THC-crossword thread-7; 5 answers PP till 4 pm IST

[pavalamani pragasam]

Across
1 Turning the mind to embracing internal security gets publicity (11) ADVERTISING
9 Others have skill to begin anew (7) RESTART
10 Does this magazine add spice to life? (7) VARIETY
11 Cricketer wants extremely tasty nuts (5) BATTY
12 How memory should be — unlike a sieve (9) RETENTIVE
13 Bill gets the French instrument (5)TABLA
15 Man returns with question about model's inlaid decoration (9)MARQUETRY
18 Associate army officer's measure (9)COLLEAGUE
21 Korean city, say, has UP uncle going around (5)TAEGU
22 With support, cover dividing line in air battle (4,5)WARM FRONT
24 Regretting destruction, head of government follows (5)RUING
26 More fortunate — with power, more brave (7)LUCKIER
27 Tailor Rani met for finery (7)RAIMENT
28 He illumined the streets in a bygone era (4-7)LAMP-LIGHTER

Down
1 One who usually has balance, no doubt (9)ACROBATIC
2 Call on six with investigators (5)VISIT
3 Somewhat dreamy about head being not hard, not original (5-4)READY-MADE
4 Gap in merit dispensation (7)INTERIM
5 By no means a party pooper (7)INVITER
6 Terribly gory, new heraldic charge (5)GYRON
7 Put down: "Don't be generous" (8)BELITTLE
8 Young person in party keyboarded (4)TYKE
14 Obvious, bit of magic doesn't begin with belt (8)BALDRICK
16 Reversal experienced by party leader in a kind of swerve on the road (9)UPTURNING
17 What a boy or girl is before getting out of teens (9)YOUNGSTER
19 Great, Indian soap turns up with hard stuff (7)GROGRAM
20 Umpteenth rally may partly captivate (7)ENTHRAL
22 Sag with one hollow leftist (4)WILT
23 Showy extra from setter and one learner after another (5)FRILL
25 Still at home, initially expecting rare tenderness (5)INERT

A little tough!