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The Hindu Crossword 9488

Across

1 Insect that makes a begging chap sit back (7,6)

10 Outstanding brother-worker hosts sick one (9)

11 Composer of some simple harmonies (5)

12 Plant showing beginnings of yellowing under certain conditions abnormally (5)

13 Such words have inflections that do not conform to rule (9)

14 Rupee spent in return for a nappy (6)

16 One generous when counting a dozen? (5)

19 Police officer that is left with an implausible story (5)

20 Right of admission to a meal or part of it (6)

25 Partner, not necessarily a sleeping one (9)

26 He runs errands but may take a pound away from Tiger Woods perhaps (5)

27 Cold, by the sound of it, but it is hot on the tongue (5)

28 In revamped GH, bribe is something difficult to understand (9)

29 Be impatient for action, like a horse raring to go? (5,2,3,3)

Down

2 Wet weather cover (8)

3 WW II Conference venue in which some loyal tacticians figured (5)

4 A vitamin for a murderer back at home (6)

5 Such an uncle can be motherly (8)

6 Colour derived from an African flower (4,5)

7 Breathe in (6)

8 Old boy, observed, carried out orders (6)

9 A large amount for chromium bearing mineral (5)

15 “Pre-owned” for “second-hand”, for example (9)

17 All-grape preparation for a condition resulting from dietary deficiency (8)

18 The writing on the wall, some times rude (8)

21 Lacking politeness, they are endlessly devious (6)

22 Plant an article between sailor and accountant (5)

23 Old English cricketer who made a journalist affluent (6)

24 Petty idiot suppresses rising body odour (3-3)

26 One of them is a goose (5)

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