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Miscellaneous - Crossword

The Hindu Crossword 8791

Across

1 Foreigner Rita puzzled by the cooling (13)

8 A rider admitting toll has some attraction (7)

9 Rides on road — so covers great distance (7)

11 Perhaps briefly Patrick I owe you good land (6)

13 Individual copies returned with speed (8)

15 To hinder construction, step in circle (5)

16 Went to bed after leaving work (7)

18 Old lawyer getting in a doctor noted for his wisdom (7)

19 American nut? (5)

21 To render spirit like, there is direction prepared (8)

23 Rex is taken in by a girl? What a jerk! (6)

25 Cultivate a long time to practice husbandry (7)

26 Double time in a bar (3,4)

28 Playful presentation of a best seller perhaps (13)

Down

2 An adventure to make the most of (7)

3 Possible to find a drowned valley in Rialto! (3)

4 Sharp intake of breath from a girl followed by poisonous snake (4)

5 Concerned with showing proper appreciation (10)

6 Mistake in army to land at higher moon area (5)

7 Adept shaken by visitor to geriatric ward (3,4)

8 An attractive way of speaking in French but not in English (5,6)

10 Stormy Horn teaches it is the last refuge for sailors (5,6)

12 Instigate action on the wicked little Spanish devil (5)

14 Where cases are put down in the station (5,5)

17 Richer and stronger in quality (5)

18 Erudite fellow or one of his proteges, maybe (7)

20 Study by doctor needs to be notedly brisk (3,4)

22 Field of study allotted to true Frenchman (5)

24 Time to make use of N. American Indian tribes (4)

27 Not within (3)

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