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The Hindu Crossword 8970

Across

 1 What a hero gets to play in a drama, perhaps (3,4,4)

 9 Am back to point roughly at platform on a mast (7)

10 Riles somewhat about politician being more without guile (7)

11 Best sacked by the party (5)

12 Not what a slow earner makes (1,4,4)

13 Give up one caught by a surge (5)

15 Condemns word groups (9)

18 Does one who performs it never get into a knotty situation? (4,5)

21 Country not out to back help (5)

22 From where you cannot see properly in an auditorium (5,4)

24 The excuse that the absent-minded asks for? (5)

26 Choose alternative to back facsimile (7)

27 Two different vehicles make a taxi service (4-3)

28 Plied the spoon too much, perhaps (11)

Down

 1 Period when there is little peace (4,2,3)

 2 Part of Benedictine order (5)

 3 Outgoing person, nearly special and open (9)

 4 They cover the heads too obviously (3,4)

 5 Keep away from the sailor with blemish (7)

 6 Persuade casual worker to be on time (5)

 7 Walked emphatically with trimming touching the edge of debris (8)

 8 Great journey in South Africa (4)

14 Admission by first person of having mated is weakened (8)

16 Itch Paine suffers in eye folds (9)

17 What an early riser would not want to overdo (4,2,3)

19 Plead for one politician with knowledge (7)

20 Unusually big task? What soldiers might shoulder (7)

22 Produced food, we’re told (4)

23 Said in Paris to be the same (5)

25 Risk at home with a lowly fellow (5)

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