The Hindu : Miscellaneous / Crossword : The Hindu Crossword 9000

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Miscellaneous - Crossword

The Hindu Crossword 9000

Across

1 Case for formal court dress (7)

5 The bird for a firm to carp about (7)

10 Could have gone round North America during period of immaturity (6)

11 Withdrawing, again losing interest (8)

12 A sound buy to amuse the baby (6)

13 A restorative that’s not for universal use (8)

14 Corruption of business by the Chinese? (6)

15 Girl puts peg in this column (6)

18 Mystery in game unravelled (6)

20 Might number clues in the wrong order (6)

23 Gambling den, or what leads one into it (8)

25 Abolish one of the rings of cells (6)

26 Ratification contains error (8)

27 I have to dial to find her (6)

28 Confess to gossip (4,3)

29 Checked the French article before release (7)

Down

2 Lacking principles, so in need of a lesson (6)

3 About fifty deciding to get going is most unexpected (9)

4 In the main there is far more to it than meets the eye (7)

6 Values seem set for a change (7)

7 Company rig guarded by a Welsh dog (5)

8 He expects us to feed him (8)

9 Now is the time to make a donation (7,6)

16 One does not speak well of such an isolated community (9)

17 Are too much for dithery Aunt Enid (8)

19 Anything but friendly at an informal gathering (7)

21 By the shore setting seed is a problem (7)

22 Single mountainside path suitable for winter travel (6)

24 Do better than an old prison room for the most part (5)

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