Friday, May 6, 2011

Cross the line..

Hey guys... a first of a few crosswords I wanna put up over the next few weeks. As expected, I start with a sports based one before heading to other stuff. The clues are below the image. Good luck with it and let me know how the standard of questions is.

You can click on the image and open it in another tab before trying it out.

You can either send in your answers in the comments section or better still mail me at madhusudhanramakrishnan@gmail.com




Across

1. KING tells the umpire not to stop the bowler from bowling bouncers (6)

3. United played them before the Munich crash (8)

4. Batsman, journalist, 346 with the Don (9)

7. Obstructing the field on 99 (6,4)

9. Off the pitch like a crack of doom (6)

11. Arguably the greatest fielder ever...(pre Jonty Rhodes)-- (5,5)

13. Fastest to 200 wickets in Tests (8)

14. Agassi's grand slam completed (8)

15. first minute goal in 1974 WC final (8)

17. Five goals in a WC game in 1994 (4,7)

19. Bradman battered, bruised and embarrassed in First Class match (5,7)

20. Can United score? They always do (9)



Down

2. only player to beat rank 1,2 and 3 enroute to title (6,4)

5. Awarded MOM to Nawaz in 1975 WC game without knowing which team won (8)

6. two twin tons in a series (7)

8. 1993 US and 1997 Wimby final. Both times fell to Pete (7)

10. 40 wickets in a series...twice (8)

12. Wrong end of a Colin Croft bump (4,7)

16. Common to Ramsey, Busby and Fergie (8)

18. 4 wickets out of 5 on debut against WI in Delhi (4)

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