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The Hindu Crossword 9516

Note: The five starred clues carry no direct definition, but their solutions share a rare commonality. At the end of each solution, you will also find an isolated area in an Hawaiian island retreat, which is unclued.

Across

1 Sir, her shoes were trampled by draught animals! (5,6)

9 Prior leaves Father’s office with the address (5)

10 *Yankee rail conductor (Rob) loses heart (9)

11 Fold the contents of the purple attache (5)

12 Baffled courier holds a coin of western focus (11)

13 Takes care of harbours (6)

14 Rig the net gains to include a large vase (7)

18 *Dry year-round (7)

20 Navy chief leaves orphans upset in the lighthouse (6)

24 Need (unwritten) inside rickety canoe when you fall over (11)

26 Enthusiastic people may be full of this (5)

27 Pulls back to interrupt the erratic siren with the guides (9)

28 Present? It is not our auditor’s (5)

29 Troops from the east captured by scheming Maori rep in Nero’s kingdom (5,6)

Down

1 Oil source revealed in an odd story about 26 Ac (8)

2 Explain the note found inside the malfunctioning printer (9)

3 Area destroyed by revolutionary because of a canal issue (7)

4 Greek hunter loses the right to a new kitchen bulb (5)

5 *A degree held by the senior (8)

6 Fake coupons identified by touch (7)

7 Mined aluminium is partially returned and taxed (5)

8 Harbour hammock (5)

15 An almost tranquil gite built in the African grassland (9)

16 *A musical instrument for the Taiwanese leader (8)

17 The ship in the sea goes west to follow the auditor’s victim (8)

19 Nature’s alarm destroys 70 per cent of the storerooms (7)

21 *Dr. Watson’s friend takes down the Spanish website (7)

22 Peter out to exchange the note for a discount (5)

23 People die to meet him (5)

25 Say salaam to the star officer (5)

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