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The Hindu Crossword 9310

Across

1 Pet’s meal provided in a mess (4,9)

9 Characters from Gath enshrined by ancient Olympics team (6)

10 Pyramid built to house egg of a terrestrial animal (8)

11 It may be broken to get a conversation going (3)

12 Plant where carbon is used to force out soft subatomic particle (6)

13 Close call for stingy girl (4,4)

14 Sick person composed Hitchcock thriller track (10)

17 Basileus providing partial backing for an ancient Olympics team (4)

18 Ancient Olympics team wasn’t built in a day (4)

19 Rain in desert storm is limited (10)

21 Return behind schedule clutching present that is extremely delicate (8)

23 Ancient Olympics team on the highways, reportedly (6)

25 Refreshing cuppa with note for the auditor (3)

26 Maroon doctor with a programming editor in African capital (8)

27 European loses weight with an Indian dish to get a kind of saree (6)

28 Relative being? (5,3,5)

Down

2 Route redrawn on the perimeter (5)

3 A display of glasses lacking finish (9)

4 Check around Swedish capital for amber material (5)

5 Ancient Olympics team’s weapon in Nebraska returned to lowa (7)

6 Assemble to dissect frog with a poor heart (9)

7 Battle in the outskirts of Salem with a buzzing bunch (5)

8 Plot puts Greek character in censor trouble (8)

15 American heavy weight to… (5,3)

16 …sue lovers in order to find out who we are (9)

17 A newspaper may provide its two cents worth here (9)

20 Pen lost in unpleasant fracas by Middle Eastern royal (7)

22 Register English letters from parolee (5)

23 Fanatical bishop gets rid of power fast (5)

24 Weed sent back with love by lyre-holding lady (5)

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