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The Hindu Crossword 8912

Across

1 Part of trial can collapse (10)

6 Pretentious songs (4)

9 Live in, got up like a horseman (7)

10 Unusual regalia found in northern Africa (7)

12 Inspired or significant communications (8)

13 Reaps from hunter's weapon (5)

15 Iron through wet cloth or newspaper (5)

17 Kind of peach with thin downless skin and firm flesh (9)

19 With pedal dunderhead strangled (9)

21 Invigorating seaside air (5)

23 Revel with young eel (5)

24 Outwit to become cleverer (8)

27 Lament I interpret as a complaint (7)

28 Holder of unorthodox opinions (7)

29 Toy attached to a spool consisting of a string (2,2)

30 Short set of steps used without being leant against the wall (4,6)

Down

1 Thing that sets another off by contrast (4)

2 That is five in pain who gain by effort (7)

3 Emaciation and wasting away (5)

4 Strange shape for a long coat (9)

5 Heap together and accumulate (5)

7 Inhabitant of the Hebrew nation (7)

8 Sweetheart begins to dally, having looked radiantly happy (6,4)

11 German secret state police of Nazi regime (7)

14 He dispensed with scruples some time ago (10)

16 Release from bondage (3,4)

18 Young man learning sheep farming (9)

20 Ravel's first note drawing fifty into very loud merry-making (7)

22 Unit of magnetic field strength (7)

24 Musical composition for eight performers (5)

25 She gives many a solo performance (5)

26 Mark left by injury (4)

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