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The Hindu Crossword 8824

Across

1 One in arrears with vehicle and driver to start with, gets plastic money (5,4)

5 Understanding a grip (5)

8 Film on the surface of one in state capital (6)

9 A caper for a number in a break-out (8)

11 Offensive smell emanating from a free kitchen (4)

12 Building material that Poles left in to be cured (10)

14 In this position, he is second to none (5)

15 Can one bite treated, hard rubber? (7)

16 Money in tin (English) for hot condiment (7)

17 Good man, looking back, contains anger and causes weariness (5)

19 Being a mom — to care for a gangster? (10)

20 Hairy humanoid of the Himalayas (4)

22 I make an effort, carrying awful load with religious zeal (8)

23 Monkey that is, for the bachelor, a blessing (6)

24 Aquatic bird in a Zagreb eyrie (5)

25 Cosmetic for one that observes tail (3,6)

Down

1 Expel one from French harbour (6)

2 Better, upper class folks try out a way of swimming (9,6)

3 The fish that aunt cooked (4)

4 Sin, if noticed, is corrected by removing harmful organisms (12)

5 Where to play lawn tennis (5,5)

6 Synthetic androgen that gives a clear boost, aidin' development (8,7)

7 Be ahead but quietly go back (7)

10 Frame for laundry that could dress a mount (7,5)

13 Woman of great accomplishment would demand rage control (6,4)

16 Can an MCP gain liberation, living in a tent? (7)

18 Succeed at this time and separate the grain from the chaff (6)

21 Money for a key deposit (4)

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