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The Hindu Crossword 9477

Across

1 Old friend involved in deadlock (9)

6 Not an outstanding occupational protest (3,2)

9 Delicate ornamental fabric made to scale (5)

10 Offering Her Majesty an MC (9)

11 With which a ship avoids rocks at sea (10)

12 A play by Shakespeare, she concludes (4)

14 Silver in pods found in temples (7)

15 Ran on time to sit in a conveyance across a distance (7)

17 Logs fee generated for having sung to notes of the scale (7)

19 Part of gun used by one attempting to capture a horse (7)

20 I get embraced by the woman’s successor (4)

22 Have a lower opinion of, anyway (10)

25 Firm offering place with all speed (9)

26 Appeal to a poor player over in Nebraska (5)

27 Set up before going to Connecticut (5)

28 Bond, given in welcome, set about the guys! (9)

Down

1 Offer on board ship, alcoholic drink at reduced prices (5)

2 Russian port for a godly servant (9)

3 Where Sadie Stein comes from (4,6)

4 Offers oneself as candidate (7)

5 Men on square get around General to explain the first principle (7)

6 Stock check? (4)

7 It maybe the tenth part of stock taken as tax (5)

8 Polaris calls for colonel Ollie’s seaman (5,4)

13 A reviver, or tot, would be (10)

14 Quickly get past those dithering (9)

16 Set apart for Easter egg making (9)

18 Tea made to correct unhealthy mass of swollen tissues (7)

19 Fields, or what may be used to cultivate them (7)

21 You may find her when in dire need (5)

23 Seem surprised, to begin with (5)

24 Tied up to prepare text for publication (4)

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