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The Hindu Crossword No. 8541

Across

1 Ordinary position lacking distinction (11)

9 Young boy holding crushed paper clothes (7)

10 Communist in favour of the first monument in Delhi (3,4)

11 Sound, to a TV repairman (5)

12 Hell! Dick I punched up turns out to be innocent (9)

13 Credit is tied up, we're told (5)

15 Excitement caused by Bengali throwing Tamil leader out of Howrah, for example (9)

18 Dwelling on the tenure of head of state not beginning (9)

21 Emotion shown by warden losing his head (5)

22 When it sounds, it spells danger (5,4)

24 Not being truthful about assuming a reclining position (5)

26 Red vehicle belonging to me (7)

27 Child told to get up at crack of dawn (7)

28 Our teachers suspected to be disloyal (11)

Down

1 One making novel or playful appearance with many others (9)

2 Work in sea transport (5)

3 Having limbs adopted for swimming, Deo far too nimble (3-6)

4 Friend champions the cause of stately mansions (7)

5 Rag Rani planned to bring before the court (7)

6 It is all over a point in the revised deed (5)

7 Remarking on a mixture of gin and tonic (8)

8 Small yet bothersome complaint (4)

14 Part of building for high living (8)

16 How one views cursorily (2,1,6)

17 Renters go away: little to feel sorry (2,7)

19 Julius, former President of Tanzania (7)

20 Hundred question Loy bringing up umbilical vesicle (4,3)

22 Cars go round bend (4)

23 Doctor and I, by the way, are slightly wet (5)

25 I enter the man's name (5)

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