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The Hindu Crossword No. 8886

Across

1 Defend strong-box with soldier (9)

5 Modern performance with gestures and without words (4)

8 Point beyond which a thing does not continue (3)

9 Being conveyed across through passage (7)

10 Heavy weight (3)

11 Pull with sharp jerk (5)

12 State of shame or disgrace (9)

13 Companies rear to become more unrefined somehow (7)

15 Become more so sullen to be unsocial (6)

17 Large cage for keeping birds (6)

18 Sensationally dingy yellow brown in colour (7)

21 Whole body of Christians (9)

22 Valuing oneself too highly (5)

24 Absurd statement or argument (3)

25 Science of bodies at rest (7)

26 Feel sorry for the slippery creature (3)

27 Imposition of taxes (4)

28 Having strong desire for something (9)

Down

1 One who maintains doubt or disbelief (7)

2 Soft ground toffee (5)

3 They assign prizes (8)

4 State of being no longer in practice (6)

5 Equipment registering several weather phenomena at same time (13)

6 Body moving through space (9)

7 Right or privilege of admission (6)

9 Solemnly appropriate and consider it to be of importance (4,9)

14 Tito's real potential as a Philosopher (9)

16 Reddening of the face due to embarrassment (8)

17 Mutual agreement (6)

19 Warble (5)

20 He plunders and robs on the sea (6)

23 Very corpulent (5)

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