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The Hindu Crossword 8828

Across

1 Get ready to fly with cooked chicken (5-2)

5 Counting people with sight, hearing and taste say (6)

11 A fib about victory in the land of the living (5)

12 Dealer in office supplies taking a rest? No, it's silly (9)

13 Dance of the fast measure (9)

14 Surprising result for a state group (5)

15 Oriental study of paradise (4)

17 Grand old lady, a person of action, witty person at heart (7)

21 Duty for a free Scot — escorting French king (7)

22 Thing on a list produces some excitement (4)

26 Disposal, first of the month, in an Indian town (5)

27 Loose-lipped? Take vital treatment (9)

29 Medicine to counter poison (9)

30 Respond with some sincere activity (5)

31 Honest but critical state of America (6)

32 Meeting hall in church, kind of brownish yellow (7)

Down

2 Caribbean state reportedly provides substantial evening meal (5)

3 Revolutionary with broken key is offensively bold (6)

4 Pictures within picture (6)

6 Such anaesthesia uses a duple air mix (8)

7 Growing old, but despatched to cover bad scene (9)

8 Fairy with a grudge about end of laughter (6)

9 Forbid one leaving quiet, nice meal (7)

10 Hunter's weapon, partly a string instrument (7)

16 Going up in it can be a moving experience (9)

18 Sensational play gets endless credit (8)

19 Disclose levy, one on a cab with wings? (3,4)

20 General pardon for girl getting across cosy home (7)

23 One's ground in Madagascar, say (6)

24 Avoid contact with fluid on part of foot (6)

25 Used in cosmetics, it makes one howl with spirit (3,3)

28 A reflection on personality (5)

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