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The Hindu Crossword No. 9094

Across

1 Hero of Indian epic needs foreign currency to get to peninsular India (9)

5 Spasm is initially replaced by its follower and arranged to make an impact (5)

8 Lively schnozzle makes for a bouquet (7)

9 Drawback loses second class classification and gets to be gauche (7)

11 Red cap Lombardians wear with style and self-confidence (6)

12 Fashionable sting! (5)

14“…,damned spot!” (Macbeth, Shakespeare) (3)

15 Suave Norse birthmark! (6)

16 Is it too small to fit in your palm? (4)

18 Store in a confined space (4)

19 Let nip the turning pin (6)

20 Heroic Chinese leader once blackguarded and now rehabilitated (3)

21 These sailors require a computer key on board! (5)

22 Fallen nutmeg tree recoils on passage (6)

24 Posdeidon’s weapon has a strident impact (7)

25 Furtive under the rose bush? (3,4)

26 Coin of the Realm? Yes, but also of the Republic (5)

27 Prohibition rife here? Hardly! (9)

Down

1 Dispenser of mob justice (8,5)

2 “ Thus the native hue of……is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought” (Hamlet, Shakespeare)

3 Rug meant for a debate and proof (8)

4 ….port in a storm! (3)

6 He turns out to be as mad as a hatter! (4)

7 The weakest loses direction and pulls with a jerk (6)

10 Does a lousy ape have this kind of licence? (2,2,3,6)

12 Virginia sings for a rainy day! (7)

13 Unique instrumental performance (6,4)

17 Such a mean burp during a party casts a shadow! (8)

19 Plain gravity holds up a fence of stakes (6)

23 The book binding cover is all important! (4)

25 The indigene of Southern Africa (3)

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