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The Hindu Crossword 9427

Across

 1 Fighting force captures our weapon store (7)

 5 Itinerant salesmen who spread out around start of Lent (7)

10 An unholy business combine! (6)

11 Branch of science using which, in ICU genes get modified (8)

12 It would turn litmus blue (6)

13 Sunday best! (4,4)

14 A buyer at Christie’s, say (6)

15 Simplon, for one (6)

18 Spy on the way to cause sexual harassment (6)

20 Conspiracy of silence in which a roomer takes part (6)

23 Turtle that Penny found in some ground (8)

25 A big achievement, dropping leaders of public health in court (6)

26 Tall, slender person, engineer with a new staff (8)

27 Order young Ronald received from the king of fairies (6)

28 Good men contain growth in roads (7)

29 Military wing worker is a predatory creature (4,3)

Down

 2 In truth genuine lady loses heart (6)

 3 Send one to Coventry (9)

 4 Artist f’fibbed but recovered (7)

 6 Insert directions on corruption (7)

 7 One who shuns company brings unity between two sides (5)

 8 He may be seen to frequent Mahalaxmi perhaps (8)

 9 Instrument to measure radiation with a trigger EU once distributed (6,7)

16 Not the kind of recognition that a decent person wants (9)

17 It might as well not have

happened (3-5)

19 Milk the base of a plant food store (7)

21 Our exam ruined by former lover (2-5)

22 Induce perjury by distributing bonus? Right! (6)

24 Washing lightly with some water in seclusion (5)

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