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

[spchennai]

Across
1 A tight fitting garment to warm oneself reportedly (6) BASQUE
4 Link a petty officer, say, to a disbeliever (8) APOSTATE
10 Lavoisier’s field test followed revolutionary methods including synthesis at first (9) CHEMISTRY
11 Too much of a French entitlement (5) UNDUE
12 Handily trounced initially in the middle of tricky play (5) APTLY
13 Edge near pit of sulphur (9) BRIMSTONE
14 Bygone days of a man, a British conservative (7)HISTORY
16 Experience dizziness of a dip (4) SWIM
19 Stale food at the beginning of the season kills (4) OFFS
21 The islanders that you need to understand to solve this (7) ENGLISH
24 Fast deer in reserve, without duck, on the other side of a waterhole (9) SPRINGBOK
25 Oddly almost the same incomplete course that’s studied in school (5) MATHS
26 Restlessness shown by leaders of European nations negotiating union incentives (5) ENNUI
27 Then Emma cooked some lovely cheese (9) EMMENTHAL
28 Half the pretzels taken by old poet Eliot for the sake of appearances (8)PRETEXTS
29 Electrocuted quiet prince is in terrible daze (6) ZAPPED
Down
1 Bachelor’s stash with a kilo added, results in pain (8)BACKACHE
2 Ordered tests that held Murugan’s weapon to be the slimmest (8) SVELTEST
3 Amalgamation of an unknown entity at first (5) UNITY
5 Remedies in natural science (7) PHYSICS
6 Disallowing the start of Satyagraha at first leads to crushing… (9) SQUASHING
7 Electronic gate that is most certainly (3,3) AND NOT
8 Xenon found trapped in deformed tree in a historical city in England (6) EXETER
9 A tail, beside, is short & bristly (6) STUBBY
15 Military campaign’s objectionable (9)OFFENSIVE
17 Inherent ability to buy for a specialty store (4,4) GIFT SHOP
18 Nibble lived around the edge of a silo and emitted sharp sounds (8) WHISTLED
20 A national topic (7) SUBJECT
21 Tundra resident from east almost glides near a hole (6) ESKIMO
22 In dreamland, although old British Prime Minister was upset (6)ASLEEP
23 Oldest alloy in Britain’s forging zone (6) BRONZE
25 Nestled among jamun, jacaranda is an Asiatic grass (5) MUNJA