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The Hindu Crossword 9195

Across

 1 “_____ and be damned” was the famous response to a blackmail threat (7)

5 What a pair may do to break the union (5,2)

 9 Member in front of the gate, that is one way to get out (3,6,6)

10 Luke, in turn, is different (6)

11 A little entertainment by teams — by what means? (8)

13 The age of the majority? (8)

15 It is used in prayer when optimistic about unfinished art (6)

18 A pub to maintain in Tamil Nadu (6)

19 Deeply moved but behaving in an assumed way (8)

22 Burial garment for a corpse about to be put in adhesive material (8)

24 A choice at work? It is back on (6)

27 Who, when intimate, spells out a novel (3,5,2,5)

28 Do not trust one possibly being investigated (7)

29 Stoker gets wood with label put back (7)

Down

 1 Contaminate pullet cooked with a bit of oregano (7)

 2 Get the Spanish bread roll (5)

 3 Sportsman who glides to capture some nice stake rushing by (3-6)

 4 American bonnet (4)

 5 Get involved with favourites back at home (4,2)

 6 River, one included in traditions (5)

 7 Become encouraged by the karate movement (4,5)

 8 What? Pay out for a road? (7)

12,17 Get things going at the links (3,3)

14 Ms. Andrews in The Sound of Music (9)

16 Finished with the ability to subdue by force (9)

17 See 12

18 Roman emperor, a conservative arrested by another emperor (7)

20 Grim accommodation for a stretch! (7)

21 Trendy role, to some extent (2,4)

23 Short-sighted person involved in a smarmy operation (5)

25 What native speakers of a language use (5)

26 Petty quarrel gives rise to a c’convulsion (4)

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