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The Hindu Crossword 9405

Across

 7 Former employee as an English politician in an American city at the side is an ideal model (8)

 9 Large fleet found to harm a dacoit (6)

11 Insisting upon a fool for the queen having money in the end of the bag (9)

12 River oil to cure a disease (5)

13 Rear end in to glitter at a holy place (6)

14 Headless men in a stupor at the gate (8)

17 A bishop to go back to somehow cane for self-importance (9)

22 What the helpless get from this? (8)

23 Compensate with reference to an action (6)

25 Move towards the north-east to head off cars (5)

27 Acknowledgements in a sector are shuffled (9)

28 Article not specific for the wife and the queen to come back (6)

29 Main chief (8)

Down

 1 Right to turn around colourless points to fall away (7)

 2 Journalist turns back at a point to rest around an arid land (7)

 3 Father with a knight to return to the capital city (5)

 4 Catch the far end entering in a spout (4)

 5 Fish for the student and a coronet (7)

 6 Lures an accountant with a little woman left at ease (7)

 8 Associated with a quiet trader in a different way (9)

10 Information on rewritten ads in the plans (7)

15 Take a point in to be judged to set up again (9)

16 Position situated in the front (7)

18 Uproar over the investigation of the lake (7)

19 Layer of mass by the official building (7)

20 Perfume almost cold gone off (7)

21 A post for the French disciple (7)

24 Boat going side to side (5)

26 Supporter running through waste materials (4)

Corrections and Clarifications

* * Clue 2 Down in The Hindu Crossword 9405 (December 16, 2008) was "Journalist turns back at a point to rest around an arid land (7)" Wordplay leads to "Dessert", which is the published solution. But the definition "arid land" is for Desert. "Dessert" is a dish served as the last course of a meal.

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