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The Hindu Crossword No. 8671

Across

1 Element thin on the ground (4,5)

6 Made a run for it, account briefly being in red (5)

9 Take out by force anything fixed (7)

10 Revokes and rings again (7)

11 Something attractively strange or unusual (6)

12 Sudden explosive involuntary sound (6)

15 Bought after use by previous owner (6,4)

16 Establish in position (4)

18 A form of window decoration (4)

19 Mother in water has prevailing trend of fashion (4,6)

23 Outsize catch for a bird that eats fish (6)

25 Whole series of notes used in modern music (6)

28 Ardent enthusiasts who love to laze (7)

29 Exact copy on a smaller scale (7)

30 Ed set out to get the horse somehow (5)

31 An allusion to one's character (9)

Down

1 Hand-rolled cigarettes for the midshipman (7)

2 Operates in backward direction (9)

3 Exaltation in high spirits (7)

4 Assessment levied by local authorities (4)

5 Basil from a feather-bedded family (4)

6 Feel remorse for salesman and ten others (6)

7 Long for redhead in the grotto (5)

8 Analyse and criticise in detail (7)

13 Further formed in space or time (5)

14 Senseless to be somewhat in an ecstasy (5)

17 Infliction of capital punishment (9)

18 Is briefly unconscious of one's surroundings? (7)

20 One who is engaged in trapping wild animals (7)

21 Kneading curative treatment (7)

22 Out of reach on the further side (6)

24 Aircraft which levels off (5)

26 First Russian imprisoned by Bolshevists' armed forces (4)

27 Short for teacher of high rank (4)

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