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The Hindu Crossword 8987

Across

1 Camel, if stirred, may be harmful (7)

5 Customer who has the right in court (6)

11 Moderate illumination (5)

12 First prize made the trained model glad (4,5)

13 An operation done with care, Asian-style (9)

14 The tissue of boldness (5)

15 Food for one of Robin Hood’s Merry Men (4)

17 A quiet finish is about to happen (7)

21 Big shops featured in a poem AIR broadcast (7)

22 Place in Nevada, more noted, partly, for ending unions (4)

26 Snares posed by a small role, in retrospect (5)

27 Kind of binder for ‘free-floating’ foliage? (5,4)

29 A soft migrant sort of a grouse (9)

30 Ring a little sibling for refuge (5)

31 A Bengali or a Spanish lady (6)

32 Must be lightheaded perhaps, to walk unsteadily (7)

Down

 2 Have words in court possibly (5)

 3 Runs not scored by small-time players (6)

 4 Famous old actor at home on network (6)

 6 Medal, one struck for a drink (8)

 7 Fortitude shown by two bridge players on imprisonment (9)

 8 In the bank, he handles money, not information (6)

 9 Mollify by putting a piece of cheese in the dish (7)

10 Gentlemen’s preference in cinema? (7)

16 What did you say? Pay another visit? (4,5)

18 Runs come freely for one is a client (8)

19 Attendant about to take one pound and another — plunder! (7)

20 A small shark to follow a swimmer (7)

23 The stirrup in the middle ear (6)

24 Wasp found on a tricky throne (6)

25 Make improvement regarding the state of a player’s performance (6)

28 Support for an artist’s work (5)

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