The Hindu Crossword No. 2810

Solution No. 2809

September 27, 2014 06:57 pm | Updated 06:57 pm IST

Across

1 Secretary’s attempt to make dough (6)

4 Gemstones in suit (8)

10 Drinks drop of tea in wood in the Holy Land (9)

11 Such music is constant during party? (5)

12 Tonight, a telling off in a London Tube station (7,4,4)

13 Musical instruction from an eminent Florentine (7)

15 Sufficient to answer demand in the noughties (6)

17 A service attended by elderly poet (6)

19 Lad went swimming in marshy area (7)

21 Golden sands — name changed in novel (6,3,6)

23 Gather in place to dine (5)

24 Musical work, formerly spoken start to elegy (9)

25 Police officer gets near criminal (8)

26 Plans to include large models (6)

Down

1 Foppish type to pay a quick call on one who talks foolishly at length (8)

2 Part company in Adriatic port (5)

3 USA-run lotteries, awfully chancy business (7,8)

5 List that is full of incorrect times (7)

6 “In the Mood” a fiddler rearranged — that’s easy listening (6-2-3-4)

7 Lots again suffering homesickness (9)

8 One who points out a worthless group of people? (6)

9 Free one individual (6)

14 Terribly rude urge I suppressed, as required by etiquette (2,7)

16 Greek hero’s trek cut short by us (8)

18 Notice old man in study, poker-faced (7)

19 Heading for workshop that is most spacious (6)

20 French writer penning page in college grounds (6)

22 Some from a haunted place in Nebraska (5)

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