The Hindu Crossword No. 2389

Across

 1 Former service providers? (5,5)
 6 Self-satisfied hint of smile on face (4)
 9 Wheatears disturbed river bird (10)
10 Short set of instructions needed to make cheese (4)
12 Useless information provided by four during most of hearing (6)
13 Italian, finally, has lots of pasta rings (7)
15 One who's come into money, at home with her poor sister? (11)
16 & 20 Enter what you entered not so very long ago! (6-5,7)
21 See father about elf, one causing fear (6)
23 Injures married woman holding one (4)
24 Trip with mates, I suspect, engenders camaraderie (4,6)
25 Call a celebrity (4)
26 Lads in debt nervously arranged such social engagements (5,5)

Down

 1 What may be steep requiring a little money in Madrid? (6)
 2 Retired professors earn one after completion of course (7)
 3 Make tidy, square at college (10,2)
 4 A girl lacking finish, sadly (4)
 5 Vegetation, new on gorge (10)
 7 Deface book on the French collection of sculptures (7)
 8 Greek leisure film (6)
11 Turn out wrongly? Pop has agreed changes (2,4-6)
14 Charming mineral spring? More or less (6,4)
16 One may be thrown by a child (7)
17 Bill presented over nasty tear in silk fabric (7)
18 Keen insight shown by a copper leading people (6)
19 Tom entertaining head of Central American plant? (6)
22 Warning from home nurse (4)

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