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The Hindu Crossword 9031

Across

 1 Luck, a bit of luck in a part of the church (7)

 6 Soft and weak detectives follow retreating bovine (7)

 9 On flight, use pot, ecstasy? Wrong, that is not what you meant to say (4,2,3,6)

10 Fridge — the place for diamonds? (3,3)

11 True existence in the practical world (4,4)

13 The joy of a competition around new aid distribution (8)

15 High ground in superior agricultural area (6)

18 Somehow resist the sibling (6)

19 He sends news about drink (sweet ale) (8)

22 They raise the team’s spirits (8)

24 Kind of tea that ducks pine for (6)

27 A poor tip for UN, too funny and unbalanced (3,2,10)

28 Stone set off to provide fireworks (7)

29 An officer to criticise unknown ship’s crew (7)

Down

 1 Sack the treasurer! (7)

 2 The girl that Capone reportedly looks at (5)

 3 Stirring the cocoa with a bit of lactose gives us something sweet to eat (9)

 4 The instrument of plunder, say (4)

 5 Antenna seen in coral formation growing up around the Spanish… (6)

 6 … coral island (5)

 7 Understanding ingots can be tricky (9)

 8 Writer found in action in a part of the swimming pool (4,3)

12 Expert service (3)

14 Depict spy differently, as suffering from indigestion (9)

16 Symbol for a sound message sent through BSNL perhaps (9)

17 Vigour at the heart of 14 (3)

18 Aid for a cat’s paw, they say (7)

20 Tenure of an interim ruler, awfully green on limits of charity (7)

21 Large numbers made by wily sorcerer without an expression of hesitation (6)

23 Gun commonly found around capital of Liberia (5)

25 Board for a seance? Yes, in France and Germany (5)

26 Gambling briefly (4)

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