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The Hindu Crossword No. 8921

Across

1 Slight advantage a piece of furniture may have (4,4)

5 In India force a musical group (6)

9 King uppish about dance in Maldives resort (7)

10 Lament miserably about one having disease (7)

11 Eh, ranting about what's narrowly missed? (4,5)

12 Suit engineer Pat (5)

13 A pre-Test fling (4)

14 A brief cut will do to split into two (9)

17 What you might do when you're expecting something (4,3,2)

19 Sicilian hothead (4)

23 Jumbo villain? (5)

24 Fruit seed dropped in organ pipe (6,3)

25 Depressions in five streets (7)

26 One boy not at home to do a straightening job (4,3)

27 Organised mailing misses one image of Shiva (6)

28 Tacit, world leaders bar leader of Norway (8)

Down

1 Accept message and observe (4,4)

2 Encroachments in public thoroughfares (7)

3 Hatred of mine dissipated in borders of Troy (6)

4 Subsisting on grass, Indian village dispels our vision (13)

6 Fifty per cent support to the football fielder (4,4)

7 Maintain suitable means to be healthy (4,3)

8 Our sailors brainwash Otto completely (2,4)

10 Coalescing a good surfeit to one state (13)

15 Alien may react wildly about quarter and so on (8)

16 Artists appointed the "mad monk" (8)

18 Girl attains different goal: a foreign national (7)

20 What the hairdresser does is an excellent job (3,4)

21 It is foolishness to go in a car with a learner (6)

22 The set in charge of quality control (1,5)

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