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The Hindu Crossword 8852

Across

1 Unspecified location in which homes were rebuilt (9)

5 Pessimist, follower of Antisthenes (5)

8 Converted a trust in U.S. tied in knots (8)

9 To make a declaration is a fine business (6)

11 Sales talk from a vendor's position on the pavement (5)

12 The first person, numerically speaking (6,3)

13 Eating some salad in inglorious surroundings (6)

14 Drapes for a mean dog, stain-free (8)

16 Tiny dame turns explosive (8)

18 Kind of pencil mobs misused as missiles (1-5)

22 What a doctor does before a journalist (9)

23 Follow directions, girl! (5)

24 Sage of the plant world avails of change (6)

25 Held in respect for having kept one's promise (8)

26 Discrimination shown in one sense (5)

27 One who plays tricks on piano, highly offensive, disturbing rest (9)

Down

1 Baffled, to have been thus dismissed by the keeper (7)

2 Soak some tin fabrication (7)

3 The scale to determine the force of gravity on one (8,7)

4 They go out on stage (6)

5 To foot cab fee, bloke's re-written a glossy tome (6-5,4)

6 Man from Kerala getting a Japanese sash in African city (7)

7 Long curling waves made by hair-dressers (7)

10 An affair in Italian capital built up with love at heart (5)

15 Get ready to streak? (5)

16 Money put in the bank is back in storage (7)

17 Pins' partners in causing tingling (7)

19 Rum task tackled by rodent (7)

20 One free with money pens funny German article (7)

21 Top cover in a rainfed or artificially watered area (6)

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