Hindustan Times (Gurugram)

CRYPTIC CLUES

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ACROSS

1 See someone stupid caught in a snare (5) 4 Sounding the horn as well as the sound of a bell (7) 8 The best-known surviving creature? (3) 9 An arm put round a pretty girl in game (9) 10 Alarm rattles disturb (7) 11 Stimulate with tale about the Orient (5) 13 King is jolly good sport (6) 15 Artistic piecework (6) 18 Note reciprocat­ion about a point of principle (5) 19 I teach Latin form that is strictly correct (7) 21 He has been forced into private service (9) 23 Man in a mix-up (3) 24 Meet and come up to expectatio­ns (7) 25 Bloom damaged by louts (5)

DOWN

1 Cut loss from one of the Plagues of Egypt (7) 2 Could be put into a suit case (9) 3 Round gold coin (5) 4 Gadget wrongly labelled (6) 5 He got on in order to appear busy (2,3,2) 6 Sick but willing to fly out (3) 7 A single benefice includes some church land (5) 12 He’s violently opposed to the government (9) 14 Marks the broken section (7) 16 Date for Roman candles to be ordered (7) 17 Check provided in extreme case (6) 18 Correct signs (5) 20 We are kept away from home in it (5) 22 Fabric clear of all deductions (3)

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PUZZLE 15011

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