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The Hindu Crossword 8906

Across

1 Accountant with a mantra conjures up a craft (9)

5 The container, in a way, is barely sufficient (5)

8 Musical composition for out-of-tune harp, very dry, hollow (8)

9 Chemical found in chalk, a limestone derivative (6)

11 The monkey which put that man in Connaught Place initially (5)

12 Low creature, but it can cook a decent pie (9)

13 Cloyingly sweet (6)

14 Hardened casual worker reportedly made a mistake (8)

16 The inclination to write a song (8)

18 The sun, expert in providing comfort in distress (6)

22 The servant who would listen to worker (9)

23 Objective — covering the French antelope (5)

24 Theatre's first, opening part of play could initially reveal the stratagem (6)

25 Lee's shop is ransacked, causing despair (8)

26 A famous sculptor in the British navy taking in short cricket match (5)

27 Ursa Major, English version (5,4)

Down

1 Depict Accra as a city in South America (7)

2 Rushing for a refreshing drink? Call! (7)

3 There is, strangely, more happiness in understanding something wrongly (15)

4 Prepare for publication "Revolutionary Deed" (6)

5 The kind of book to make you a better you (4-11)

6 As a partner, you are said to be a non-professional ... (7)

7 ... who dealt in changing the final part (4-3)

10 Poles always show contempt (5)

15 Ready for use in the front apparently (2,3)

16 It may contain growth at home (7)

17 Observed that a number in celebrated ... (7)

19 ... world of scholars deem a CA devious (7)

20 Consumer, the ultimate beneficiary (3,4)

21 Useless — so it is rejected in Old English (6)

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