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The Hindu Crossword 9142

Across

 1 Hobbyist who would step on a district administrator (5,9)

 8 Important song rendered by Srikanth emotionally (6)

 9 Deep blue colour seen in an eastern nuclear explosion (8)

11 Mexican dish in a large hacienda, as ordered (9)

12 Article in Emergency Room used in surgery (5)

13 Say no to a downturn (7)

15 Scattered but can be used if treated with a bit of finesse (7)

17 Small American girl immortalised in an old song (7)

19 Sweetener, but not quite a refined one (7)

21 The preacher must have lost his head to commit this crime (5)

23 With black magic, Rau materialises a resin (3,6)

25 "America is God’s — ..." (Zangwill, The Melting Pot) (8)

26 A flatfish not lacking oxygen in a strait of the English Channel (6)

27 They make bets on changing, the reason being ditto (2,3,4,5)

Down

 1 Reportedly find marijuana in marine alga (7)

 2 A Mexican Indian in La Paz Technical University (5)

 3 Accuracy in price is no oddity (9)

 4 Name of islands given by old general, an attraction in retrospect (7)

 5 Husband and wife left out in a two-door vehicle (5)

 6 No closed doors in this party? (4,5)

 7 False peacekeepers? Honestly! (6)

10 Secure place for valuables (4)

14 A detailed account of developments in law suits over failed duty (4,5)

16 To understand the future, I go travelling (6,3)

17 A brief spell for Poles at church (6)

18 Prayers for spiritual beings around university (7)

19 Crush black, upright member, part of door (4)

20 Aunty, travelling around California, gets to a part of Central America (7)

22 Animal cry heard from a barn eight metres away (5)

24 A crack that gets the snooker game going (5)

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