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The hindu crossword 8954

Across

 1 Abandon an over dry area (6)

 4 Treading slippery slope (8)

10 Snake climbing plant (7)

11 Seen Red Queen as train is changed for her (7)

12 Not proper to raid barren land (4)

13 Reckoning I am in the eastern depot (10)

16 Ali is one character related to the wind (6)

17 Lever that’s used to release one from duty (7)

20 Jack to stall building material to weigh down and steady ship (7)

21 Least one could do is gather stone slabs (6)

24 Foresight before a school lesson (10)

25 Chances for scraps (4)

27 Tapers like northern shafts (7)

29 Dog a military man, but not all the time (7)

30 When the tears flow, rue dissipating the wealth (8)

31 Want to accept a good man and set up home (6)

Down

 1 Announced a number have cleared out (8)

 2 In which to carry documents for an unusual court hearing ? (7,4)

 3 A rep turned out to be a mature person (4)

 5 The keeper gets payment in advance (8)

 6 Playwrights can be both staid and smart (10)

 7 Not proper to lie to a priest (3)

 8 Directs wagons along desired manner (6)

 9 Get up a hill (5)

14 Food for a patient but illegal assembly (7,4)

15 Presenting bill with credit notes after collapse would be wrong (10)

18 Dope, sore over a point needed to fix profiles (8)

19 Certain to be found in honey drink, as ruled (8)

22 Put a peg in the instrument (6)

23 A pretty serious sort of pain (5)

26 West End Street in Paris? That’s right! (4)

28 Grass for whiskey! (3)

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