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The Hindu Crossword No. 9581

Across

1 Painful condition caused by cold in ramshackle hill cabin (9)

5 Morning ritual cut short for a divine drink (5)

8 Let no ape be mistaken for another mammal (8)

9 Saif is upset over business failure (6)

11 Somewhat less important musical key (5)

12 Wealthy one buying shares for quick profit escorts first of elders to German House (9)

13 Spirit, a drop of alcohol swallowed by evil spirit (6)

14 A memorial to peacekeepers getting back in short time (8)

16 The preferred entrance for candidates with pull (4-4)

18 A struggle for doctor, wearing a jacket (6)

22 Something added by quiet writer in a proverb (9)

23 I leave an apparition in anger (5)

24 Loud, empty talk — the stuff of balloons? (3,3)

25 Such a missile is fired in flight (3-2-3)

26 Prison camp featured in Solzhenitsyn’s work (5)

27 Treason is wrong — that is a positive statement (9)

Down

1 Enchanted by daily, medico lost 50 per cent (7)

2 Passionate in the past, for example (7)

3 Taking formal steps as a social activity! (8,7)

4 Hope to confuse nameless Persian (6)

5 One not in his element, like a swimmer denied oxygen (1, 4, 3, 2, 5)

6 Decoration for a girl, one who checks tickets on train (7)

7 It is considered an idea (7)

10 Intolerant person with strong views gets a large collection of books (5)

15 The kind of treatment a king would get from a viceroy always (5)

16 A wrestler’s hold made famous by Khrushchev? (4,3)

17 First-rate seat of government (7)

19 In India, one Tamil poet (7)

20 A city to hearten rebels (7)

21 A category of creatures including one showing exceptional ability (6)

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