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The Hindu Crossword 9040

Across

 1 Dressing industry? (11)

 9 First-class letter to start a sentence with (7)

10 Part that gets men riled (7)

11 One who gives a flirtatious look (5)

12 Got better and wrapped up again (9)

13 Friend in Badami, goat-rearing (5)

15 Leaving for Thar, for instance, with leader returning (9)

18 Named Elle as having put the gloss on (9)

21 Wiser with time put in in Southern Railway (5)

22 Buts meant to rebuild masonry works to stabilise bridge (9)

24 Swift creation is an Internet services company (5)

26 Iris or Rupert? (7)

27 Prickly plants spotted in vacant high-rise compounds (7)

28 This clue is more than necessary (11)

Down

 1 Haven to which one is moored? (9)

 2 Pupil cutting up tree (5)

 3 Come between the photographer and the subject? (9)

 4 Attracted — attracted even without young boy (7)

 5 Small creatures in groups (7)

 6 Not every godless English vagrant heads for the desert (5)

 7 Fifty winning scholarship (8)

 8 Breeding stock for the boss (4)

14 Rushed, you tend to be… (2,1,5)

16 Nonetheless does it get “lain”? (5,4)

17 Sleep-inducing drugs (9)

19 Yearn to dance with an easy-to-hit ball (4,3)

20 Hopelessness of the French couple (7)

22 The Indian soul (4)

23 Open lands for people from Africa (5)

25 Headwear to a wicked bishop (5)

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