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The Hindu Crossword No. 2490

Across

1 Measure some mountain chains (4)

3 Knew battle upset killjoy (3,7)

9 To appear innocent, tell all? (4,5)

11 Decline drinks at start of evening (5)

12 Fund-raiser in ruins - began badly, awfully (5,3,3,4)

13 Likely to remain fine for scheduled exhibition (3,4)

14 Tyrants in extremely dire places (7)

16 Get beaten in competition, fall silent (5,2)

18 Plays, relaxing in company, a satirical song (7)

20 Still at home, girl bottling good type of oil (7,8)

22 Fiddle plant (5)

23 The meaning attached to words expressed by chap in sect is weird (9)

24 Model on a beach sat with candles flickering (10)

25 Dog keep barking? (4)

Down

1 A demon, one young reporter in North America (7)

2 Inherited one spread and gained recognition (4,4,4,3)

4 Miss Rigby, a loner, sadly after ending of romance (7)

5 Rubbish on floor where there's a piece of furniture (4,3)

6 Passage concealed by several leylandii (5)

7 People at work, if worried about onset of lay-offs, avoided attracting attention (4,1,3,7)

8 University stopping dissertations in ancient Greek (7)

10 Associated company with dubious agent (7)

15 King, for one, supported by millions working (7)

16 Charlie clears off, splits (7)

17 Margaret's on a South American horse (7)

18 Girl eating a sweet (7)

19 Supervise throughout diocese (7)

21 Sarah's son uses savings scheme account (5)

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