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

[deepakgita]

Across
8 I left corn labyrinth (4) MAZE
9 This author (Mary Pollock) might be let in by Don (4,6)
10 Saif returned before company's ruin (6) FIASCO
11 It is a type of table — made from fall foliage (4-4)
12 No tirade follows senior policeman lacking knowledge (8) IGNORANT
14 “Containerised tree is good for the French”, said endlessly (6)
16 Outlandish wolf's bird (4) FOWL
17 Grand improvised explosive device, in the beginning, has unknown composite (5)
18 Nun's cap's made mostly from coir by female (4)
19 I, in Germany, followed soldiers with Indian martial art technique (3,3)
21 Triumph over peak after some usual mistakes initially (8)
23 “Oh-di-lay-ee-ay, di-lay-dee-oh, de-lay-ee,” sings he, “Howler around full moon day” (8) YODELLER
26 So, remove the air-conditioner! Truth remains truth! (6)
27 Fiat's in intersection (10)
28 Instrument has ring before open end, for starters (4)

Down
1 First bachelor, and then monarch takes aerated water to make sodium bicarbonate (6,4)
2 Tax on water body's store of sewage (8)
3 It is a hat made of iron by artists after party (6)
4 Equable mother-in-law and daughter (4)
5 Taken in by sailors or engineer before commencement of dinner (8)
6 Half of yellow matter found in half-minced matter is nerve insulation (6)
7 Considerably small quantity, like “I” to a Greek? (4)
13 Reassessment of taxes in American state (5)
15 Outer space creature hovers over leaderless country leading to estrangement (10)
17 Spread oil in a mica construction to make some pottery (8)
18 Singer, perhaps, is friend of one royal lad (8)
20 What?! Spanish revolutionary went ahead and got a monetary instrument?! (6)
22 Old god's creeper's canyon (6)
24 Round 1: New King's pig's sound (4)
25 Drops from the sky in Naraingarh (4)

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