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

[spchennai]

Across
1 Speed on way is within reason (8) MODERATE
6 For starters, stringent work organised to study hard (4) SWOT
9 CIA far out in a continent (6) AFRICA
10 Topper in Kashmir’s primary skating venue (3,4) ICE RINK
13 Knocked into this, bird meets with cruel death (6,3) COCKED HAT
14 Plagiarism in article by a foreign paper (5) THEFT
15 Oh God! Run! Emerging at first is monster! (4) OGRE
16 Statistical subset that is trustworthy, small and quite enough (4,6) TRUE SAMPLE
19 Did it begin with a false ring? (6,4) PHONEY CALL
21 Many a measure in the valley (4)DELL
24 Change Putin’s contribution (5)INPUT
25 Large film presence finds great woman next to nothing (5-4) SUPER-HERO
26 The kind of sari for a cool cat? (7) HIPSTER
27 One of the English legal societies put away, as is natural (6)INNATE
28 Lawyer jolly indeed (4) DARN
29 Most break up after defeat (4,4)

Down
2 Executive not running cooler (7) OFFICER
3 Having to leave the country, outside I was in the front (6) EXILED
4 Pharaonic rework resulting in rhetorical device (9) ANAPHORIC
5 Be partial to gender, if late in starting (5) EXIST
7 Pure wit found in news article (5-2) WRITE UP
8 OK for athlete to jump and begin lecturing (4,3,5)TAKE THE FLOOR
11 Catch medical department facing criticism (6) ENTRAP
12 Superior done in? (12) ACCOMPLISHED
17 Election Commission talk on little jerks in great circles (9) ECLIPTICS
18 Run away and get yourself involved in the thing… (4,2) BEAT IT
20 … theoretically where the crossword might be (2,5)ON PAPER
22 The sort of seat that might put one out (7) EJECTOR
23 Said to get smart for before-wedding contract (3-3) PRE NUP
25 Get rid of broom (5) SCRAP