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

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Across
1 Appealing starters — calamari and tuna croquettes. How yummy! (6)
4 Constrains armies (6)
9 Go through Nathula, for example (4)
10 Close to hundred devastated nannies try wine after losing wars (6,4)
11 Two pecs flexed to show muscles (6)
12 Flexible relatives being flexible (8)
13 Endowed with many skills (9)
15 Cover is important, by the sound of it (4)
16 Move in mysterious ways (4)
17 Suspension of tax movement about to go away (9)
21 Mr India needs network of thousand chief advisors to end up in neighbouring country (3,5)
22 Plain auditor cried out (6)
24 Raceme tips used to make wax (10)
25 Precipitation is somewhat less nowadays (4)
26 Doubts regarding alphabet lacking ‘o’ are false (6)
27 Losing best returns during depression caused suspension from work (6)

Down
1 Holder of tea, port on the rocks (7)
2 Sample tea and Italian wine finally procured by Asian (5)
3 Give team a telephone (7)
5 Cost of driving large auto is unknown (6)
6 A constituent of rhythm (9)
7 Dawn in Singaporean university? (7)
8 One French man had pot valued to be pure (13)
14 Weapons that babies have (5,4)
16 Hesitate to crush burning piece of manuscript (7)
18 Editor is aboard vehicle going back to settle down (7)
19 Our son buying ecstasy is becoming stressful (7)
20 Kid in pain? Fantastic! (6)
23 Misuse junk (5)

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