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The Hindu Crossword 8403

Across

1 Reputable landlord? (6,2,6)

9 Seed said to be infected (8)

10 Find fault with Mabel (5)

12 Search over and sweep with shot (4)

13 First sign of Zodiac (5)

14 A gramophone record (4)

17 Reported and gave notice (8)

18 Clambering rise (6)

20 Came racing to take a shot with this (6)

22 Preliminary introduction (8)

25 Inauspicious forebodings (4)

26 Extinguish and put an end to (5)

27 Her original brave warrior found here (4)

30 Proscription for separation (5)

31 Opening letters to sign with one's name (8)

32 Diversions for enjoyment (14)

Down

2 Dense growth of small trees (7)

3 On the same plane or line (4)

4 Former student acting as waiter to become spectator (8)

5 Beat with short thick stick (6)

6 Able was he before he saw this island (4)

7 Think that I had dug out silver (7)

8 What an ambitious person, like a mountaineer, hopes to do (5,3,3)

11 Copied birds' canter somehow (11)

15 One fear to set everything burning (5)

16 Sacred song (5)

19 Writing on the wall (8)

21 An enormous number with maximum naughts (7)

23 Mischievous sprite alleged to cause mishaps (7)

24 Secure as means of support (6)

28 Celebration as the speaker's destiny (4)

29 Shoot a movie (4)

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