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The Hindu Crossword 8826

Across

1 Control on newspapers (7)

5 Bewilder with a report about time (7)

9 C'cats can't cha-cha, anyhow, when wrestling with no holds barred (5-2-5-3)

10 Mineral basis for facial application (6)

11 Tampered with by healer and journalist (8)

13 Act of binding up to lure Gita somehow (8)

15 Fearful of an attack around first of February (6)

18 Scrub a bad era off (6)

19 Centre of Trent admitted to be famous (8)

22 Hats thrown in urban area show purity (8)

24 Unseemly warps left by an ungainly fall ... (6)

27 ... in an abrupt manner, without rite or ritual? (15)

28 Offers made by those who care (7)

29 Cricket side worker is rather casual (7)

Down

1 Musical performance - is it clear, however? (7)

2 Famous iron man with head supported by student (5)

3 Deprived of resources, he used tax dodge (9)

4 So very big inside, but neither good nor bad (2-2)

5 Aggressive woman, flower of Latin America (6)

6 One in diplomacy, it is understood (5)

7 In a trice, a nun can turn ambivalent (9)

8 Rendered bare, like a Lady Godiva? (7)

12 Annoy by some quirky behaviour (3)

14 Arctic bird that made the garcon fly into a rage (9)

16 Never-failing, adapted for handling by an ass? (9)

17 High spirits expressed in stereotype poetry (3)

18 Narration of a relationship with a bank (7)

20 Such justice might as well be denied (7)

21 End of play at Chepauk (6)

23 There is a different number (5)

25 Confused, in the main (2,3)

26 Cancel a peacekeeper's party (4)

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