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The Hindu Crossword 9138

Across

 1 Attacks Sind and clues clarity (9)

 6 No point in being harsh to break up (5)

 9 Partly imbibed the French holy book (5)

10 Short-tempered volcanic attribute? (9)

11 Forced Luis to include unknown Roman on vessel (7)

12 Loud score composed for mural (6)

14 Be included in abnormally dim set (5)

15 Posh car driven around university returns with easy success in team competition (5,4)

17 Bound, say, by Lawrence in struggle for low-lying coastal land (9)

19 Leaf fluttering on a flagpole (5)

20 Metal sickle, with its top replaced by a nail head, undergoes final twist (6)

22 Piercing cry from Stanley Clarke leads to mad cheer (7)

24 Hunch in instruction fee (9)

25 Holy book (5)

26 Distinctive spirit surrounding hot unstable Spanish website (5)

27 Flowering plants in tropical storms, ones replaced with manse bloomers (9)

Down

 1 British party invites trouble with the English in requiring large workforce (6-9)

 2 Muddled in Jacob Web Bedding Mart (9)

 3 Clothed and drafted to export liquid fat in Oriental ship (7)

 4 Thrill felt by former partner with broken heart about Ali’s return (10)

 5 Fill partial return on net assets (4)

 6 Result of war: BSE crashes before you start to place strong belief in it (5,2)

 7 Starting vocational education (divine and sacred) with holy books (5)

 8 Orphan steroid Pele abused in the absence of PR communication devices (15)

13 Radical minting coins generates frequencies above audible sound range (10)

16 Keep the medico at bay with this daily dose source (5,4)

18 Sew vile stitching for beetles (7)

19 Old German currency that Abel and Kane initially return for former Finnish tender (7)

21 Apprehend drawback not readily evident (5)

23 Circular plate is dirty: try cleaning out with soap cerate initially (4)

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