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The Hindu Crossword No. 8392

Across

1 Fruit carrier — upset it and spoil the plan (9)

5 Collect a crowd (5)

8 Specialised language in a journal: gas! (6)

9 Sweat through exercise right by the tower (8)

11 Fellow student of Old English among diplomats (4)

12 Art of conducting public affairs, say, a skill in deception (10)

14 Brown colour of a heartless figure (5)

15 A drink, dear in France, for the guru (7)

16 Oil, second-grade one, turns us liverish (7)

17 Odds divisible by two? Say yes (5)

19 Salaries of ole men must be revised (10)

20 What would a saint have, Henry? Love (4)

22 The wit grins about authors' works (8)

23 Game to cross over (6)

24 An element that is nothing unknown in retrospect (5)

25 Her royal diary spelt out a gadget for the dressing room (4,5)

Down

1 Utterly wretched, sailor on plane swallowed a bit of cyanide (6)

2 Ceaseless movement that could result in a state of no friction (9,6)

3 Famous school that can meet onerous demands to an extent (4)

4 Normal kind of vision doubles score (6-6)

5 How can a CAO desist from getting connected? (10)

6 Beastly spouse on track in raising stock (6,9)

7 Listen to ranting here from one with a very loud voice (7)

10 Name the smart gal working out where to keep one to avoid undue familiarity (2,4,6)

13 Jack gets the answer and a general pardon (10)

16 Material from honeycomb enables busy ones become more powerful (7)

18 An exhibitionist but, however, so pure (6)

21 Nudge the expert dance leader (4)

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