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The Hindu Crossword 7995

Across

1 A latest disc perhaps, unsurpassed in the charts (3,6)

5 Fumbling bungler (4)

8 Useless and futile either way (3)

9 Stops without hundred comforts (5)

10 Dejection at some occurrence (3)

11 Twentyfive scored out of beginner's luck? (5)

12 Lawlessness brought in by chairman's policies (9)

13 Got to tear in order to strangle (7)

15 Gently propels without power (6)

17 Be at variance to ride very strongly (6)

18 Staying in a huge inn somehow will unsettle the mind (7)

21 Strange object in the old Dickensian shop (9)

22 Extra small picture put in as decoration (5)

24 Uproar found in most markets (3)

25 Synthetic fabric made only with point (5)

26 Greek letter stuck up high (3)

27 Look intently at the nobleman (4)

28 Impractical visions of the imagination (9)

Down

1 A passing acquaintance dropping off? (7)

2 Spread dew in the morning (5)

3 Vowed to read without being subdued by fear (8)

4 Sid may be lost in hopelessness (6)

5 Outwit others in finding a seat, going round and round (7,6)

6 Small number, say, invited but refuse to allow in (9)

7 Mercurial Greek God (6)

9 Pass the critical point and go round the bend (4,3,6)

14 Testimonial to one's character, maybe (9)

16 Floatage you can get by resilience somehow (8)

17 Bring to a resolution indeed (6)

19 Necessitates a silent order (7)

20 Lied and gave false information to lead astray (6)

23 Reddish brown pigment that is from sap (5)

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