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The Hindu Crossword No. 9090

Across

 1 Putting away half the eggs and a loaf found inside (6)

 4 After dinner request for a travel document (8)

10 Storm when MEP is ordered to appear in trial (7)

11 Characters that are inclined to be distinctive (7)

12 Convey informally to cook in a microwave oven (4)

13 The motive of a clear thinker? (4,6)

16 Glacial snow the French sweep up at this late hour (6)

17 Representation of human form on road, adds to one’s eminence (7)

20 Even organised old city quarter income (7)

21 Instigates action (6)

24 Defying explanation, my strange rites empty the states (10)

25 Turns out as best continent (4)

27 Bad temper leads to a serious complaint (7)

29 Saves engineers writing about the water at Balmoral (7)

30 On street side speak in a swaggering manner (8)

31 Confine enemy citizen in Bury North (6)

Down

 1 Substance that makes the paint go further? (8)

 2 Factory employees who are always punctual? (4,7)

 3 Want a quarter for editor (4)

 5 A liqueur I put down before going out (8)

 6 Stipulated when the appointment should have taken place? (6,4)

 7 Old boy finds one Negro who practised witchcraft (3)

 8 Herbal decoction set in a new way (6)

 9 Little Tom who pulled pussy out! (5)

14 Outwardly a picture of urbanity? (6,5)

15 Everest set terribly unsparing trial (6,4)

18 Consider putting spirit in tea blend (8)

19 Dope doubly favoured, though a killer (8)

22 Distinctive flavours Mac finds in fishing vessels (6)

23 Sordid gains obtained from cruel order (5)

26 A study of a mid-eastern port (4)

28 Scull to propel boat (3)

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