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The Hindu Crossword 9284

Across

 1 Dropping off, they’re so heavy (7)

 5 Revealed what one’s former partner stood for (7)

 9 I get no thanks for very small amounts (5)

10 Child caught sleeping may become his prey for ransom (9)

11 As graduate on motorway encounters foul vapour (6)

12 He doesn’t pretend to share in their regret (4,4)

14 Bantu member from Rwanda is sent back with mild rebuke (5)

15 The people dealing in cameras (9)

18 Good visibility up to a point in Eire (4,5)

20 Choose decisively for a large person (5)

22 Assemblies of people attending voting centres in an election (8)

24 MGM studio set her rightly as their bathing beauty star (6)

26 To join the union is to make an investment (9)

27 Not fitting a multilingual part (5)

28 He ignores unpleasant facts like the large African bird (7)

29 Made dough, and it sounds too as though it were needed (7)

Down

 1 Strange how Edgar appeared to his friends (9)

 2 Old country passage (7)

 3 He finds it difficult to get off at night (9)

 4 Fermented rice alcoholic drink (4)

 5 Doyen of the fruit world? (10)

 6 Freedom from disturbance good for ease of mind (5)

 7 Highest authority with unlimited powers (7)

 8 Right to ride off in a more dreadful circumstance (5)

13 The plain facts about nudism? (5,5)

16 I’m standing under false pretence (9)

17 What happened to the waters when the unruly sea parted? (9)

19 Prattle about chanticleer’s mate (7)

21 A French guy having a way with him may be ignored (7)

22 Jack too is considered unholy (5)

23 Alright to have Greek letter about an African animal (5)

25 A hard journey on foot (4)

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