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10 October, 2008
Sowing And Mowing
The news item of the day comes from The Hindu:
Air Customs seized 59 handguns from the baggage of two passengers who landed at the International Airport at Karipur. [...] The two claimed the guns were meant for “agricultural purposes”.
Maybe they were going to plant the guns, water them for a year and get an arms factory out of it. Jai jawan, jai kisan.
(Link via email from Gautam.)
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#106 - Generalissimo 76
Sample clues
9 across: Van Morrison classic from Moondance (7)
6 down: Order beginning with ‘A’ (12)
