The Hindu Crossword 6916

Across

 1 He is not what he appears to be before the bid (9)
 5 Aesop's story (5)
 8 Singular fast bowler and traveller beyond the atmosphere (8)
 9 Rupture makes the British ache awfully (6)
11 To doze in it is not appropriate (5)
12 No, no! Ink is split on this paper! (9)
13 Cover for the observer (6)
14 The atmosphere that can, oddly, be nice after morning (8)
16 Burning torch, endless blaze, somewhat beautiful (8)
18 Worn out in second-hand state (4,2)
22 Level with Lara anyhow and expose everything (6,3)
23 Progeny's problem (5)
24 Stoppage of work is a big hit (6)
25 Normal principle (8)
26 The occident accepts the right to seize (5)
27 Device for bringing about current change (9)

Down

 1 The licence I have to be inactive (7)
 2 Issue English chap with a note (7)
 3 It gives warmth in the bed but may go cold in a blackout (8,7)
 4 Stretch out a mythical monster (6)
 5 Study connected with law courts fires conscience afresh (8,7) 
 6 Coarse fern grown on a prefab rack enchants viewers (7)
 7 He can, with two points, change and intensify (7)
10 Porker, my! What an insignificant person! (5)
15 Waterway liking African alluvial sites (5)
16 Anticipated a warning and understood (7)
17 Hostile publicity on poetry (7)
19 Remote district worker (7)
20 Quiet guide and advocate (7)
21 Igneous rock from the smallest planet over north (6)

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