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The Hindu Crossword No. 8394

Across

1 Soldierly worker is a predator (4,3)

5 False step in Paris is a social blunder (4,3)

9 A blemish from San Diego to San Francisco with the potential for earth-shaking consequences (3,7,5)

10 Struggle to restrict nonsense in two directions (6)

11 Abandoned objects get the players away from start of scene (4-4)

13 Having a fixed pay made dear Lisa crazy (8)

15 Substitute for an old record in an assignment (6)

18 Member of a class: a mouse or an elephant! (6)

19 Somehow, charm is a personal quality that inspires people (8)

22 To feel an insufficiency hurts Ron oddly (3,5)

24 What the correspondent wants to see in the paper — advice for shopping, say? (2-4)

27 Movement for ethical and spiritual renewal with a lesson about military force (5,10)

28 A state to establish and be pleased with (7)

29 Not fully satisfied with sundae getting mixed with a drop of tequila (7)

Down

1 Gives a helping hand when siblings lose expression of hesitation (7)

2 Pitman said to be less important (5)

3 Himalayan height achieved by Indian girl (9)

4 Cushion on a wheel from Phoenician port (4)

5 Noisy quarrel during a Biafra casting session (6)

6 Key inclusion in military formation makes it incompetent (5)

7 Knickerbockers with added power reportedly (4-5)

8 Cure fits, say, to please (7)

12 Support for a member (3)

14 A sweet for old men or quiet nuts (5,4)

16 Dry ale, say, brewed in the first few years (5,4)

17 A question of identity (3)

18 Instrument that gives an edge when held by master graduate (7)

20 Journalist on the qui vive is warned (7)

21 Don't move in very cold weather (6)

23 Greeting from Hades with love... (5)

25 ... in Latin, in other words (2,3)

26 Woman who is married in Germany (4)

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