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

[pavalamani pragasam]

ACROSS
1 Temptation in middle age got Cynthia Reeves in trouble (5,4,4) SEVEN YEAR ITCH
10 Drink the top off, that's weird (5)EERIE
11 Bait used for grown male (9)
12 A great mystic trained him over Sharia (9)
13 Celebrity catches international flight (5)
14 Figure there’s some commotion on a gondola (7)
16 Rebel's moving there, I see (7)
18 Partners have agreed over not having a break (7)
20 Bouncer's gone awry, causing outrage (7)
22 She won over mother (5)
24 A sound box, say used on a resort (9)
26 In Vatican, entered a building and worshipped (9)
27 Protective membranes make doctor run out of gas (5)
28 Show will reveal Tom Anderson's sex appeal (13)DEMONSTRATION

DOWN
2 Oriental art over a layer of mud (7)EARTHEN
3 See the well lit plant (9)
4 Don't go to bed embracing English poet (5)
5 Distressed? On the contrary, one was effusive about one (9)
6 Times made up articles (5)ITEMS
7 Unruffled worker prevents things from getting too hot (7)COOLANT
8 Enduring a bore — done at the hair dressers’ (9, 4) PERMANENT WAVE
9 A man taking boy hostage, possibly armed, becomes a national obsession (8, 5) AMERICAN DREAM
15 Sniper hit caused an inflammation (9)
17 Underground, many a worker is considered extra (9)
19 One made to cover the pit, he’s chosen (7)
21 Waste it at one, perhaps (3, 4)
23 Pusher's outward refusal to be part of a circle (5)
25 Wood called on occasion for dinner (5)