Friday, 30 September 2011

Crossword No 3

Please provide 4 answers per solver in the comments section. If any solutions are pending by Tuesday Oct 4th 8 PM IST., I ll post them  Any comments/feedback regarding clues welcome at any time.

Here's the link to the acrosslite version of the puzzle:
http://icrossword.com/share/?id=FCCF_across_lite_version.puz

Here's the puzzle copied from word format:


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Across

1. Doctor greeting accountant with new hairstyle (7)
5. Destroy firm in upward swing (7)
9 .This type of fat could increase blood cholesterol levels (9)
10. Bat flowers formed by rearranging cacti, removing one and adding one at the end (5)
11. Cruises without son, falls sick (4)
12. Speed up bill before a follower leaves party (10)
14. He distributes a hand with hesitation (6)
15. Rodeo lad stumbled into a place full of gold (2, 6)
18. Record, I record, for alternate use at the end (8)
19. A very naughty way to take a dip in water (6)
20. Patron provides support for deranged rioter (10)
22. Eye infection caused by a filthy place in the East (4)
24. Father returns from New England with a respiratory problem (5)
25. A woman disguised in plastic coating (9)
26. Salieri’s tale about a mother wrongly sued (7)
27. Bob lost head on stage and became indecent (7)


Down

1. Mess up, almost fail to make a deal with the French (9)
2. Song about a raging Spanish state in America (5, 10)
3. Worry about pointless fear (4)
4. Acknowledge a caveat (6)
5. All at once ends, duly resolved (8)
6. When in distress, have a drink this way (2, 3, 5)
7. A nice magistrate scrambles to beat a deadline (4, 7, 4)
8. Retracted story about English to lift up spirits (5)
13. Profuse bleeding of heart, adversely more, when anger consumes Henry (10)
16. Enrich blood by developing ten yoga extensions without tensions (9)
17. Roman Emperor’s aura is halved and rule is disturbed (8)
20. Boss was initially head of North Carolina housing organisation (6)
21. Pal wandering outside Arizona shopping center (5)
23. Grows old over an extended period of time (4)

Wednesday, 21 September 2011

Solutions for Crossword No. 2. All of these have been posted under the comments section of Crossword No.2 by various solvers. Here's a consolidated version, with the grid. Will try to come up with the next one sometime early October.



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Across

1. Without hesitation, tennis ace joins gangster to become a Yankee (7)
FEDERAL: {FEDERER –er + Al}

5. This war breaks spirits (7)
WRAITHS {THIS WAR*}

9. Chaise Ray reassembled for comfortable seating (4,5)
EASY CHAIR {CHAISE RAY *}

10. Worker left in dock (5)
PLIER: {P {L} IER}

11. Deviate particle aside (10)
DIGRESSION: {DIGRESS} {ION}

12. Return without sappers and yield (4)
CEDE: {reCEDE –re}

14. Portion about half your time (6)
MOIETY: {YOur TIME *}

15. Losing head, the friendly ghost of old America becomes rough (8)
ASPEROUS: {cASPER} {O} {US}

18. This type of pain typically occurs at one spot (8)
REGIONAL: [CD]

19. Son took in gold, a bit of radium and he forged rings (6)
SAURON: {S {AU} {R} ON}

22. Chantry loses Spanish fellow (4)
CHAP {CHAPel –el}

24. Diminish lady’s raise (10)
DISAUGMENT {DIS} {AUGMENT}

26. Constellation or electrically charged atom ? (5)
ORION {OR} {ION}

27. Get Nevill to blend scotch (9)
GLENLIVET {GET NEVILL *}

28. Blue city borders on nothing (7)
NAUGHTY: {N {AUGHT} Y}


29. Scrutiniser for every customer (7)
PERUSER: {PER} {USER}

Down

1. Release from consuming weed nipped at the top (7)
FREEDOM: {FR {EED} OM}

2. Wily engineer ordered gin (8)
DESIGNING {DESIGN} {GIN *}


3. About original entertainment (10)
RECREATION {RE} {CREATION}

4.  Mediate to get one into another aisle (6)
LIAISE {AISLE * taking in I}

5. Veteran steed (8)
WARHORSE [DD]

6. Pals wandering in mountains (4)
ALPS: {PALS *}

7. Routine time watch (5)
TRITE: {T} {RITE}

8. Checks shutters (7)
SCREENS [DD]

13. Ten sided clan argued hysterically (10)
DECANGULAR: {CLAN ARGUED *}

16. Ones to blame for one’s own mistakes (9)
OURSELVES [CD]

17. Drunken lady boxes jewelry in an adventurous manner (8)
DARINGLY: {LADY* taking in RING}

18. Animal ran outside cricket club of Oxfordshire initially (7)
RACCOON: {RA {C} {C} {O} {O} N}

20. Swimmer, storyteller, swapped car for another (7)
NATATOR: {NARRATOR –rr + t}

21. Cosmetic texture (6)
MAKEUP [DD]

23. Farewell, a privilege we hear (5)
ADIEU: {A} {~DUE}

25. Advance a small amount (4)
INCH [DD]