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)

6 comments:

  1. 15A EL DORADO*
    7D RACE AGAINST TIME*
    17D AU(ra)RELIUS*(rule+is)

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  2. 1A {MO}{HI}{CA}{N}
    2D {HOT}{EL}{CALIFORNIA}
    3D s{CARE}
    11A s{AILS}

    A good one!

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  4. 12A is a good clue with a follower!

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  5. 16D - Oxygenate - ten yoga ex
    27A - Obscene
    24A - Apnea - Papa NE
    21D - Plaza - Pal AZ

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