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

[pavalamani pragasam]

Across
1 Credit to the French following kin's crazy waves (8)
5 Commandos overwhelm workers taking initial position in Buddhist monuments (6)
10 Rebellions from chants following a kind of punishment (7)
11 This individual used to stamp a cross (7)
12 Improvement provided by State promotion (6)
13 Watching the big game, perhaps (2,6)
15 Band from Swedish flyers with a kind of bomb (4)
16 With less hair, daughter has dressed up nonsense (10)
18 I am elderly and treated in a curative manner (10)REMEDIALLY
20 It is a bird! And it is from Serendib Islands (4)IBIS
23 Broadcast in favour of insurance paperwork (8) PROCLAIM
24 Spotted, it's designed to fall in game (6)DOMINO
26 A demanding query from first person to the second (1,3,3) I ASK YOU
27 Bush — dense — and in France! (7)THICKET
28 Disposition of Mother? (6) NATURE
29 Admission of one who matches or one who makes things worse? (8)IMPAIRER

Down
1 It is written in a round fashion (15) CIRCUMSCRIPTION
2 Is not polite — throws lints around us reclining (7) INSULTS
3 King doesn't begin fun, George doesn't end fun in martial combat (4,2) KUNG FU
4 Not hard — like pie? (4) EASY
6 Writer’s references from articles about southern J&K city (8) THESAURI
7 A learner leaves palatial, mixed city (7)
8 One with good aim, one who is honest (8,7)
9 They are adored not by under-twenty-somethings (4,5)
14 Greedy to strike big — not special (9)
17 Start contacting many a sportsman for music room equipment (2,6) CD PLAYER
19 An astronomical event takes short time to start (7) MOONSET
21 Bertie loses connection — includes connection to make the horse look straight (7)
22 Proceed to back eager rider in the buff (6)
25 Part of Bollywood film that has appeal to part of the masses (4)