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The Hindu Crossword No. 9420

Across

 1 Tempts with ten cooked desserts (7)

 5 Bishop endured being withered (7)

 9 She was couple of pounds when born! (5)

10 Supporters needed for record piles knocked over (9)

11 A Greek character set about trendy beasts (6)

12 Harrow duke resists change (8)

14 Style of architecture that prevailed during the Welsh family reign (5)

15 Quickest to read, it’s being rewritten (9)

18 Lack of employment in the lean years (5,4)

20 Public showing of new ten poses (5)

22 Drove mad, temporarily (8)

24 Closely woven material of hymn-setting (6)

26 The soldiers shouted warning — so? (9)

27 Weapon for a cavalry soldier (5)

28 Dan may reel around with her (7)

29 Pluto left out for having a different opinion (7)

Down

 1 Curses when running water packs up (9)

 2 Agreed one hadn’t won round everybody (7)

 3 Meeting about heading in the right direction (9)

 4 A fizzy drink (4)

 5 Books about animals — the finest one on the ram (10)

 6 Heel over (5)

 7 Use Leo to tune this solvent to manufacture explosives (7)

 8 Quoits thrown by athletes (5)

13 Read back to you it should seem the same (10)

16 They give some thought to the rolls, being perfectionists (9)

17 Will set up a home of sorts without a male (9)

19 Unpaid companion in a biblical city (7)

21 Butter in post had a moral tale to tell (7)

22 Fully satisfied sitting next to Ted (5)

23 Bit of pie for the engineer (5)

25 Be the first to guide (4)

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The Hindu Crossword No. 9420
Solution No. 9419
Distinguished emissary
dated January 2, 1959: Military junta in Cuba
dated January 2, 1959: Range of Indian thought
dated January 2, 1959: Multipurpose food
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