THC-crossword thread-6; 4 ans PP till 4 pm IST

[deepakgita]

ACROSS
1 Clergyman, faithful, loses a source of comfort (6)
4 Tease, label as being common,… (6) RAGTAG
9 …celebrity’s passionate return (4)
10 Dispirited capture of the working class … (4-6)
11 ... by Spanish man without leading scientific device (6)
12 Nautical brace in jungle? Yes! (8)
13 Vehicle of druggies who love to make merry (9)
15 The devil is the same when seen from either side (5)
16 Poplar fit to shelter first entrance (5)
18 Aware of son acting demented (9)
22 Cannon causes virulence, not effective at first (8) CULVERIN
23 Animals, lacking right instinct, start to make mistakes (6)
25 Inscription at ranch upset groom (10)
26 Plunder, lose heart, and irritate (4)
27 Sibling is backing holy man? Perhaps (6)
28 Shrubs all over the place in South Assam (6)

DOWN
1 Sound of Sun God is a figment of the imagination? (7)
2 Harvests with bent spear (5)
3 Sat back, concealed poet’s tunics (7)
5 Harmonize with part of musical instrument (6)
6 Taslima’s new fancy trinkets (9)
7 Father’s father loses direction, heads for Spanish city (7)
8 Enthusiast, perhaps, to be important to regular army of neutral state (6,7)
14 Unaware of fifty one in unconcealed surroundings? (9)
17 Sweeps right into the thickets (7) BRUSHES
19 Shrubs bother a girl endlessly (7)
20 Irritates, in an unnecessary manner, endlessly (7)
21 Ditch, initially open, in plantation (6)
24 Card game of ancient Egyptian kings, we hear (5) FAROS

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