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The Hindu Crossword 8513

Across

1 Standard weapon in a manner of speaking (8)

5 In the bin hid is ladies' fingers (6)

9 False construction at vestry rectified (8)

10 They are at the back of many an Indian woman (6)

12 Born and died in poverty (4)

13 Once purism swayed the stage (10)

15 Nit-picking scholar gets Dan in a temper (6)

17 Mr. Chips, for instance, is back greeting the Indian sage (5)

20 Went for a dip in Pondicherry marsh (5)

21 A note to finish a list of things to be done (6)

24 The same as the French aunt sitting on a horse (10)

27 A kind neckwear, we hear, for the fop (4)

29 Outstanding decoration (6)

30 Set out in favour of foreign currency (8)

31 Snooze — not only that of a feline (6)

32 Passionate animal doctor among virile males (8)

Down

1 Green coating of one in an Indian city (6)

2 Textbook or one who studies a textbook (6)

3 Same dispersal in U.S. town (4)

4 Provide food to animal with hesitation (5)

6 Make it fifty-fifty? (5)

7 Alien tie on sis is the most clamorous (8)

8 Sleeplessness of one in dilapidated mansion (8)

11 Fly from a mixed double set (6)

14 You and I have record for lament (4)

16 A partially completed network on female warrior (6)

17 Outing with a topless banned and beloved woman (4)

18 Recite so rapidly it's mysterious (8)

19 Iron glove — you may run it, throw it or pick it! (8)

22 Lead on the legendary king into the English river (6)

23 Learned man in India with wordplay said in French (6)

25 Manoeuvre near a battlefield (5)

26 Give patient attention (5)

28 Part of the church in a pseudo-Gothic style (4)

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