THC-crossword thread-7; 5 answers PP till 4 pm IST

[negoicevemuz]

ACROSS
1 Fight after fight at riotous cafe — it's caught in selfie (7,4)
9 More relaxed one in France in a sport event (4,3)
10 Treat freely — central need is for source of aromatic oil (3,4)
11 Told derelict to catch with a net (5)
12 Meant to unwind? It's a fuming place (5,4)
13 Nerve in India to get right to bottom (5)
15 Questioned British and Indian neighbours indeed (9)
18 Tease Elisa confusingly after tease without a bit of unction (9)
21 Capital one held nervously (5) DELHI
22 Kendo buff, agitated, left early (6,3)
24 Barely manage living — the set grub scanty to the extreme (3,2)
26 Regardless of rest getting dollar for rupee (7)
27 Understand — Lear, when angry, is beginning to emote (7)
28 They are not 'here' for either 'ayes' or 'noes' (11)

DOWN
1 Savings of the trapeze artist? (6,3)
2 Space around new boxing venue (5) ARENA ARE(N)A
3 A rare buildup around the range is where villagers live (5,4) RURAL AREA {R (URAL) AREA}*
4 On return, mother, not old, getting a little tense, lost it ... (4,3)
5 ... be speechless and feign ignorance (3,4)
6 Former wife's performance spot-on (5) EXACT
7 In high dudgeon, with Indian vehicle almost packed (8)
8 Men lay no end in Indian fair (4) MELA
14 Unsteady stand about knights’ English abode that is cold and moist (4,4)
16 Taking offence at dinning all over the shop (9)
17 Papers give it, day in and day out, to keep you up-to-date (5,4)
19 They have pressing work (7)
20 Administer English squad (7)
22 Takes away partner to have sex in parts of the garden (4)
23 I care about evergreen shrub (5)
25 I — not a characteristic of Arawakan language (5)