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The Hindu Crossword 8616

Across

1 Tree we had treated and seasoned (9)

5 On one occasion only (4)

8 Force home the sheep (3)

9 Charge of offence or crime (7)

10 Rodent which deserts a doomed ship (3)

11 Hardy species of monster (5)

12 Inexhaustible and infinite (9)

13 Sweet red pepper (7)

15 Cross-examines harassingly (6)

17 One who pays for one's occupation (6)

18 Like a feline which can see in the dark (3-4)

21 Cheated out of one's rights (9)

22 Love to fly away from person yet to be paid (5)

24 Be kept in specified state (3)

25 Never appearing outmoded (7)

26 The firebrand full of anger (3)

27 Need to get to the delightful abode somehow (4)

28 Cuts off to give alien eye-openers (9)

Down

1 Regard with adoration while sailing (7)

2 Directed course of media trouble (5)

3 Organ able to respond to transmit signals (8)

4 Scatter and drive away (6)

5 Former pupil and man of letters with many erasures (13)

6 Painstakingly watchful (9)

7 Tiny point running in groove (6)

9 Profits repeatedly (5,3,5)

14 Area in which explosives are placed (9)

16 Rigorous examination for detectives? (4,4)

17 Move feebly like old Ted, shuffling (6)

19 Temporarily depart from the main subject (7)

20 He breaks a bent red stick (6)

23 Formation of frozen water on aircraft (5)

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