The Hindu Crossword 7159

Across

 1 Where the rank and file come from (7,6)
 8 Escaping water forming lake before time (7)
 9 The drug addicts resort to corrupt practice (7)
11 Be comfortable to appear for the French test (6)
13 Proper to be in under ground resort suitably modified (8)
15 New head certain to care correctly for the feeble (5)
16 So a ruse used stimulates action (7)
18 Find key Royal Navy site for a tank (7)
19 A Greek (5)
21 Sandra gets Bill to make powdered resin for varnish (8)
23 Get the job done again (6)
25 Certain, in the end, to have made it safe (7)
26 Companies air river molestation by privateer (7)
28 Settled beforehand (4,2,7)

Down

 2 Estate broker to process alternative later (7)
 3 Find a jovial way to go through the park (3)
 4 Its eastern relationship that binds the kin (4)
 5 Place pot in different position (10)
 6 In truth, you surprised us with unjust possession (5)
 7 Tried civil service out, on recognition achieved in TV shows (7)
 8 Defeated players, we hear, descending in social scale (6,5)
10 One who's out and about (11)
12 Raise the keel son, to drop off the vegetables (5)
14 Manager we'd ordered to run the wild life reserve (10)
17 Not a willing worker (5)
18 A holy man entering a miracle town for a game of cards (7)
20 Companies pair off in a matter of fact manner (7)
22 Rid Bill first for his acrimonious behaviour (5)
24 Rolled dice in a cold manner (4)
27 Railways have a Scandinavian coloured rug (3)

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