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

[CLUELESS]

Across
1 Lob's due in a tennis match? (5,7) MIXED DOUBLES (DOUBLES* = Lob's due)
8 Party is a big hit (4) BASH
9 Hear hear, site to see (5,5)
11 Said to follow church hymn (6) (CH)(ORAL)
12 Timidness or lacking heart could cost team in the front (4,4) COLD FEET
14 On the way back encounter rain (4) TEEM
16 Indestructible cross left outside (7)
18 Nice day turned toxic (7) CYANIDE*
19 A songbird with new rendition (4)
22 Always boxed in case, English drink (8) B(EVER)AG/E
23 An objection can disrupt (4,2)
24 Crimes of men involved in feuds (10)
26 Difference in chap from chapel for Christmas season? (4)
27 Soft and squishy a mango tree's fruits (12)

Down
2 Descent from air nice then, for a change (11) INHERITANCE*
3 Old prison mostly is beat (5) EXCEL
4 Find fault with tenor standing in for fellow (6) DETECT
5 Provide cover in court with one carrying a gun (9) UPHOLSTER
6 Kaleidoscope displaying floral arrangement (3) LEI
7 Black article after article in wash (5) BATHE
10 Man what a week. It's a laugh (3-3) HEE HAW
13 Supporting popular standpoint say (3,8)
15 Sweet preparation of grenadine (9)
17 Wantonly vile, rotten, gut-wrenching monster (6)
20 Rising temper consumed one monarch (6)
21 Boundary like four, but going over (5) SIXER
23 Place for Arabs possibly (5)
25 Butter and jam (3)