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The Hindu Crossword 8859

Across

1 As a vocalist she is low in the register (9)

5 Short for testing knowledge (4)

8 Saw nothing of the stiff bristle on top of grain-sheath here (3)

9 Impose to deliver forcibly (7)

10 What one gets after long exposure to sun (3)

11 Hem in to restrict a person's style (5)

12 Explain meaning of a tree-print design (9)

13 Sunset call on bugle (7)

15 Buying or selling an ecclesiastical benefice (6)

17 Pass away time please, somehow (6)

18 Showing profound knowledge (7)

21 One can't do to be a guardian for us (9)

22 Unfit for record time (5)

24 Lion of the Zodiac (3)

25 Implant deeply in small hard particles (7)

26 Spasmodic twitch found in a stick (3)

27 Neglect to leave undone (4)

28 Bitternesses about constant pains (9)

Down

1 Early writer sounds like show, sir (7)

2 Old coin for the grandmother (5)

3 Political people opposite right (8)

4 Love one tape that soothes feelings (6)

5 Utter destruction of a species (13)

6 Time for a siesta (9)

7 Puzzling and hard to explain (6)

9 Artist to leave his mark on you? (13)

14 Change in outward appearance (9)

16 Clear social insect finds the fruit (8)

17 Surpasses to do better (6)

19 Discovers the existence (7)

20 Touch with pointed branch of the hand (6)

23 Consumed and destroyed (5)

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