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ACROSS 9 Prakash __ __ __ : Delhi-based manufacturers of winter wear (7,5,3) 10 Maoris to New Zealand, e.g. (7) 12 The planet eighth in order from the sun (7) 13 Charles Lamb and his ilk (9) 14 508 to Cato (5) 15 A formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services (7) 18 A fairy who supposedly throws sand in children's eyes at bedtime ? (7) 21 Swiss banking and financial giant (3,2) 23 "R" in RCF the Government owned fertilizer company (9) 25 One who goes frequently (to a place) (7) 26 The principal character in a work of fiction (7) 29 A complex substance of organic origin which can treat or cause disease (10,5) DOWN 1 ___ Cities Infotech Ltd : IT company from Hyderabad (4) 2 C in CIF (4) 3 One more virus or three little words to one's paramour (1,4,3) 4 Plants of the parsley family (6) 5 Concert performers (8) 6 Fled to wed (6) 7 Soil deposited by a river (8) 8 ___ Contract : a contract with standard, often printed, terms for sale of goods and services, offered to consumers (8) 11 Associate, abbr. (5) 15 ___ __ Bank : the bank from the Persian gulf (3,5) 16 In which the accountant accounts for money on hand (8) 17 Spice traded on the commodities market (8) 19 "N" in NMDC (8) 20 Bottomless chasm (5) 22 Advances or makes progress ? (4,2) 24 Having magnitude but no direction; not a vector (6) 27 Aditya Birla Group's mobilephone operator (4) 28 Ratan today, Jamshedji of the days gone by (4)