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The Hindu Crossword 8986

Across

 1 It is the regular measure, on track (8,5)

10 Designer of the Arctic dispersal (9)

11 Little, favourite thing (5)

12 Fulfil the duty of discovering vulgarity from within (5)

13 Former baggage handlers, they do business with people abroad (9)

14 Large echo of sound produces injury (6)

16 Pacify everyone? Yes (5)

19 Toast cooked for a relative of the weasel (5)

20 Source of caviar, a good, blue sort (6)

25 Ram’s prize perhaps, a flower (9)

26 Trees grown in a region in Transylvania (5)

27 The depths of a defective drain (5)

28 Substance perhaps generously consumed by obese chap, sharp of tongue (5,4)

29 Denying the ale perhaps for keeping the teeth in good condition (6,7)

Down

 2 Not qualified for a career in diplomacy? (8)

 3 Cry from a mount (5)

 4 One ancestors who would mimic people (6)

 5 Time on hand for a sweet fruit (4,4)

 6 A small, normal, mild sweetener (9)

 7 Rainwater channel that is grand, complete (6)

 8 Just and valid, even if unpleasant when decapitated (6)

 9 Secret store for a deposit, by the way (5)

15 Rotten hot spell, one coming after another (2,3,4)

17 Vigilant timer, having had enough, almost (8)

18 He keeps the bar in a new club in A.P. (8)

21 Prizes are a rising attraction when held out (6)

22 Tree grafted by one … (5)

23 … dull person may set dog running (6)

24 Lack of interest in a way: end of harmony (6)

26 Writing instruments used in compiling a hasty list (5)

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