knowledge is present in extremely weird mantra (6)
  • 22. Raccoon fur is half-sold (5)
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