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The Hindu Crossword 8964

Across

 1 Bewildering relatives — so changeable (9)

 5 Particular but unspecified (4)

 8 Unimportant member of organisation (3)

 9 Coarse cloth stiffened with paste (7)

10 Born of woman? (3)

11 Wordy composition of Cyril (5)

12 One’s necessary supply of specimen (9)

13 Special messenger (7)

15 Rare image caused by optical illusion (6)

17 Next after fourths (6)

18 Recipient of article bequeathed (7)

21 Discharge in nose because of inflammation (9)

22 Brighten with small load (5)

24 Kind of sorcery practised in the West Indies (3)

25 Give a name to nettle I chopped up (7)

26 Grotesque worker (3)

27 A long time, however short? (4)

28 Ill-natured rebuffs (5,4)

Down

 1 Consisting of vowels (7)

 2 Rigidity of body caused by shock (5)

 3 Cutting teeth (8)

 4 Secretion from the organ of hearing (3,3)

 5 Thing that is different and better? (9,4)

 6 He’s quite unable to better himself, poor beggar (9)

 7 Varying measure of travelling distance (6)

 9 Working again, but with spinal support (4,2,7)

14 Not of appropriate size (9)

16 Gives prolonged cries of joy (8)

17 Circumstance contributing to a result (6)

19 Clearly no west country domains (7)

20 Quantum of electromagnetic radiation energy (6)

23 A particular species of corn (5)

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