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The Hindu Crossword No. 9117

Across

 1 Chop and change in match in which one, Mr. Chindambaram Pillai, participates (10)

 6 Molten rock resulting from the French-Virginia connection (4)

10 Just short of winning all the tricks at bridge (5,4)

11 Commercial on the radio for one pointless accessory (3-2)

12 Minor actor with mobile phone outside the living block? (13)

14 Trunk that alligators often accommodate (5)

15 Aeneas confused about age problem between Turkey and Greece (6,3)

17 Inference of discount result (9)

21 Underground molten material uncovered by mother devouring MAD mag feature (5)

22 Boastful talk about tempest in Indiana and Iona oddly leads to intensive thinking (13)

24 Mock herb with spiny bracts sheds initial leaves (5)

25 Famous musical returns after animal in Idaho answers to aerobic process description (9)

26 Sleeping degree in the present era (4)

27 Fireproofing material is responsible for lung disease (10)

Down

 1 Liturgical season of surge following the wind from the east (6,4)

 2 Unrelated changes? Not really changed! (9)

 3 Rumblings deep down could signify its becoming active (7)

 4 Depression resulting from a car deal gone awry (7)

 5 Delay in placing label around lime squash (4,3)

 7 The French return with the German tree (5)

 8 Tuna cooked by relative (4)

 9 Mountain flower for Wooster’s aunt (6)

13 Angry public speakers develop ruse after Republican in Ghana undergoes conversion (10)

16 Denotes dignified heart aboard ship (9)

18 Depression of famous Egyptologist undergoing internal turmoil (6)

19 Fiery conditions around Oxford University singe badly (7)

20 Egyptian goddess with desire for things akin to cashews, almonds and their ilk (7)

21 Corrosive substance for fastening dyes (7)

22 Nonchalant about explosion model making way for starting of eruption (5)

23 Sicilian hothead (4)

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