The Hindu Crossword 12407

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									9
	12						13
					14
			16				17			18	19
									21				22
							24
					26

Across

• 1. Summaries for graduates' dissertations (9)
• 6. Polish tip of milky gemstone (4)
• 8. Investigated two dozen papers in this country (8)
• 9. Cook put head of lettuce in toast (6)
• 10. Acting on petty inclination without reasoning first a dangerous thing, according to Pope (1,6,8)
• 11. Really like an opening broadcast (5)
• 13. Ecstasy pills, mixed drinks consumed in stag film (8)
• 15. Dietary essentials for master and kids reportedly (8)
• 18. Lost junk might be found here (2,3)
• 20. Rev. Stan preached unorthodoxly, in thorough detail (7,3,5)
• 23. Footloose, easy-going Glaswegian's painting on walls (6)
• 24. Aggressive promotional tactic not usually shared by liberals (4,4)
• 25. Tom cries in stables (4)
• 26. Developed desire on lying in bed (9)

Down

• 1. Female lecturer's yearly report (5)
• 2. Centaurs beginning to go off for a stroll (7)
• 3. Hamlet might be described thus! (5)
• 4. Prepared eggs in cold, eerie light (7)
• 5. Moved curiously as around an unknown quantity in outhouse (8)
• 6. Regrets abandoning Portugal for Luxembourg and changes mind (7)
• 7. Nobody likes this black beast (4,5)
• 12. Not much is known about this black beast (4,5)
• 14. Insurrectionist British gang let out, disaster waiting to happen (4,4)
• 16. Awful pity Seth's regularly dismissing key employees (7)
• 17. Spread special foam (7)
• 19. Senator involved in treachery (7)
• 21. Fridge on the fritz, not starting, making low sound (5)
• 22. Every so often, snarls and leaves after mix-up (5)