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The Hindu Crossword 9237

Across

 1 Brilliant and able to work (7)

 5 Where to find this computer (7)

 9 Area where West meets East! (7)

10 It’s quiet, so the French make a feature of the garden (7)

11 Henry lost out in laziness (5)

12 Unhappy and clutching a woolly bear, mustered a smile (9)

13 The individual who’ll help Satanists out (9)

15 Positively declares possessions (5)

16 Daily consumption of it keeps the doctor away! (5)

18 In the parlance of today, dependence (9)

21 Exerted continuous force for recruitment into service (7,2)

24 A Greek (5)

25 Revolutionaries turning in an Arab (7)

26 Dry refuse in sugar making kept in a sack for the dope (7)

27 Tolerated close turn to communist (7)

28 Most daring (7)

Down

 1 Lace she ordered in London (7)

 2 Tapers like northern shafts (7)

 3 Taking a job as an alternative — and quickly (9)

 4 Butters up maiden — that is what it does (5)

 5 Banked left (9)

 6 To use bishop is beyond doubt a more certain person (5)

 7 But role was abandoned causing bother (7)

 8 Heavenly bodies take time to go round Naples (7)

14 Left group of music men done in (9)

15 Harbour a heavenly being (9)

16 Inform the old man to return the award (7)

17 Discreditable crib? (7)

19 In semi-panic, the fool turns into a dead-end (7)

20 Scoff in the home that’s second to none in smartness (7)

22 Vehicle used for gliding down snow slopes (5)

23 Old boy to ban foolishly, person of great wealth (5)

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