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The Hindu Crossword 8731

Across

1 Accountant on the French ship is negligent (8)

6 Love to drink on return from work (4)

9 Move that curtails the game a little (6)

10 Nothing to write? Broadcast in outdoor setting! (4,3)

13 Young boy and I give power that can be transferred (9)

14 Adele missing? Something sticky there! (5)

15 "Quits!" Woman gets the point! (4)

16 Dacoits hum contentedly — it turns everything into a profitable venture (5,5)

19 Type of AC power to reshape the works (5-5)

21 Pull back at the beginning of session to work hard (4)

24 Some support for the artist at work (5)

25 As if on other months of the year he is wise (5,4)

26 Approve rose distilling at last (7)

27 Principles suggest: ring after 11 in the mornings (6)

28 Exploit that may need to be witnessed (4)

29 Cut-price offer? Don't believe! (8)

Down

2 Greed of the girl for Indian staple diet or caviare maybe (7)

3 Poor big Ben falling off (6)

4 Found to be less habit-forming (9)

5 Give a sound indication of sleeping (5)

7 Plea Tau made to a high level (7)

8 No crooked conversation but some honest speaking (8,4)

11 They happen to be key openings (6)

12 Goes ahead — what a Kamal Haasan or a Rajinikanth does (5,3,4)

17 AA runs its show for European nationals (9)

18 One who counts on a bank job (6)

20 Ash may settle around the capital of Uttaranchal (7)

22 Carpenters living in the forest? (7)

23 Animal with milky skin (6)

25 A chief in the front (5)

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