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The Hindu Crossword No. 8457

Across

1 Heraldic devices with small cylinder instead of balls (6,8)

9 Substance that makes the paint go further (8)

10 Free from defilement (5)

12 Impressive in art work (4)

13 A brutal man (5)

14 Cube used in games of chance (4)

17 Elevates to be impressive (8)

18 Postpone indefinitely (4,2)

20 The converse of a very great man (6)

22 Takes part although less than fit (8)

25 The back of the neck (4)

26 Deviation from course (5)

27 Forced vacant smile (4)

30 Artless from vain point (5)

31 Sharp ringing sound (8)

32 Level headed dependability (14)

Down

2 Vocabulary of a branch of knowledge (7)

3 Unruffled and in same plane (4)

4 Pestered with bad dreadful greed (8)

5 Attract some attention to seize by warrant (6)

6 A hankering to come up to scratch, maybe (4)

7 A family of silly people making a reforming peer late (7)

8 At home with model, er, sitting and interrupting (11)

11 Deciding to prevent from digging for coal (11)

15 Flowed back and declined (5)

16 A must for babies (5)

19 Small bits of coloured paper thrown at weddings (8)

21 Debar one from enjoying extra pay (7)

23 Dead ends for linesmen? (7)

24 Exact person becoming an American President (6)

28 Profound and extending far down (4)

29 Hollow in which water collects in rainy season (4)

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