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THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No 10876, Thursday 12 Sep 2013, Gridman

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER
 
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Sep 12th 2013, 03:00, by Deepak Gopinath

Stumped by 21D and some annos.

ACROSS
1   Driving in bouncing sunlight (8) HUSTLING*
5   Rolls from West Indian sides aboard (6) SWIRLS {S{WI}{R}{L}S}
9   One is double when treacherous (7) CROSSER [CD]
10 Hundi, yet it could contain notes (4,3) COIN BOX [CD]
Courtesy Kishore
 11 Hindu Goddess of the Earth has buzz within her (5,4) BHUMI DEVI {B{HUM}I DEVI} Anno not clear [CD] (See comments)

12 Decreases discomfort by making sea-change to quarters (5) EASES {SEA*}{E}{S}
13 What a discount hunter wants to pay (4) LESS [CD]
14 The sort of union an eloper wants to form (9) BREAKAWAY [CD]
17 Sharp trickster that he is, robber overwhelms Bill's companion (9) BANDICOOT {BANDI{COO}T} Anno for COO not clear (See comments)
19 All but discharge Pole (4) SPUR SPURn
23 Heartless officer cut in deck (5) ORLOP {OfficeR}{LOP}
24 Adoring one baby's toy endlessly, I join the chorus (9) IDOLISING {1}{DOLl}{I}{SING}
25 Scholar's object is purification (7) BATHING {BA}{THING}
26 Takes over in cultural gatherings (7) INFESTS {IN}{FESTS}
27 Chitty put in by extremely perverse leader of Tamils (6) TICKET {TICK}{E}{T} (Addendum - DOCKET {DOCK}{E}{T} - See comments)

28 One who puts things to good use – customer taking it back for one pound (8) UTILISER {U{T{1}{L}I<=}SER}

DOWN
1   Bird makes cabby move fast (8) HACKBOLT {HACK}{BOLT}
2   Almost reveal strong arms to former Japanese military leaders (7) SHOGUNS {SHOw}{GUNS}
3   Young woman's untruth about fool (6) LASSIE {L{ASS}IE}
4   Irritating; with wisehead in, still irritating! (5-8) NERVE-WRACKING {NERVE-{W}RACKING}
6   Wave – what a Congressman may sport on his head (5,3) WHITE CAP [DD]
7   Strong, with primarily Arabica coffee (7) ROBUSTA {ROBUST}{A}
8   Gender discrimination in terrible mess around the team (6) SEXISM {SE{XI}SM*}
10 Tom, logistical system is for one who studies weather conditions (13) CLIMATOLOGIST *
15 Supporting kind of parent (8) ADOPTIVE [CD]
16 One who is taking a trip (4,4) DRUG USER [CD]
18 A university allowed one introductory course relating to a piper (7) AULETIC {A}{U}{LET}{I}{C}
20 Temple officials' postscript about botched rites (7) PRIESTS {P{RITES*}S}
21 Ban bird of different order (6) ?O?B?T FORBID* - See comments
22 Obstinate enough to have some fun in document that's left (6) WILFUL {WIL{FUn}L}

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