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The Hindu Crossword No. 9221

Across

1 Railwayman who causes steam trains to run (7,6)

10 The same little dress is able to find a friar (9)

11 Ostentatious, conservative king is trapped in a Scottish river (5)

12 A point in Milan or thereabouts (5)

13 Bird, to some extent good in an outing (9)

14 Seat arranged before evening meal, say (6)

16 Condition of a small gallery (5)

19 Article spanning the Roman way of a bird (5)

20 Think highly of present day muck (6)

25 Can players tolerate their platform? (9)

26 State of one, hot in a drinking place (5)

27 Government seal for spelling out ‘humor’ (5)

28 Having a backlog of work is rare in a Southern Railway set up (2,7)

29 The peer pranced on, affected by bulk (13)

Down

2 Rashness may yet merit a fresh spell (8)

3 Fish with foul odour has head cut off (5)

4 Divert officer with prize – end of tyranny (6)

5 Insufficiency of numbers as in one’s young age (8)

6 The day you orally assessed as soaking wet (9)

7 Shoppers exchanged it for goods in Lisbon (6)

8 A professor is a handsome chap (6)

9 The kind of power that water gives (5)

15 Listen in secret to what dopes rave about (9)

17 Moving on water, volunteers enter country (8)

18 The charm IIT produces like a Persian god (8)

21 The way out for some regressed individuals (6)

22 Somewhat big, unruly crowd, hot, going up with a deadly missile (1-4)

23 Sailor’s aid often seen on TV (6)

24 The purpose, note, is to form a mental image of something not there (6)

26 Fluid-filled sac in the body of a black bear on the firmament (5)

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