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The Hindu Crossword No. 2484

Across

1 Garments always used by Swiss aristocracy (5)

4 Discuss terms for buying pub anticipating profit (7)

8 Excellent small bed in train (5,4)

10 Newspaper briefly covering one aspect (5)

11 Word describing home heat unit (5)

12 Exaggerate about condition (9)

13 Tall female, Heather, about to go ashore for a dance (8,5)

16 Bars in hotel – swearing unusual (8,5)

18 Demand more tea, then crackers, after winning (2,3,4)

20 Fanatical bishop in surprise attack (5)

22 Garment of cloth on girl (5)

23 Londoner in stormy sea on boat (4,5)

24 Clumsy and uncaring male excluded (7)

25 Serious novelist, not English (5)

Down

1 Withdraw money (7)

2 Does Humpty Dumpty exemplify it? (5)

3 Spoiled slalom set in novel (6,3)

4 Heading for bar, say, identifies guilty party as one who spills a lot (13)

5 Boy, American, supporting game female (5)

6 Raphael’s ‘Russian Port’?

7 Fool about with gunpowder ingredient (5)

9 Boasts about northern prices impressing new royal family member? (5,8)

14 Lack it? How awful during disease (2,7)

15 Working together, shires Ann trained (2,7)

17 I may smooth things over in deplorable club (7)

18 Last month spent with artist, extremist (5)

19 What may be shot on a course? (5)

21 Emblem showing tailless animal (5)

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