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

[deepakgita]

Across
1 Indicates place to shoot from commander's vessel (8) FLAGSHIP
5 Not much silver found in lake (6) MEAGRE
9 Female personnel attached to the princess (7) DISTAFF
10 At home, young reporter has you and me in old nightmare (7) INCUBUS
11 Bride, with these chemical experiment substances, becomes scatterbrained (9) REACTANTS
12 Diminutive born back in the limits of Thalassery (5)
13 Very small can pray finally (4)
14 Theatrical behaviour of buck in Egyptian vessel (9)
17 Accounts for lists city having a distinctive manner of its own (9)
19 I study the sacred picture (4)
23 Release a preview of art production made by one learner (5)
24 She and inmate together contrive what's used to control the boat (9)
25 Little mother gets half-a-century — barely adequate (7)
26 A grand ring on the shore (7)
27 Date not subject to change (6)
28 Sculptures remain around north Indian clan (8)

Down
1 To form a union, take dear around in gala event (8)
2 Lay off sailor with stigma (7)
3 Thin, lean in shadowy case (6)
4 Briefly, about the thing mali's broken — it's negligible (13)
6 Stimulating, going out holding chick's top (8)
7 Bits from marsh retrieved to get best treatment (7)
8 Tracts from eastern and southern states (6)
10 It's meaningless in character, provided one tilt (13)
15 Took a zigzag course in dirty old Salem (8)
16 All together, world leaders have south Indian dish thrown around central step (8)
18 Student's fall getting support all round (7)
20 Pause, vehicle stops short, about to turn a trick (7)
21 Totally baffles those behind the batsman (6)
22 Implike person sends up English in quick wit (6)

Grid at http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper...cle6404493.ece