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Miscellaneous - Crossword

The Hindu Crossword 8364

Across

1 People of Ankara etc., feast on jelly-like sweet (7,7)

8 Sound reflections (6)

9 Large rodent in the bay, a carp in disguise (8)

11 Spanish gent in a conspiracy, playing role (9)

12 Sign of a place for books losing track (5)

13 Sonali and I forged a secret relationship (7)

15 Revolutionary kind of stationery used by referee (3,4)

17 Group of students in charge of important race (7)

19 A dud, aped crazily, made sense (5,2)

21 Note the odd biters (5)

23 Language that suffers no repeats (9)

25 Timeless existence featured in James Jones's book (8)

26 Take cover at home? Certainly (6)

27 Result of long exposure to big star or a filial pat, say (1,5,2,3,3)

Down

1 Male hawk, a curious relict around the east (7)

2 Facility for restoration to good health after kicking some obscure habits (5)

3 Seekers of perfection with notions about inclination (9)

4 Our name can oddly captivate (7)

5 Charming scene set up in an ethereally divine ambience (5)

6 Part of the bed made the chief weary, it is said (9)

7 Article penned by witty chap was a hoax (6)

10 Sharp and eager (4)

14 Humiliation caused by low-level digs (9)

16 City type managed, with honour, a holiday resort (4,5)

17 He makes knives more attractive, infusing a bit of lead (6)

18 Cat, fast runner, is said to be a fraud (7)

19 Mountain range showing beginnings of amazingly luminous petrological specimens (4)

20 Toper in trouble gets important food constituent (7)

22 Follower of Sanatana Dharma here is within due limits (5)

24 Parts of speech that are common or proper (5)

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