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The Hindu Crossword 8444

Across

1 Dismiss check-out girl (7)

5 Cattle old and worthless may have a mean value (7)

9 It's not correct that time can be in a mesomorphic phase (7)

10 The sight of brown coal may give you a tingle (7)

11 No student with a false statement is for her (5)

12 Bore heartless people and earn reprimand (9)

13 Made crass error — shown no mercy (9)

15 Time to scoop out a river fish (5)

16 Los Angeles has a haven for miscreants who are carrying merchandise (5)

18 Quiet inmate becomes the ruler (9)

21 A continental car that was not liked by the public (9)

24 Read about recipe — it was dull and tedious (5)

25 See aids development as a social evil (7)

26 Revealing unauthorised secret information (7)

27 Signal for retirement to quarters (7)

28 Lawrence cares to make products (7)

Down

1 Adjust to make similar (7)

2 Small specimen sales are made accommodating congressman (7)

3 Generally, where the conquistadors searched for gold (2,3,4)

4 Sum up the chief points (5)

5 Everyone peering over a precipice is very nervous (3,2,4)

6 Unhealthy state of grass when it may for example, rot (5)

7 Musical with soul (7)

8 The determining fact in a problem is its ingredient (7)

14 Social outcast turns to a fast insecticide? (9)

15 Mediocre rider, that's made plain (5,4)

16 Illegally transfer funds from Arundel (7)

17 Settle for the account that attracts interest (7)

19 Get lean maybe for chic appearance (7)

20 Make a start, for example, to identify objects to focus (7)

22 Smoother sort of tree (5)

23 All that remains of some rare lichens (5)

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