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The Hindu Crossword No. 8845

Across

1 Supporters of the board (7,6)

8 Recover but retire (3,4)

9 Hurried up with speed to give an account (7)

11 Possibly right voter will get him nominated (6)

13 Detective goes East for a large-scale earth measurement (8)

15 Loft the ball high to prevent much roll after falling (5)

16 Sensing distress in U. S. navy personnel (7)

18 Lot more are confused by the musical effect (7)

19 Process of feeding in data (5)

21 Hotel note in U. N., do give an indirect reference (8)

23 Be cautious where you live around oriental state of conflict (6)

25 Baked Italian pasta dish (7)

26 Northern climb just being formed (7)

28 Homer bringing news of an odyssey (7,6)

Down

2 Withdraw to a place of privacy (7)

3 A quiet resort in South Africa (3)

4 Large quantity of coloured substance? (4)

5 What the pusher does is a touchy subject (6,4)

6 Weary and annoyed after boy rode around (5)

7 Pleases organisation as he passes silently (7)

8 Very well dressed, stood and drew out a gun? (3,2,2,4)

10 Transportation enhanced by distance, some say (11)

12 Can be a chore to wall paint with a native pigment (5)

14 One-sixtieth of the r.p.m? (6,4)

17 Leader is ridiculed in speech (5)

18 A unit is ordered to somewhere in North Africa (7)

20 In practice it is totally ineffective (7)

22 He gets an exceptional grade (5)

24 Break off ties, suddenly (4)

27 Move along in a laboured manner! (3)

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