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The Hindu Crossword No. 9312

Across

1 Unprincipled chap, a professional, is taken in by discount (9)

5 Old Scottish surveyor who organised a raid (5)

8 Born, reportedly late, as required (6)

9 Standards body with a pick-me-up kind of solution (8)

11 Dairy product derivative, hot, swallowed by horse? Not half (4)

12 Kind and generous noble, event organiser (10)

14 What a pirate found here — a nocturnal mammal (5)

15 Their jobs are pressing (7)

16 Desirable things found when something sticky ceases to be (7)

17 Sly old general, really hollow (5)

19 A singular indication people begin taking as a task (10)

20 Powered rickshaw (4)

22 Laxative that got Peter in a tizzy (8)

23 Manipulate a wide point of view (6)

24 A passage in an insular area (5)

25 Something to break a tumbler’s fall (6,3)

Down

1 One generally upset has it in him to break his promise (6)

2 Pomposity of stout peeress in new turn out (15)

3 Not restricted by a round enclosure (4)

4 In the Pacific, it is famous for its giant statues, and is a part of Chile (6,6)

5 He may tell you what the stars foretell (10)

6 1950 movie starring Betty Hutton that could inure young agent in trouble (5,3,4,3)

7 Lists out rituals encompassing European Commission (7)

10 Junior students in disturbed rest get snacks (12)

13 Balmy season, the hour for a leap? (10)

16 Old relative with an American prosecutor in an Andalusian city (7)

18 Reportedly, the enemy intended to try and stir up public opinion (6)

21 A lure, one swallowed by winged creature (4)

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