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The Hindu Crossword 8988

Across

1 Keeping behind the fans (9)

5 Strip used for tying up parcels (4)

8 Extinct flightless New Zealand bird (3)

9 Place of safety for the homeless (7)

10 Repentance at some occurrence (3)

11  Quantitative relation between two similar magnitudes (5)

12 Elevated building constructions(9)

13 Indoors or out of it is at the end of the flight (7)

15 Injurious parasites (6)

17 Full of obscene talk (6)

18 Descriptive notice of series

of events (7)

21 Those who attain desired level of performance through hard work (9)

22 Central part of an orange (5)

24 Twenty-third Greek letter (3)

25 Studio of an artist (7)

26 Be at rest (3)

27 Aboriginal of Borneo (4)

28 It’s trendy turning out looking down in the mouth (9)

Down

 1 Contrived for lame, the thigh being involved (7)

 2 Fewest tales rewritten (5)

 3 Detached portions of glaciers (9)

 4 Cause to assemble and bring together (6)

 5 Go round the bend, or get better? (4,3,6)

 6 May well be a former rep artist (9)

 7 Course of instruction(6)

 9 How the night watchman was murdered? It’s just a guess (4,2,3,4)

14 Tiny laugh produced in a disrespectful way (9)

16 One strong emotion (1,7)

17 Sharp and smart (6)

19 Tainted with destructive growth of fungus (7)

20 Decapitation punishment no longer in vogue (6)

23 Virginia gave leave to the manservant (5)

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