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The Hindu Crossword 9603

Across

1 Enduring affliction marked X (7,1,5)

8 Sheep quarter modelled for brother’s children (7)

9 Counting as influential (7)

11 Get Ray somehow to move round (6)

13 Feelers put out before holding a woman up (8)

15 Trunk or boot or some other name for a container (5)

16 Professional rubber? (7)

18 Stretch of river occupied by vessels (7)

19 Consent, but will be a long time coming round again (5)

21 Stocky rustic among the test players (8)

23 Promotion of one of those in flight (4,2)

25 No strain in distribution of fixed allowance (7)

26 A spider changed the emotion (7)

28 Pretty girls get misspelt letters which are great literature (6-7)

Down

2 An Antarctic penguin (7)

3 Port or whiskey (3)

4 A quarter on road becomes a comfortable resort (4)

5 Surprised a shed is not damaged (10)

6 May rile beginner to include him in a small trench (5)

7 The one who twists the yarn or turns the ball? (7)

8 Dark, stout hotel worker on late shift (5,6)

10 On course, does he retain the pot? (5,6)

12 Poor time for the return of a band of people (5)

14 In uses a man varies from his secretary (10)

17 Old to exert force to extort (5)

18 Lee gets tips about a letter (7)

20 Substitute heavy fabric with very fine fabric (7)

22 To knock out couple of pounds not possible on top of hillock (5)

24 Advantage makes the aged generally content (4)

27 Posed as a model (3)

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