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The Hindu Crossword 8703

Across

1 Lively stir over tea as a stimulant (11)

9 What you pay for cover? (7)

10 Horse or dog? (7)

11 In a dominant position (2,3)

12 Ran back to share the account (9)

13 Handy, but not clever to use (5)

15 Two officers go to a continent for a tuber (9)

18 It may be present during a Christian celebration (6,3)

21 Numbers to which some may dress (5)

22 Working hard — as archaeologists may do? (7,2)

24 Does nothing to repair the slide (5)

26 Contend to usurp the French (7)

27 Chief in the main sees it running against the ship (4-3)

28 It gives a bigger picture (11)

Down

1 Pro involved in kickback is censurable (9)

2 What one did for the rest of the night (5)

3 Whimsically opine slum is to be demolished (2,7)

4 Boy going before mother can come up with yearbook (6)

5 Like a supreme ruler without a risk (7)

6 Boy on a heath (5)

7 Sank into a mobile in New Hampshire town (8)

8 What you're often advised to do before you bear it (4)

14 The kind of tasks that are duties (8)

16 One who stands for election is almost frank with appointment (9)

17 Saints sat in a huddle for helper (9)

19 Ovum (3,4)

20 Grass, for one (7)

22 An elevator route (4)

23 Lest I break the fibre... (5)

25 Thread I sell is woven (5)

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