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Miscellaneous - Crossword

The Hindu Crossword 8232

Across

1 In a dark winter, gin cocktail is one to quench thirst (8,5)

10 State (abroad) of the weak mule? I wonder! (9)

11 He makes a mark at the polls, possibly (5)

12 Greek character is a symbol of summation (5)

13 European highway, but not really meant for three-wheelers (9)

14 Do a Holmes act (6)

16 Helen's abductor in France (5)

19 Diplomat, a bit of a brazen voyeur (5)

20 Loud sound from writer Saul (6)

25 Vanish, if wrongly apprised about Adam's origin (9)

26 African town can bend accountant back (5)

27 A soft encounter includes this frequently (5)

28 Native of China cannot see danger (9)

29 Personal assistant, young girl, is a creature of prey (9,4)

Down

2 Demote Lee? Great wrong (8)

3 Antelope, a bit young, caught by legendary cook (5)

4 Stationery item, oddly a soft kind (3,3)

5 Big conflict that started on 28th July 1914 (5,3)

6 Drives organised with tea to give publicity (9)

7 Have a meal away from home — not necessarily under the stars (3,3)

8 A Frenchman was accustomed to being entertained (6)

9 Porridge got by brandishing Luger (5)

15 It is the key for getting sustenance from preserved food (3,6)

17 Quiet man owing money cold-shouldered by suspension of electricity supply (5,3)

18 The end of the air raid, by the sound of it (3,5)

21 A cloth maker, we were told (6)

22 Included in dread hocus-pocus for a specific purpose (2,3)

23 Deadly fly set off repeatedly (6)

24 What Hamlet might have spent (6)

26 A missile that ended a war (1-4)

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