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The Hindu Crossword No. 9242

Across

1 A hint of winter had twins in a tizzy (5,2,3,4)

8 State where an oasis is developed around dry centre (6)

9 Troublemaker with a holy book? Silly rot (8)

11 Fruits recently stolen provide ammunition (9)

12 Dictatorship that was prosperous around the east (5)

13 Plunge into a choice New York opera house (7)

15 Old student swallowed iodine and oxide (7)

17 Voice modulation in Eastern Deccan perhaps (7)

19 Teacher in Assam Mail, say (Eastern Railway) (7)

21 Singular yearning for a great forward movement (5)

23 Sack Britain and find one who causes unrest (9)

25 Awakening Rao somehow, you reportedly chant (8)

26 Some verse from Turkmenistan, Zanzibar etc. (6)

27 Prevailing rules, but they do not bar people from being seated (8,6)

Down

1 Temporary measure to plug a hiatus (7)

2 Indian dish, right? Excellent, thank you (5)

3 The launderer who used to be the girl’s husband (9)

4 Elated by drink at a meal (4,3)

5 An essential solution, note, in conflict (5)

6 Food — is a nut riot in order? (9)

7 Creator who quelled harm in the borders of Bharatavarsha (6)

10 Close down a small, humble dwelling (4)

14 On the ground are two European articles, over twelve inches (9)

16 Lo! A turban comes unstuck in Asian capital (4,5)

17 Such clothes are unfit for formal occasions (6)

18 F and D, say, heard in Turkish address (7)

19 A small lake in Bastar newly reclaimed (4)

20 The artist calls for some tyres (7)

22 One is distracted by a red dye (5)

24 Girl, one with a new name, that is (5)

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