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

[pavalamani pragasam]

Across
1 Face endless people giving a torrent of abuse (8)DIATRIBE
5 Incendiary liquid buddy used in Vietnam (6)
9 Coin kept popping up (2,6)
10 Moderate, English politician during short period of office (6)
11 Artist brought in can teach (5) TRAIN
12 Italian poet holding passage back for socialite (9) DEBUTANTE
14 Kept mistress, monied maiden originally (12) DEMIMONDAINE
18 Had meal with group, filling entire pub (8,4)
21 Hospital doctor pressing substance right into bottom (9)
23 How Alfie ends is unimaginitive (5)INANE
24 At home and abroad, to some extent (2,1,3)IN A WAY
25 County players in blue (8) DOWNCAST
26 Understand article in revolutionary newspaper (6)
27 A depression involving her advocate (8)

Down
1 Fine titbit (6)
2 Drawing power of a quiet ringing of bells (6)APPEAL
3 Foreign count, rare storyteller (9) RECONTEUR
4 Sole wage earner in new diner/bar? Unlikely (11) BREADWINNER
6 Operative, a well-bred fellow (5)
7 It contains supplementary material that may have to be removed (8) APPENDIX
8 Butterfly in car (8) MERCEDES
13 British, further gangster in fraternity (11) BROTHERHOOD
15 Playing field’s ending marriage (9) DALLIANCE
16 Getting hot under sun, moving in large numbers (8)
17 Motionless deer seen by worker after noon (8) STAGNANT
19 Locality around a monarch’s official residence (6)
20 Get going and defeat Italian (4,2)
22 Pity some Irish-Americans (5) SHAME