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The Hindu Crossword 9088

 1 What Bill got when he couldn’t afford first class to Berkshire? (6,7)

 8 Jackets used by illegal smokers (7)

 9 Menaces again and that’s about it (7)

11 Accountant has to go around the capital (6)

13 Light design of castle in Spain (8)

15 Reagan party is a noted movement (5)

16 Something distilled from former region (7)

18 Means to climb a wall for opera house party (7)

19 Sounds large figure but is in short supply (5)

21 A meet agents organised to become lean (8)

23 Running water disturbing rest after midnight (6)

25 Certain that English parliamentarian is in trouble with highest authority (7)

26 Non-Thai related but possibly an Irishman (7)

28 It takes a turn for the better (8,5)

Down

 2 American writer — mere new boy (7)

 3 Made a lyric for a young deer! (3)

 4 Quoit for a Greek athlete to throw (4)

 5 Birth and death of a backbiter, for example (10)

 6 Bold enough to challenge (5)

 7 Auditor in the snuggery is as close as one can get (7)

 8 Concerning code, fewer are without compassion (11)

10 A fool takes herbal remedies one day after (6,5)

12 Silver and gold, high class, available at market place (5)

14 Leave me some biblical books — or a section (10)

17 Everybody to turn up for land distribution (5)

18 The head cleaner (7)

20 Lances wound with point, to purify it (7)

22 Thought the trainer absolutely perfect (5)

24 Isolated mass of land (4)

27 A quiet wood (3)

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