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The Hindu Crossword 9254

Across

 1 Devious way to enter the front-office (4,4)

 6 Strikebreaker smashes cabs (4)

 9 Spoke: “None to assess the diamond” (6)

10 He is not one with main action in a film (3-4)

13 With all things considered in the weighing room (2,7)

14 Slender ruler, imagine! (5)

15 Appends no stack by mistake (5,2)

16 Such a person can give you directions accurately (7)

17 Period of Cheras (3)

18 Arnold the English poet, for one (7)

21 Excellent — a right product of human creativity (4,3)

24 One hurriedly goes round North Carolina for the present (5)

25 Not a moving vehicle but one in its slot (6,3)

26 Ground for hesitation in coach (7)

27 Check Delhi freaking out on northern leader (4,2)

28 Told off the stupid person (4)

29 This shot is an early type of shrapnel shell (8)

Down

 2 Kind of exercise that improves oxygen use (7)

 3 They may whistle in the kitchen during teatime (7)

 4 Experienced as well as inexperienced are here together (3,3,3)

 5 Rajah’s consort (5)

 7 I am nicer cultivating tan mushroom (7)

 8 OBSTRUCT THE MAIL (5,7)

11 Smartly dressed, Brown climbs on empty tallboy (5)

12 “Atma Inc.” noted for being corrupt (12)

16 Slender as a biscuit (5-4)

19 Shoot a number when military exercise falls short (7)

20 Animal whose cry is a laugh (5)

22 Not totally unnecessary instruments (7)

23 Credit to a newspaper employee (7)

25 The French leave flower-cluster in fear (5)

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