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

[CLUELESS]

PONGAL GREETINGS TO ALL HUBBERS
Across
1 Son boards lodging accommodation (6) HOSTEL
4 Where railway meets roadway? (8)
9 Earring’s lost, run to rummage and recover (6) REGAIN
10 Examine pulses to find black marks (8) SCANDALS
12 To realise being lovelorn is sick and most unmodern (8) EARLIEST
13 Poor Isabel is let down (6) ABSEIL
15 Obtain skins of terrestrial duck (4) TEAL
16 No one puzzled with a tsunami’s origin — tidal expansion (10)
19 Gossamer bubble, not quite coarse (3-7) SEE THROUGH
20 A liquid drunk by Tamil kings (4) MILK
23 Legend earns filling delight (6)ENDEAR
25 Gross rate or a government’s invested claim (8) ARROGATE
27 Rebate chocolate, fruitcakes and fruits (8)
28 Eastern government of ours faces some odd selfishness (6)EGOISM
29 Engineered alloy — it’s a firm support (8) LOYALIST
30 Top-class skirts on nurse drawing full crowd (6)

Down
1 Indiscriminately starve after hideous opening collection (7)HARVEST
2 Not a bitter fare son can argue about (9) SUGARCANE
3 Gall over having to drink side medicine (6)
5 Sweet root without a lot of alcohol and cereal (4)
6 Trick begun to intercept worker in plant (4,4)
7 Online gaming lifts up hidden content in profile (5) IMAGE
8 A symbol of ‘Record Ceylon’ on the radio (7)
11 Lacking in warmth, these northerners are (7)ESKIMOS
14 Lump poached egg in vessel with unspecified sugar (7) JAGGERY
17 Sham cop not part of international moderation (9)
18 Overturned nuclear standard in cut grenade and shell (8)
19 LIC’s take-home salary initially reversing a pattern (7)
21 Very quiet you should be to look after mother (4,3)KEEP MUM
22 Extended festival pressure concerning a woman (6) PONGAL
24 Roper, who with mass could turn out to create comedy (5) DECOY
26 Some Americans not tense during university examination (4)