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The Hindu Crossword 8586

Across

1 Loathsome and yet one like the snowman (10)

7 Resist American money (4)

9 Learned person who posed around the front (6)

10 Flower from the French seller (8)

11 Opposition from French partner-to-be (8)

12 Course altered in the beginning (6)

13 Kind of clue got from a Spartan Agra man (7)

16 King Minos's daughter who made a song end in confusion (7)

17 Metal extracting machine that could liquefy inside (7)

19 With reference to a professional's acceptance of work (7)

22 Bus breaking down in a road? Ridiculous (6)

23 Inspectors of the books (8)

26 Good wishes on parting from a distant eastern spring (8)

27 Poet who needs some deadly ristocetin (6)

28 15th March or 13th April (4)

29 Equivalent to a mutant: not a difference (10)

Down

2 It could bring to a stop a split, say (5)

3 Import of average, unusual gin (7)

4 Either way it is unacceptable (3,2)

5 Art form puts everyone in a gamble (6)

6 The girls reportedly go down to listen clandestinely (9)

7 Rely on an old place, a place in West Bengal (7)

8 Gradual increase in sound upsets soccer den (9)

14 It identifies the occupant of a residence (4,5)

15 The last word to make an impression around central Wyoming: that is a change (9)

18 Symbols of approvals on which the striver would not rest (7)

20 State of Canada that gets a trio on a tizzy (7)

21 Measure of bitterness in operation (6)

24 Greek character found at the river mouth (5)

25 A violinist needs it sir, no kidding! (5)

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