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The Hindu Crossword No. 9275

Across

 1 One who should know he shouldn’t be dealing in the company’s shares (7)

 5 Shrill insect with some thoracic adaptability (6)

 9 Carries books in setback (5)

10 Room from where a watch is kept? Not exactly! (5,4)

11 It doesn’t look good! (7)

12 A pencil drawing of a bird (7)

13 Split down the middle (5)

14 "Trip the light — toe” (9)

16 Kind of dinner on which less light may be thrown? (9)

19 Head, first to roll in practical joke (5)

21 Travelled through water ahead of others (7)

23 Torturer’s confession of being more lacking in vitality (7)

24 Not knowing about African National Congress entering new region (9)

25 Worked in Bollywood? (5)

26 Is Tada rebuilding sports structures? (6)

27 Let race be conducted to turn out something sweet (7)

Down

 1 Not out of the woods, completely involved (2,3,5,2,2)

 2 English poet to relax comfortably (7)

 3 Get into undress grandly? (7)

 4 Having a lot of sorrow — fret gruel is spilt (9)

 5 Victor in church with a politician (5)

 6 Mark I called haltingly (7)

 7 What commercial radio stations broadcast rarely: this may leave a scar (4,3)

 8 When fired, it’s all flash and sound and no hit (5,9)

15 Inner mutt distributing food (9)

17 Distant from the thing, uninvolved (3,2,2)

18 See, we are beginning to die down (7)

19 Copper after copper to take the topping off baked dish (7)

20 Shrewd constables leaving the church have nervous twitch (7)

22 Mother and old Tamil leader provide food (5)

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The Hindu Crossword No. 9275
Solution No. 9274
Service to preceptor
dated July 14, 1958: Summit conference
dated July 14, 1958: Food output
dated July 14, 1958: Excavation work
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