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The Hindu Crossword No. 2486

Across

1 US president with comparatively small primate (8)

5 Ambassador on at head of embassy (6)

10 Star and co-stars he’ll cast in part of theatre (9,6)

11 Rings back to express disdain (4-4)

12 Giant pheasant (5)

14 Missile’s power staggered sailor (7)

16 Device that spins back and forth (7)

17 Strange noises linked to opening of special sitting (7)

19 Obsessive enthusiast meeting old actor? Hazel, perhaps (3-4)

21 Do exam again, one among the others (5)

22 Rack was knocked over by animal (8)

25 Bird in rifle range once shot by foremost of pistoleers (9,6)

26 King’s terrible dread about onset of war (6)

27 Veteran soldier in TA, slowed remarkably (3,5)

Down

1 Mostly obstruct coalition (4)

2 Disgusted by old pervert (5)

3 Idle talk from bishop, first to leave there drunk (7)

4 Pantomime character’s single error? Keeps quiet (7,4,3)

6 Withdraw from other court (7)

7 Reptile snapped at gorilla (9)

8 Financial security obtained by a setter? Yes, oddly (4,6)

9 Girl with rat producing a firework (9,5)

13 What’s always held by Sotheby’s? (10)

15 Laws start to be broken in the end? (4,5)

18 A whole number, for example, located in Bury? (7)

20 Hard-working types, twenty-four at each end, with Jason, at sea (7)

23 Plinth about to be taken in by individual (5)

24 Shore bird in difficulty (4)

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