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The Hindu Crossword No. 8708

Across

1 He relates to the welfare of organised community (9)

6 Remove dirt from heath land (5)

9 Savoury meat for a venomous snake! (5)

10 Sort of paper — round? (9)

11 Laborious work with heavyweight used for sharpening (10)

12 Fish in a lake elsewhere (4)

14 Teems, as spring comes in (7)

15 Lawrence takes leave to switch to higher position (7)

17 Year books of plants (7)

19 It alters sound under the sea, we hear (7)

20 A delay upsets this celebration (4)

22 Patient — that is the purpose of a stretcher (10)

25 Herb, the heavyweight — no great thinker (9)

26 Managed to eat up somehow, although looking rather grey (5)

27 A grain found in oak wood (5)

28 Put off a fellow — could be cleaner! (9)

Down

1 Common parlance for clinkers around the North (5)

2 Tropic island grain (9)

3 Unintentional change of key (10)

4 Spurs on (7)

5 Roman poet from recent organisation with energy (7)

6 One bound on a crest of a wave, we hear (4)

7 Bird loses part of crest (5)

8 In Israel, it's ale she gives to scholar (9)

13 He has to plan terms ahead (10)

14 Brewed ales again provide relief from pain (9)

16 "Men love in haste, but they detest — " (Byron) (2,7)

18 Called out in shelter (7)

19 The government case (7)

21 State of suspense caused by member receiving circular letter (5)

23 Hail? Cry in Scotland (5)

24 A large landlady full of vivacity (4)

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