The Hindu Crossword 6776

Across

 1 Means of rail travel in mind? (5,2,7)
 9 Dear mother of QEI was caught topless and died topless! (8)
10 A sudden blow and nothing more gives zest for life (5)
12 His heart attacks don't prove fatal (4)
13 Bound to be rum coffee! (5)
14 Said in the wrong way for a small platform (4)
17 Way to decide winners when both sides have even scores (3-5)
18 Ceasar's delivery - partly on firearms (6)
20 Is getting in with others to carry on fight (6)
22 By which one can tell that people are not all there! (4,4)
25 Not a big quarrel though it turns very loud (4)
26 Having some useful skills around the place (5)
27 The result of an affair between an ass and a nag! (4)
30 Rowed ryhmes well with it (5)
31 Signs left next to a disturbed nest (8)
32 What unscrupulous hawkers charge for toy balloons? (8,6)

Down

 2 Frightening, but the fear is to an extent only (7)
 3 What a poor helpless person is in (4)
 4 Gen. MacArthur said something like `depart like immortal old warriors' (4,4)
 5 Took cover in the cavern and concealed (6)
 6 Press forward on an impulse (4)
 7 Innocent prisoner? (7)
 8 Presumably he has a grasp of home affairs (11)
11 Take a pause in speechifying and get on with the renovation (11)
15 No tick is what people get when angry (5)
16 Cook this way for a small Greek who's down with flu (5)
19 Thought there was a confused deer below the pool (8)
21 Fans for giving tasty colour (7)
23 Growing and living in water - like a mermaid! (7)
24 Where one might stand to face the music! (6)
28 I treat Latin initially as an object of worship (4)
29 He has a fur coat, but sounds naked (4)

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