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The Hindu Crossword 9289

Across

 1 Way to torment with a late news item and .. (4,5)

 5 … the attitudes of those tormented (5)

 8 Wrestling hold by Trafalgar hero (6)

 9 Standards set by U.S. agency covering ritual, right? (8)

11 The side that is abandoned (4)

12 Feat by a titan meant confusion (10)

14 Joyful ceremonial provides a source of corruption (5)

15 Confer an honour on Enrolled Nurse with right to property (7)

16 Clothes for Penny in a part of Mumbai (7)

17 One in a gaggle (5)

19 It keeps papers together in loose-leaf form (4-6)

20 A bird is doing something (2,2)

22 With regulated diet, a man is lively (8)

23 Bird, a bit piqued by admirer (6)

24 People taken in by journalist make changes (5)

25 As expected, tall yarn about university head comes unstuck (9)

Down

 1 Understand about nothing, showing signs of age (6)

 2 Used in medicine, it modifies refuel option in time (3,2,10)

 3 Arguments in favour of non-amateurs (4)

 4 How to lie with arms and legs outstretched (6-6)

 5 What was common to the dodo and pterosaurs? (10)

 6 Pongal, say, a time to give thanks (7,8)

 7 Jolt felt right in a musty environment (7)

10 Hurricane lamp, in other words (5,7)

13 Twenty directors to show how the match is progressing (10)

16 What it takes to take flight? (7)

18 Tale heard of a level in the building (6)

21 Disparaging remark from a witness lurking by (4)

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