THC-crossword thread-6; 4 ans PP till 4 pm IST

[deepakgita]

Across
1 Spirit shown by quartet in Dvorák intermezzo (4)
6 Lyrics by quality poet (10)
10 Retired teacher drinking at college dance (3,1,3)
11 Slim country and western singer with hired killer (7)
12 Gay song in the new musical (8,4)
15 Polish bandleader, Joe, after opening in Gdansk (5)
16 Tenor spots headphones in bins (5,4)
17 Rose, for example, can, cutting track (9)
18 Opening bars of anthem —take it away! (5)
19 Upset client, artist, a musician (12)
23 Composer, extremely diverse, occupied penning most original of songs (7)
24 Man, leader of choir, reportedly pleased (7)
25 Troupe of musicians, male, in street playing lyres (10)
26 Part of a Gibson, say, about to be wrapped in pink paper (4)

Down
1 Figures great-uncles lost heart performing (10) RECTANGLES
2 Film of Ginger Rogers in pool with wartime detective (5,5) KITTY FOYLE
4 Ear, perhaps, for a musical instrument (5) ORGAN
5 Sell short sad standard (9) DOWNGRADE
6 Released with Cream hits, second song (5,9) WHITE CHRISTMAS
7 Peculiar piano seat (4)
8 Solo, last from Band Aid? (4)
9 Canned music producers? (6,3,5)
13 Tidy rapper adapted Beatles record (3,7)
14 Medley master’s not arranged (10)
16 Verse form in short hymn I later changed about (4,5)
20 Takes US singer “Stevie” (5)
21 Faith, for example, shown by a mother (4)
22 Old pop group docked in small Scottish port (4)

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[Russellbew]

Across
1 Spirit shown by quartet in Dvorák intermezzo (4) RAKI
6 Lyrics by quality poet (10) WORDSWORTH
10 Retired teacher drinking at college dance (3,1,3)
11 Slim country and western singer with hired killer (7)
12 Gay song in the new musical (8,4)
15 Polish bandleader, Joe, after opening in Gdansk (5)
16 Tenor spots headphones in bins (5,4)
17 Rose, for example, can, cutting track (9)
18 Opening bars of anthem —take it away! (5)
19 Upset client, artist, a musician (12) CLARINETTIST
23 Composer, extremely diverse, occupied penning most original of songs (7)
24 Man, leader of choir, reportedly pleased (7)
25 Troupe of musicians, male, in street playing lyres (10) MINSTRELSY
26 Part of a Gibson, say, about to be wrapped in pink paper (4)

Down
1 Figures great-uncles lost heart performing (10) RECTANGLES
2 Film of Ginger Rogers in pool with wartime detective (5,5) KITTY FOYLE
4 Ear, perhaps, for a musical instrument (5) ORGAN
5 Sell short sad standard (9) DOWNGRADE
6 Released with Cream hits, second song (5,9) WHITE CHRISTMAS
7 Peculiar piano seat (4)
8 Solo, last from Band Aid? (4)
9 Canned music producers? (6,3,5)
13 Tidy rapper adapted Beatles record (3,7)
14 Medley master’s not arranged (10) ASSORTMENT
16 Verse form in short hymn I later changed about (4,5)
20 Takes US singer “Stevie” (5)
21 Faith, for example, shown by a mother (4)
22 Old pop group docked in small Scottish port (4)

[deepakgita]

Across
1 Finishing conclusion in gossip (6,2)
5 Even one in the nude is covered by it (6)
9 This vehicle would fetch urn (8)
10 Do such assets flow and spill out? (6)
12 Always note clergyman returning (4)
13 Anticipates with dread that there will be arrests (10)
15 Will this fool's jokes be not so bright? (6)
17 Go wrong and get incomplete help in West Asian peninsula (5)
20 And in Germany I had fixed a word-processing error (5)
21 Angry, terrible daughter leaves (6)
24 Neglected, a French vehicle's forced out, without a bit of compunction (7-3)
27 Just mother in France (4)
29 Gets black circles (6)
30 Soldier hopelessly sterile and most feminine (8)
31 Fly hastened first in order (6)
32 Cheat — what a beggar might say while crossing street (8)

Down
1 Student — no beginner — is moneymaker (6)
2 So, with this, a somersault will become one-sided (6)
3 Writer's points (4)
4 Assume it's not quite certain in north-western state (5)
6 Wharton, the American writer, for one (5)
7 Grief of ultra leader expressed in daybreak (8)
8 An airplane movement that results in the emergence of desi? (8)
11 Agonise over legal document on conclusions of crash course (6)
14 Outer coat no-good in bullwork (4)
16 Eccentric western ride furious and extremely jumpy (6)
17 Avoid second marauder (4)
18 Exemplarily cool salad ingredient (8)
19 Elicitation that the top of retailers has abandoned discount (8)
22 Trickery employed by church in tide-churning (6)
23 Sage's direction gets store's rearmost section shifted (6)
25 Villain's gore spilled around entrance to Udumalpet (5)
26 Disapproval of prince falling off platform (5)
28 Muse about animal having lost its tail (4)

Grid at http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper...cle6042869.ece

[CLUELESS]

Across
1 Finishing conclusion in gossip (6,2)
5 Even one in the nude is covered by it (6)
9 This vehicle would fetch urn (8)
10 Do such assets flow and spill out? (6)
12 Always note clergyman returning (4)
13 Anticipates with dread that there will be arrests (10) APPREHENDS
15 Will this fool's jokes be not so bright? (6) DIMWIT
17 Go wrong and get incomplete help in West Asian peninsula (5)
20 And in Germany I had fixed a word-processing error (5)
21 Angry, terrible daughter leaves (6)
24 Neglected, a French vehicle's forced out, without a bit of compunction (7-3)
27 Just mother in France (4)
29 Gets black circles (6)
30 Soldier hopelessly sterile and most feminine (8)
31 Fly hastened first in order (6)
32 Cheat — what a beggar might say while crossing street (8)

Down
1 Student — no beginner — is moneymaker (6)
2 So, with this, a somersault will become one-sided (6)
3 Writer's points (4) NIBS
4 Assume it's not quite certain in north-western state (5) USURP
6 Wharton, the American writer, for one (5)
7 Grief of ultra leader expressed in daybreak (8)
8 An airplane movement that results in the emergence of desi? (8)
11 Agonise over legal document on conclusions of crash course (6) WRITHE
14 Outer coat no-good in bullwork (4)
16 Eccentric western ride furious and extremely jumpy (6)
17 Avoid second marauder (4)
18 Exemplarily cool salad ingredient (8)
19 Elicitation that the top of retailers has abandoned discount (8)
22 Trickery employed by church in tide-churning (6)
23 Sage's direction gets store's rearmost section shifted (6)
25 Villain's gore spilled around entrance to Udumalpet (5)
26 Disapproval of prince falling off platform (5)
28 Muse about animal having lost its tail (4)

[Russellrvw]

Across
1 Finishing conclusion in gossip (6,2) (END)(IN)(G UP)
5 Even one in the nude is covered by it (6)
9 This vehicle would fetch urn (8)
10 Do such assets flow and spill out? (6) LIQUID (CD)
12 Always note clergyman returning (4) (E)(VER<=)
13 Anticipates with dread that there will be arrests (10)
15 Will this fool's jokes be not so bright? (6)
17 Go wrong and get incomplete help in West Asian peninsula (5)
20 And in Germany I had fixed a word-processing error (5)
21 Angry, terrible daughter leaves (6)
24 Neglected, a French vehicle's forced out, without a bit of compunction (7-3)
27 Just mother in France (4)
29 Gets black circles (6)
30 Soldier hopelessly sterile and most feminine (8)
31 Fly hastened first in order (6)
32 Cheat — what a beggar might say while crossing street (8)

Down
1 Student — no beginner — is moneymaker (6) [-L]EARNER
2 So, with this, a somersault will become one-sided (6)
3 Writer's points (4)
4 Assume it's not quite certain in north-western state (5) U(SUR[-e])P
6 Wharton, the American writer, for one (5)
7 Grief of ultra leader expressed in daybreak (8)
8 An airplane movement that results in the emergence of desi? (8)
11 Agonise over legal document on conclusions of crash course (6)
14 Outer coat no-good in bullwork (4)
16 Eccentric western ride furious and extremely jumpy (6)
17 Avoid second marauder (4)
18 Exemplarily cool salad ingredient (8)
19 Elicitation that the top of retailers has abandoned discount (8)
22 Trickery employed by church in tide-churning (6)
23 Sage's direction gets store's rearmost section shifted (6)
25 Villain's gore spilled around entrance to Udumalpet (5)
26 Disapproval of prince falling off platform (5)
28 Muse about animal having lost its tail (4)

[deepakgita]

Across
1 Finishing conclusion in gossip (6,2) (END)(IN)(G UP)
5 Even one in the nude is covered by it (6) DERMIS
9 This vehicle would fetch urn (8) RUNABOUT
10 Do such assets flow and spill out? (6) LIQUID (CD)
12 Always note clergyman returning (4) (E)(VER<=)
13 Anticipates with dread that there will be arrests (10) APPREHENDS
15 Will this fool's jokes be not so bright? (6) DIMWIT
17 Go wrong and get incomplete help in West Asian peninsula (5) SINAI
20 And in Germany I had fixed a word-processing error (5)
21 Angry, terrible daughter leaves (6)
24 Neglected, a French vehicle's forced out, without a bit of compunction (7-3)
27 Just mother in France (4)
29 Gets black circles (6)
30 Soldier hopelessly sterile and most feminine (8)
31 Fly hastened first in order (6)
32 Cheat — what a beggar might say while crossing street (8)

Down
1 Student — no beginner — is moneymaker (6) [-L]EARNER
2 So, with this, a somersault will become one-sided (6)
3 Writer's points (4) NIBS
4 Assume it's not quite certain in north-western state (5) U(SUR[-e])P
6 Wharton, the American writer, for one (5)
7 Grief of ultra leader expressed in daybreak (8)
8 An airplane movement that results in the emergence of desi? (8)
11 Agonise over legal document on conclusions of crash course (6)
14 Outer coat no-good in bullwork (4)
16 Eccentric western ride furious and extremely jumpy (6)
17 Avoid second marauder (4)
18 Exemplarily cool salad ingredient (8)
19 Elicitation that the top of retailers has abandoned discount (8)
22 Trickery employed by church in tide-churning (6)
23 Sage's direction gets store's rearmost section shifted (6)
25 Villain's gore spilled around entrance to Udumalpet (5)
26 Disapproval of prince falling off platform (5)
28 Muse about animal having lost its tail (4)

[sandhya.p61]

Across
1 Finishing conclusion in gossip (6,2) (END)(IN)(G UP)
5 Even one in the nude is covered by it (6) DERMIS
9 This vehicle would fetch urn (8) RUNABOUT
10 Do such assets flow and spill out? (6) LIQUID (CD)
12 Always note clergyman returning (4) (E)(VER<=)
13 Anticipates with dread that there will be arrests (10) APPREHENDS
15 Will this fool's jokes be not so bright? (6) DIMWIT
17 Go wrong and get incomplete help in West Asian peninsula (5) SINAI
20 And in Germany I had fixed a word-processing error (5)
21 Angry, terrible daughter leaves (6) DIREFUL
24 Neglected, a French vehicle's forced out, without a bit of compunction (7-3) UNCARED-FOR
27 Just mother in France (4)
29 Gets black circles (6) BRINGS
30 Soldier hopelessly sterile and most feminine (8)
31 Fly hastened first in order (6)
32 Cheat — what a beggar might say while crossing street (8)

Down
1 Student — no beginner — is moneymaker (6) [-L]EARNER
2 So, with this, a somersault will become one-sided (6)
3 Writer's points (4) NIBS
4 Assume it's not quite certain in north-western state (5) U(SUR[-e])P
6 Wharton, the American writer, for one (5)
7 Grief of ultra leader expressed in daybreak (8) MOURNING
8 An airplane movement that results in the emergence of desi? (8)
11 Agonise over legal document on conclusions of crash course (6)
14 Outer coat no-good in bullwork (4)
16 Eccentric western ride furious and extremely jumpy (6)
17 Avoid second marauder (4)
18 Exemplarily cool salad ingredient (8) CUCUMBER
19 Elicitation that the top of retailers has abandoned discount (8)
22 Trickery employed by church in tide-churning (6)
23 Sage's direction gets store's rearmost section shifted (6)
25 Villain's gore spilled around entrance to Udumalpet (5)
26 Disapproval of prince falling off platform (5)
28 Muse about animal having lost its tail (4)

[Russellbew]

Across
1 Finishing conclusion in gossip (6,2) (END)(IN)(G UP)
5 Even one in the nude is covered by it (6) DERMIS
9 This vehicle would fetch urn (8) RUNABOUT
10 Do such assets flow and spill out? (6) LIQUID (CD)
12 Always note clergyman returning (4) (E)(VER<=)
13 Anticipates with dread that there will be arrests (10) APPREHENDS
15 Will this fool's jokes be not so bright? (6) DIMWIT
17 Go wrong and get incomplete help in West Asian peninsula (5) SINAI
20 And in Germany I had fixed a word-processing error (5) UNDID
21 Angry, terrible daughter leaves (6) DIREFUL
24 Neglected, a French vehicle's forced out, without a bit of compunction (7-3) UNCARED-FOR
27 Just mother in France (4) MERE
29 Gets black circles (6) BRINGS
30 Soldier hopelessly sterile and most feminine (8)
31 Fly hastened first in order (6)
32 Cheat — what a beggar might say while crossing street (8)

Down
1 Student — no beginner — is moneymaker (6) [-L]EARNER
2 So, with this, a somersault will become one-sided (6)
3 Writer's points (4) NIBS
4 Assume it's not quite certain in north-western state (5) U(SUR[-e])P
6 Wharton, the American writer, for one (5)
7 Grief of ultra leader expressed in daybreak (8) MOURNING
8 An airplane movement that results in the emergence of desi? (8)
11 Agonise over legal document on conclusions of crash course (6)
14 Outer coat no-good in bullwork (4)
16 Eccentric western ride furious and extremely jumpy (6)
17 Avoid second marauder (4)
18 Exemplarily cool salad ingredient (8) CUCUMBER
19 Elicitation that the top of retailers has abandoned discount (8)
22 Trickery employed by church in tide-churning (6) DECEIT
23 Sage's direction gets store's rearmost section shifted (6)
25 Villain's gore spilled around entrance to Udumalpet (5) ROGUE
26 Disapproval of prince falling off platform (5) ODIUM
28 Muse about animal having lost its tail (4)

[pavalamani pragasam]

Hi friends! Thoroughly enjoying myself! Jet lag is over but not the time lag! I struggle to keep track of Indian time! Besides, I am very busssssy with my daughter's family's activities! I squeeze time to peep in and feel happy to see the good work smoothly continuing. I don't know if I can ever join the activity while in the US with so much excitement for me here!

[deepakgita]

Across
1 Nothing evil about department's peace symbol (5,6)
9 Servant returns at five, leaving sides behind in city (3,4)
10 Army officer's support to Oriental place of study (7)
11 Cheers revolutionary abandoning Trichinopoly products (5)
12 Poet got so crazy — becomes ruined (4,2,3)
13 Eccentric and keen beginner in Texas city (5)
15 Carried out Ted's order for herb (6-3)
18 Deer attack not launched in retrospect (9)
21 Fool crossing extremes of Bellary's chasm (5)
22 Dressed up Gujarat village I fed somehow (9)
24 Touchy person continuously high-strung (5)
26 A saint in banian is most expansive (7)
27 Boy told to cover up street crime (7)
28 Exotic dancer's puzzle follows comic (11)

Down
1 Horn product (9)
2 One good small room in ice house (5)
3 Imagines noises put out around quarter to six (9)
4 Artist to see the old, battle-scarred (7)
5 Central part of uncle's resolution on America (7)
6 The man standing on a patch of land is a serf (5)
7 Joy, heartless, crosses cat left out: therein lies danger (8)
8 Win against the cream (4)
14 Unknown is in church to sanctify (8)
16 Everyone in crowd — except boy — is within one’s grasp (9)
17 Siva — one taking part in a sea battle (9)
19 Good surgery pioneer to sparkle (7)
20 Stumble over fish in rough water (4,3)
22 No new bed for prima donna (4)
23 The Italian Sue's undergone operation for intestinal obstruction (5)
25 Push the newspapers (5)

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