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The Hindu Crossword No. 2647

Across

1 Win over church member (5)

4 Animals run away if beset by insects (9)

9 Song about soldiers in a republic (7)

10 Traced awfully old design style (3,4)

11 What a golden handshake may bring
in the near future? Seclusion (5,10)

12 Mocking lecturer wearing traditional
garment, cape (8)

13 Rum does it, and port (6)

15 Bully boy (6)

17 `Exceedingly healthy', or just
`all right'? (4,4)

20 Book a room in Earl's Court that's vacant
and in need of refurbishment (1,5,2,7)

22 Devoted - many, but not quite all, in
god's embrace (7)

23 Where children play could make one spit! (7)

24 Helpful chart? (6,3)

25 To rob reportedly requires nerve (5)

Down

1 Managed to enter church with

American writer (5)

2 Married, waving fan (7)

3 A piece of cake for elderly guy
after bread! (5,3,3,4)

4 A Chartered Accountant trained up
in the scholarly world (8)

5 Soldier trapped in over-turned vehicle -
that's very sad (6)

6 Mormons, say, translated it
differently (6-3,6)

7 US writer's heroine, Emily Dickinson perhaps (7)

8 Deficit showing sharp drop (9)

12 Ferocious cur, he's a New Zealand dog (9)

14 Mishandles a situation at college following mix-ups (6,2)

16 Whistle at referee's decision after bit of controversy (7)

18 Outshine famous racehorse (7)

19 Turn down quantity of Chinese food (3,3)

21 Come to toddler with a touch of laryngitis (5)

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