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The Hindu Crossword No. 8688

Across

1 Doctor Alec's ire disguised in pretended grief (9,5)

8 Clothes for a skinny man in Theosophical Society (6)

9 Disc jockey, a head of a Hindu united family, in eastern capital (8)

11 First male worker is followed by finalists in rally in a very determined wary (9)

12 Bit of a peculiar hum beamed from an imaginary line on earth (5)

13 As might be a sweater, or brows (7)

15 Doing business in tailless expensive fish (7)

17 Grass, a proteas variety (7)

19 Such a book has numbers of sheets missing (7)

21 One of Caesar's killers, accountants' accountant (5)

23 Spotted pet, one of many seen on screen (9)

25 View yard afresh from path leading to house (8)

26 Disease-carrier set off twice (6)

27 Modern operation for your sly Greek: he is surprised (7,7)

Down

1 A model's way of showing clothes (7)

2 Work on time in musical drama (5)

3 Great work of art — by Mr. Chips" (3,6)

4 Took pleasure in upsetting needy Jo (7)

5 Long narrow hill, part of athletes kermesse (5)

6 Diverting a ruler (Edward Rex) on a pleasure trip (9)

7 Chatterbox's hydrogen balloon (6)

10 Earring of the macho (4)

14 Admission of being inactive and showing no emotion (9)

16 Customs official gets a soft word of praise right at the end (9)

17 Money to settle company dues (6)

18 Peculiar thing, the first, third or fifth delivery in the over? (7)

19 Repulsive plug dropped by hoodlum (4)

20 In a stupid way, deny Les is wrong (7)

22 Hebrew character, first of all (5)

24 Valuable fibre from plant raised in a greenbelt site (5)

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