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The Hindu Crossword 9272

Across

 1 State the highs a chart displays (11)

 9 Do nothing to show it! (7)

10 Gives a lesson to everyone in setback (7)

11 Ruler of the Meerut Cantonment (5)

12 Saucer? Not exactly! (9)

13 Bay for admission? (5)

15 Not that he would settle the wages of only the teacher (9)

18 Don’t go too far in solving this clue! (4,5)

21 Earth that is usually said to be firma (5)

22 Does it mean ‘see whether there is a stain’? Not exactly! (4,5)

24 Way to achieve what is required for a living (5)

26 Revolutionary takes girl back to one city (7)

27 British publishing house in U.S. city (7)

28 A book treat? (5,3,3)

Down

 1 Recognise change in the mass (9)

 2 “The __”: world court site (5)

 3 Speculative and disturbing to heretic (9)

 4 Fix an upper limit, adorn someone with headwear (3,1,3)

 5 Homicide squad’s request for a stiff examination (7)

 6 Throw the Governor a greeting (5)

 7 He has a strong desire not just for drinks (8)

 8 Pistol mother discarded for someone who might wield it (4)

14 One might do this backwards to earn love, perhaps (4,4)

16 Man of many parts who will do things mechanically (9)

17 With which you feel the way? (4,5)

19 Dagger — foreign honour for ilk’s discarded (7)

20 People swarming Smokies (7)

22 Hit a simple puppet? (4)

23 Sour sort, like Diogenes (5)

25 Resort to a massage among the abstainers (5)

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