The Hindu Crossword 7131

Across

 1 Pinpointing one effect, provided one action goes wrong (14)
 8 Applauded hard, felt unwell (6)
 9 Fertilizer for producing good French-English food (4,4)
11 Not being heavy makes English saint stumble (9)
12 Healer, a master in stage creation (5)
13 Barrier for complaining bitterly (7)
15 It takes winter sportsmen to a higher level (3,4)
17 Unmasked former mate sat for a picture (7)
19 Struggle to study and control (7)
21 Gloat over rejected earl accepting nothing (5)
23 Looking for two features in the outskirts of Shillong (9)
25 Driven out with force, showed the way at the end (8)
26 Rub oil on a tin afresh (6)
27 Insult cannot be treated as pertaining to a large land mass like India (14)

Down

 1 Dispenser of medicine that is trendy and healthy? Right (7)
 2 Looking at part of a grey ingrown toenail (5)
 3 Rice that's cooked for staging plays (9)
 4 Passes over misfortunes (7)
 5 Incline to include right direction (5)
 6 In effect, original equipment initially covers private distribution (9)
 7 One in factory is easily bent (6)
10 Floating mass of ice in short (4)
14 I am on time, you say spontaneously (9)
16 Purity for the nonce: nice new spell (9)
17 Invested and suffered, losing right (6)
18 Clearly recognize circular plate over centre of Berne (7)
19 Group of people preserve a bit of loyalty within (4)
20 No hands needed for such a watch (7)
22 51 followed by a large number in plant (5)
24 The kind of box to entertain a foolish chap (5)

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