8. Discontinue the background scenery (4) DROP
9. This president is not a fully true politician (5) TRUMP = TRU(e) + MP
10. Free leader of Angola captured in an invasion (4) RAID =RID + A(ngola)
11. Part of Western Europe whose Southern part is in Russia? (6) (S)IBERIA 12. Generosity with one hundred Japanese money with crooked line (8) LENIENCY
13. Irritates and establishes that it is alright to be inside (8) PROVOKES = PROVES + OK
15. Fashionable to lose an electron in order to charge (6) INDICT = IN + (E)DICT
(Many submission had INDUCT?INDUCE as the answer) 17. In an almanac I'd it yielding a measure of sourness (7)ACIDITY (hidden word in) alamanC I'D IT Yielding
19. Ordered to go in red and did not take notice of (7) IGNORED = GO IN RED
22. Scattered pears thrown around after sowing initially (6) SPARSE = PEARS + S(owing)
24. Half the prison contained using revolution (8) UPRISING = USING + PRI(son)
26. Went nude in an excursion and raced around (8) STRIPPED = TRIP + SPED
28 Perverted paedophile, extremely, is put in a ward (6) WARPED = PE + WARD
30. Story of a chess champion, first edition (4) TALE = TAL +E (Mikhail Tal, World Chess Champion, 1960)
31. Embellish one article as returning staff enter (5) ADORN = AN + ROD
32. Break off with initial cut on a joint (4) CHIP = C + HIP
DOWN
1. Without hesitation a sandwich served up is food (4) GRUB = BURGER - ER
2. Ratified a fruit the French left and wandered (8) APPROVED = APPLE -LE + ROVED
3. ATTACK
4. To the maximum extent left us noisily confused (7) FULLEST (problem in clue?)
5. Putting money into use putting a paisa while dispatching (8) SPENDING
6. Knife beheaded doctor confusing mate (6) FRIEND = (K) NIFE + DR
7. Find the first half circular plate (4) DISC(over)
14. Summary about the limit (5)RECAP
16. Male losing degree in a container has nothing vulgar (5) CLEAN = MALE -MA + CAN
18. He works on stage net woven with a ship (8) THESPIAN = NET + A SHIP
20. Block burst out in a month (8) OBSTRUCT = OCT + BURST
21. Exposed portal in open air (7)OUTDOOR
23. I got crushed under and destroyed (6) RUINED = I + UNDER
25. Wrap around again with rope ends on breeze (6) REWIND
27. Pull apart a beverage right (4) TEAR = A + R
29. Story of centre piece removed and shattered (4) EPIC = PIECE - E
Solved by
Kesavan
Ramki Krishnan
S R Balasubramanian
Hari Balakrishnan
Ravi Subramanian
Lakshmi SHankar
Dr Ramakrishna Easwaran
Elavasam
Solutions with a single error were submitted by
Raja Rangarajan
Joseph Amirtharaj
Akhilandeswari Sridharan
Meenakshi Ganapathi
Namita
Comments
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