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The Hindu Crossword No. 2449

 Across

 1 Slip by colonel brings about downfall (8)
 5 Exhausted female cradled by close friend (6)
 9 Chief regret over nobility (8)
10 Sounds like unrelenting Irish novelist (6)
11 One's pretty keen (5)
12 Goes over on vehicles (9)
14 Team scoring or hitting this, if close? (11)
18 Champion chess player (man) (5,6)
21 Tending to flow by medieval English 
   meadow of historical significance (9)
23 Aromatic plant is found in Scottish one (5)
24 I'm deep in trouble arising from delay (6)
25 Extremely ill-advised, a girl bursts into song (8)
26 Kept man in rear of freezing igloo, shivering (6)
27 Swinger makes choice about dancing nude (8)

Down

 1 Brandy can leave Charlie upset (6)
 2 French article on fever caused by band (6)
 3 Letter opener? (9)
 4 Old-fashioned steps taken by a number of couples? (6,5)
 6 Extreme element of adult race (5)
 7 Difficulty encountered in powerful vessel (8)
 8 Groom, mature, wins an equestrian event (8)
13 Worker ordered grandee a pineapple (4,7)
15 Colour it in? Tread warily (6,3)
16 Congregating in large numbers, getting hot under bit of sun (8)
17 Girl, reportedly Margaret, found in lake (8)
19 Roman poet's verse one girl translated (6)
20 Plot to strike causing chaos (6)
22 Sing `Unchained Melody' forgetting opening (5)

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