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The Hindu Crossword 9066

Across

 1 Huge job for a worker I contracted initially (8)

 5 Excursion photograph in the recess he vacated (6)

10 Seaport in great turmoil (7)

11 Tympanic membrane (7)

12 He has something to say at the election office (6)

13 Curse three articles by the scholar (8)

15 It’s precious nothing to friend (4)

16 Expression used before you put something just uttered in other words (5,2,3)

18 This clue is before anything else (5,2,3)

20 Beer maker loses British jug (4)

23 As a rule standard is applied to friend (8)

24 Kind of bicycle in metropolitan demonstration (6)

26 Refers to dull sea, perhaps (7)

27 It is set to be followed by straggling creep in drill (7)

28 Imposed a piece of work as time required (6)

29 Sail boat carrying a lot of wine? (8)

Down

 1 Practised to perfection dramatically? (3,2,2,1,4,3)

 2 Centres of power team up to give trouble (7)

 3 There’s a lot to be said; they may be off-stage (6)

 4 Fashionable alternative brought up to Japanese container (4)

 6 Provoke girl to appear in strange rite (8)

 7 They treat things carefully (7)

 8 One who keeps the business in the public eye (7,8)

 9 Jack’s climber (9)

14 Lacking ambition and having no scheduled work? (9)

17 Rats jump on Doctor of Divinity taking the French gymnastic exercise (8)

19 Executes a flight manoeuvre once again (2-5)

21 New dog I exchanged for a duck (7)

22 Fixed look on footloose boy in the belvedere (6)

25 The Ramayana or the Mahabharata, for instance (4)

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