The Hindu Crossword 7122

Across

 1 Brings about light and sound effects in cinema (7)
 5 Not clothed, cheerleader boy comes after international (6)
 9 Place the extra large in mine (5)
10 Reprimand - advice to one wearing clothes ostentatiously? (5,4)
11 Abstain from the chorus? (7)
12 Sailor with one single mother-of-pearl (7)
13 Extracts from Tamil Kshatriyas (5)
14 When something is still on the way (2,7)
16 With this, the police should free the suspect (7,2)
19 Wind nothing with zest (5)
21 Retort from CBI lame (7)
23 Dad, see, a clumsy boxer (7)
24 Not a receptacle for animal offspring (6,3)
25 All about to enter the island (5)
26 A weaver of webs (6)
27 Atul, Sir, is for ceremonies (7)

Down

 1 How tests are conducted in a laboratory (14)
 2 Handy quantity (of dollars, cinematically speaking) (7)
 3 Takes forty winks (so the mice might play!) (7)
 4 Not a fairy-tale conclusion to a story (3,6)
 5 Rule mandated partially by body of Mohammedan theologians (5)
 6 A variety of melon (7)
 7 A physician, not exactly ours, is passionate (7)
 8 Yet we do speak of underwear! (14)
15 Nowadays it often comes with the package so we can get the contents easily (3-6)
17 Where a machan is built (7)
18 Generate by mating among close relatives (7)
19 He is formally attentive to ladies (7)
20 O, mascot works on a blind spot (7)
22 In such space, online communication can take place (5)

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