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The Hindu crossword 9072

Across

 1 Kind of orange put on in East (7)

 5 State of Asian with a following (7)

 9 Soldier drunk in ale yet nimble and quick (5)

10 Serviceman gets no backing, but has to persevere (7,2)

11 Jack makes an elaborate lyric for his homes (6)

12 The main way to travel cheaply (8)

14 Stand a drink to negotiate a deal (5)

15 Not in good shape (9)

18 Social outcast turns to a fast insecticide (9)

20 All right for a Greek letter sent about a giraffe kin! (5)

22 Gives up wayward Jack and son (8)

24 Retrieve information from Bill on tax (6)

26 Crime perpetrated by real thugs (9)

27 Best art used to make Pope’s triple crown (5)

28 Staggers about with small animal in a back street (7)

29 Let heat resolve his fitness to compete (7)

Down

 1 Eccentric letter (9)

 2 Mince pie book summary (7)

 3 Occult entity that can point to the French in the mind (9)

 4 Trial sample (4)

 5  Confused Lili to treat Oriental as ignorant (10)

 6 Push briskly to force through (5)

 7 High post — in which to discuss defence items? (3,4)

 8 You may find her in an English public house (5)

13 Breathes in with difficulty — takes a long rest (10)

16 Highly desirable groom can be relied on to hold a ball (4,5)

17 Put back in office to curb civil government (9)

19 Fenced in holding for a countryman (7)

21 Mean value taken of possessions over a time (7)

22 Tessa returns for her property (5)

23 That’s not a mean scoundrel, but a motherless calf (5)

25 Abstainer holds again a piece of land (4)

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