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The Hindu Crossword 9148

Across

 1 One agrees 13 or 24 has medical speciality with an alternative (8)

 5 Let nun stray into underground passage (6)

 9 Reports from a hundred noblemen (8)

10 Some are recalling a massive symbol of Shiva (6)

12 Record the drug twice — it’s sharp (4)

13 Ass has almost all of a large amount in northern part of a ship (10)

15 Is reasonable and determines the sum (4,2)

17 One sees work on a nervous complaint (5)

20 Sharp mark (5)

21 Said in a grating voice the Communist is holding a snake (6)

24 Ass puts almost all of the earnings in northern part of ship (10)

27 Sound contented to turn up with a luxury car (4)

29 A horse wanders on the beach (6)

30 "[The birds] flying, write upon the sky/ The __ letter of the Greeks” (Longfellow) (8)

31 Abridged version to take in gradually (6)

32 Poor inn I’d get restructured (8)

Down

 1 A British writer slacks off (6)

 2 Pouch, the wretched pouch (6)

 3 Turn on world body to give the word (4)

 4 Perform better at a picnic? (5)

 6 One head of establishments to join together (5)

 7 Slights oversights (8)

 8 Defaulter, disabled, gets no score (4,4)

11 Modifies publicity material on small residential buildings (6)

14 Move a little to gain advantage (4)

16 Take off eagerly to be first in line (6)

17 Finished deliveries? (4)

18 One might wake up to this attack by enemy (4,4)

19 Hidden microphone catches Indian cartoonist and Henry in ballroom dance (5,3)

22 Get hooked and collapse (6)

23 Such a card can get you money (6)

25 Monsters rose jauntily to gobble up head of giant (5)

26 Antonio never supplies vegetable (5)

28 Desert town in Tamil Nadu? (4)

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