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The Hindu Crossword No. 9187

Across

 1 Burnt by a scurvy fellow (7)

 5 Military personnel with gear to put right (7)

 9 Jack gets a best dual reproduction that’s able to be heard (7)

10 The way coppers like sage to be (7)

11 It can act unspoken (5)

12 Lead astray (9)

13 A tear in a printed sheet indicates extraction (9)

15 Difficult question to put forward (5)

16 Long stapled cotton yarn that lies next to lake in a disorder (5)

18 Sober, can enter — not here (9)

21 Final words for one about to retire (4,5)

24 Henry is seen around with glistening attire (5)

25 American gal not an early mixture (7)

26 Make oneself ready to adjust (7)

27 Rats found in areas of low rainfall (7)

28 Decline to reveal family lineage (7)

Down

 1 Set in motion to get established (5,2)

 2 He now has crude way to bring forward a discussion (7)

 3 Her appearance is quite new (9)

 4 Vain hope that tot is hiding a key (5)

 5 Get one’s own back (9)

 6 Two circles join for a record dance (5)

 7 Bishop eases out the destroyers (7)

 8 Inflexible and austere person (7)

14 Fixtures not seen at home (4,5)

15 Pagan woman looks inquisitively at girl (9)

16 Many tease girl about being a slowcoach (7)

17 Great effort to nag back with catch words (7)

19 Boost given by working out at eleven — no end of it (7)

20 Beat a fellow to the touch line (7)

22 Not right to reign a negro (5)

23 Tied up softly in a half-hearted manner (5)

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