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The Hindu Crossword 9698

Across

 1 Look for a soft fruit (6)

 4 Influenced one Frenchman by agreement (8)

10 Suggest using plain language about work! (7)

11 Having rested, one dined, so content (7)

12 He’s a monster, and so regressive! (4)

13 Put below the music to emphasise it (10)

16 Practice, that’s what tradesmen want (6)

17 Stay with the other forward looking person (7)

20 Generous party? (7)

21 Handgun carelessly used, spoilt it (6)

24 Urge a chap to become a PR man (5,5)

25 Intend to occupy a middle position (4)

27 Tale of wild detective who had a stronghold (7)

29 Reject society doctor getting work away from home (4,3)

30 Sing after the show, disclosing shameful events (8)

31 Heavy gun mounted on carriage (6)

Down

 1 Get very close to a very quiet fish (8)

 2 Avant-garde VIP egress or alternative (11)

 3 No mat used for smallest particle (4)

 5 They spend their days personally creating friction (8)

 6 New patient sick, short of potassium, commonly lacking spirit (10)

 7 Some take it as refreshment (3)

 8 Blocks the Spanish or German engineer (6)

 9 Dead queen’s return proves cathartic (5)

14 Elated when out of this world (4,3,4)

15 TT teams consist of cheerless chaps (10)

18 Animal on paling collapsed (8)

19 The board put on weight, due to copious seafood (8)

22 Father in pain, but brave (6)

23 Den is used to practice deception (5)

26 Ran out to plead for her (4)

28 Make a gift to insure promptness (3)

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