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The Hindu Crossword 8899

Across

1 Advanced thinking? I ponder it, mate, anyway (13)

8 Cockney's admission that his wife accompanies him for stroll (7)

9 Boats which cleave the water (7)

11 Mental patients may be treated there (6)

13 A fighter made to study the alternative (8)

15 Played in an idle manner (5)

16 Mean to declare how old one is (7)

18 The development ripe to please (7)

19 Let it be a distinctive name (5)

21 It's deadly being moved into pleasant surroundings (8)

23 Gold trade can be a distressing experience (6)

25 Rising above others in a tangled net around pit (7)

26 Model girl — the slimmer (7)

28 Set in his place awkwardly, Michelangelo painted it (7,6)

Down

2 Part of street used by traffic (7)

3 Great number nowadays become furious with anger (3)

4 Plan to make a sudden forward movement (4)

5 It measures the speed of a comet colliding with earth (10)

6 It is the tenth of land produce for church (5)

7 Past the expected payment time (7)

8 Ancient name gathers support (11)

10 Boxing promoter from the rag and bone trade (5,6)

12 More than one spoke of bones (5)

14 He just couldn't lie about when doing so much laundry! (10)

17 Up in a prison (5)

18 Foolishly chips into high class Indian board game (7)

20 Framework for the layout of letters (7)

22 Right to prepare tea for free entertainment (5)

24 Boy that is raised in France (4)

27 Nanny drops a letter in Indian (3)

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