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The Hindu Crossword 9361

Note: Starred clues carry no direct definition, but their solutions are all of a kind

Across

 1 *Ram flips a chess piece on the overturned cask (7,3)

 6 File a bug (4)

10 Heavily drunk Frenchman returns with a plumbing necessity (9)

11 Greek character hiding in Montreal phalanstery (5)

12 A ceremony to get one through the corridor? (4,2,7)

14 In other words, the bird is swallowing its cry of pain (2,3)

15 *Greek character to pen plea differently (9)

17 *Animal chromosome has a bacterium (9)

21 Alkaline arsenic replaced with argon of atmospheric weight (5)

22 Companion involved in strange rector’s rite for service animal (6,7)

24 Prefer to choose after commencement (5)

25 General seen around university in California to aim for comeback after cancer (9)

26 An egg for the future? (4)

27 Ram’s feature in a riotous pageant, an attractive item (10)

Down

 1 Minotaur incensed at being framed for development (10)

 2 Without delay, get a pen for the auditor on vacation (5,4)

 3 Mass recital at home for Irani team embraced by abstainer (7)

 4 *The French refrain from appealing in trouble (7)

 5 Odd parties in the new German retreat have come into view (7)

 7 *Drink swallowed by pages (5)

 8 *Duo in recital (4)

 9 *Saltpan in Andhra Pradesh overwhelms the student (6)

13 *Resistor inside the tuner card breaks down (3,7)

16 *Letters from trooper Simmons (9)

18 Troop exercise around old Portuguese city (6)

19 Chocolate preparation to be taken out in a tube (7)

20 *Direction that dry organisation took must be reversed internally (7)

21 Major play of Shaw with actress Streisand (7)

22 Contacts alternative to provide hints for the audience (5)

23 *Pick up and drop the student off (4)

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