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The Hindu Crossword 9154

Across

 1 Cook Jan’s dour — and so defers (8)

 5 Fondle a lamb (6)

 9 Restricted, the first alien at this place died (8)

10 Talk about circle organised by tearaway (5)

12 Woman with the knight is not odd (4)

13 Be improved in health (4,6)

15 Slight tendency to rush past (6)

17 List of options for people heading for Usilampatti (4)

19 British aborigine not totally abstract (4)

20 Will such a story talk of jail life? (6)

24 That’s when one isn’t busy (4,6)

27 Topless Indian garment for the festival (4)

29 That’s the stopping point! (5)

30 Diana’s exchange to pay out (8)

31 Organ run by northern journalist won (6)

32 Ardent animal doctor embraces virile fellows (8)

Down

 1 Song the man rendered afresh (6)

 2 Notebook or pen (6)

 3 Addict in America with hesitation (4)

 4 Pleasant about the English relative (5)

 6 Circle area that is full of bracing air (5)

 7 At such a point you begin a journey (8)

 8 Supposition by the circular railway (6)

11 Corny bits on the breakfast table? (6)

14 Let it stand (as the proofreader would have it) (4)

16 Image N to be morphed into puzzle (6)

17 Created a spot in the Middle East (4)

18 A woman of many hats? (8)

21 Carp if Fleming offers nonsense (6)

22 Vulgar movement reported (6)

23 Strip to banian before a girl (6)

25 Shot the fool in the Middle East (5)

26 Uproar in a Hanoi settlement (5)

28 Clark, for example, doesn’t start but is competent (4)

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