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The Hindu Crossword 9694

Across

1 The outcome of such erosion is plain (9)

6 Scouts’ parade (5)

9 Equally determined to secure an item of value (5)

10 A tear in a printed sheet indicates extraction (9)

11 A solitary crustacean (6,4)

12 Distraught seer giving tongue (4)

14 Injured GI and rest of patients given required treatments (7)

15 Made indirect reference to everybody about dude (7)

17 Materials used as inner surface to garments (7)

19 Less expensive (7)

20 Has snow settled? (4)

22 With no top man, male stress may result (10)

25 A manufacturer of spirit, yet in dire trouble (9)

26 Issues of Japanese immigrants found in U.S. quarter (5)

27 To place players on stage for greater visibility is to err foolishly (5)

28 Stripped down? Anything but! (7-2)

Down

1 Chap directed to be informer of a beautiful girl (5)

2 The allegation made in a store’s found to be false (9)

3 Contracting for the production of a string net (10)

4 There’s great pressure on the little pest before the lawsuit (7)

5 Blissful state where Ivan ran wild (7)

6 A taste for seaweed (4)

7 Delighted to be broadcasting (2,3)

8 He may tend to ape soldier to give a false appearance (9)

13 Plans to make nasty pictures (10)

14 Elevated rank that’s difficult to   achieve (4,5)

16 Weighed down with iron indeed? (9)

18 On the way, Ted got everybody in and blocked the road (7)

19 Tie around core group having   common interest (7)

21 Detects a direction among those   voting against (5)

23 Skip around maiden barely giving her attention (5)

24 One does not expect to hear the   truth from him (4)

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