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The Hindu Crossword No. 2480

Across

1 Made no progress in the fog on waters at sea (3,7,4)

10 Drink and make merry in saloon by river (7)

11 Boasted having pretty short hairstyle (4,3)

12 Examine source of problem in fashionable school (7)

13 Simple misprint (7)

14 Confined nearby (5)

16 Things associated with the US male, girl put in an article (9)

18 Headgear for the incompetent (6,3)

19 Bishop in board game in house (5)

20 Code of honour of US president I see to (7)

21 Carry mine in animal enclosure (4,3)

23 Retired professors in Cambridge ultimately deserve one (7)

24 Kill escort (4,3)

25 Our excitement misplaced with canon finally giving sacrament (7,7)

Down

2 Brutes escaping from dog rescue (5)

3 Lie envious uncle spread in French cooking school (8,7)

4 After onset of winter, warm cereal’s required (5)

5 Shine using advanced magic (9)

6 This may prove a comfort to one who’s about to retire (8,7)

7 Get to know when definite (9)

8 Count’s child on a roll at the end (5)

9 Greek hero getting cold in swirling sea? (8)

15 Cross, went off to expose platform (5-4)

16 The radio broadcast about head of Persian goddess (9)

17 Dissenter in a Post Office, say (8)

20 Note in sombre vein (5)

21 Stick label back on (5)

22 Picture, recently stolen, thrown into Italian river (5)

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