The Hindu Crossword 7165

Across

 1 Highly improbable account, by Grimm? (5,4)
 5 Outsize book for a fanatic (5)
 8 Old relative's kind of knot (6)
 9 Bind in a promise of marriage a p'person engaged (8)
11 If it is in plenty, one might hang oneself (4)
12 Finished with accusation? Extract an excessive price (10)
14 Girl in a mela inhibits others (5)
15 Signs on for cakes after men lose head (7)
16 Linger wrongly around married troublemaker (7)
17 Part of the poem is firm about worker (5)
19 Inconsistent nightclub worker holding in backward doctor (10)
20 Recess in church (4)
22 I'm better disposed to cause resentment (8)
23 Get to conceal a bit of hardness in isolated community (6)
24 Medico finds listener boring (5)
25 Mark made by half part of the guts (9)

Down

 1 Number the human form (6)
 2 In East Berlin, one happens to become somehow incapable of being understood (15)
 3 American jerk (4)
 4 Tense with first class fever, delirious, bubbling (12)
 5 Cheerful circle talking foolishly (10)
 6 Common place for the ailing but it may provide special treatment (7,8)
 7 Lacking something around the neck, could be part of ... (7)
10 ... formal attire, flat, one no good costume (7,5)
13 Bulletin allows pert diversion (10)
16 Follow up with dispatch something specially welcome (7)
18 Children owning cars have some fame (6)
21 Stylish young bird has tail cut off (5)

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