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The Hindu Crossword 9074

Across

1 Bumbling VIP gains hint on where parallel lines apparently meet (9,5)

8 Australian creature lacking feeling, a kind of square (6)

9 The dog that I, a leader, trained (8)

11 Such food, lacking sauce, could be bare (9)

12 Anticipate a burden, say (5)

13 Try open treatment for disorder (7)

15 Gem that gives out some ephemeral dazzle (8)

17 Indian or perhaps Chinese (7)

19 Live-in student who would reportedly pall on the German (7)

21 A sweeper put right in a big blast (5)

23 A loner’s pen misused by employees (9)

25 Adapt to a new environment, using tin and steel components (6,2)

26 Escorting member, Tom returned for a rodent (6)

27 Instruction for rewriting prince’s epitaph (14)

Down

1 Half proven, oddly true commercial undertaking (7)

2 Wanderer who upset writer Runyon (5)

3 A fall guy has a go at space shot (9)

4 Cooking vessel poses a grand puzzle (7)

5 Concealed letter in Greek from e.g. an admirer (5)

6 Place in Africa where, sadly, Anna suffered (9)

7 A group of five kept confined a daughter (6)

10 Spot an oriental agent (4)

14 Slim, successful but growing bald (4,2,3)

16 Disappear with girl, Penny: make a speech (9)

17 People hiding to make a surprise attack on a leader of men, a president (6)

18 Title for army officer at home about love (7)

19 Make a hole, one in the gun barrel (4)

20 The kind of desk for a devious trollop (4-3)

22 Long distance runner, covering 1.609 km maybe (5)

24 A Nereid perhaps or an Oceanid (5)

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