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The Hindu Crossword 8934

Across

1 Little tree that may weaken Heather (7)

5 A bum, soon made to confess (7)

9 Taking a fresh look at consortia reined unjustly (15)

10 It contains the pollen in a fragrant herb (6)

11 Showing great calmness but exhausted, if in charge (8)

13 One shunning reality in space, it's unnatural (8)

15 Cheerful state followed by half of 11 (6)

18 Vehicle for transporting cargo before time (2-4)

19 To criticise about skill is showing bias (8)

22 Appropriate change of beginning in an antithesis (8)

24 Carbon said to contain what makes a tree a dwarf (6)

27 What does the firefly show in producing light? (15)

28 A king's earning from the sale of his book (7)

29 In favour of eastern drink? Give it up (7)

Down

1 Façade of an expert on the waves? (7)

2 Loops on lace, a topic for spelling out (5)

3 Publican at home, new guardian (9)

4 The hold a doctor may have around the beginnings of rigour (4)

5 A tribune venerated though not level within (6)

6 Kind of leaf caught in the clutches of an unruly child (5)

7 The rigid quality of a body? (9)

8 Soldier Tom, cross at heart, finds a tailless creature (4,3)

12 Greek character showing pressure the avoirdupois way (3)

14 Discordant sound about business, fake American (9)

16 Police vehicle running on gasoline, by the sound of it (6,3)

17 Hawthorn stands for periods of 31 days (3)

18 One who snatches a British barge unexpectedly (7)

20 The ingenuousness of some Chennai veterinarians (7)

21 Disrobe youth leader having markings like a tiger (6)

23 Racing boat that the Eastern railway abandoned in the room beside the kitchen (5)

25 Old English queen's backing for a tropical plant (5)

26 Soft, whimsical child gets wealth (4)

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