The Hindu Crossword 12135

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Across

• 1. Bellied patron pilloried after consuming an underground root (11)
• 9. Clasp and extract the hidden synthetic material (7)
• 10. Class of plants providing almonds, coconuts, and cashews in abundance initially (6)
• 11. Synthetic material in the colouring stick needs no introduction (5)
• 12. Character not to be trusted? (7)
• 15. Contact associate (4)
• 16. Wild cougars circling the westbound salesman and the ship's officer (10)
• 18. Pontoon reportedly pierced the rafter covering (10)
• 20. Cards with the son put in front with the valuable goods (4)
• 23. European side-show gets freakish after Oscar's eviction (7)
• 24. Runway structure's power taken out by a gas used to make a synthetic material (5)
• 26. One leaves an Ukrainian city with a gibbon to get a synthetic material (6)
• 27. Article on plea by the student in-charge to get a synthetic material (7)
• 28. Frank's scheme to get hold of an Indian wheel component (11)

Down

• 2. Fee includes party in retreat with an animal (6)
• 3. Words in an SMS (4)
• 4. Need to live with the bishop in the outskirts of Bellary to get a fruit (10)
• 5. Heart melts after embracing Tom coming up to connect again (8)
• 6. Infernal enclosure for one with a reply to a bad choice (7)
• 7. Albatrosses at sea abandoned ship with an old navigation instrument (9)
• 8. Grand one has the Colorado at its bottom (6)
• 13. Moody's motivated by orders (3,2,5)
• 14. Bully with energy gets rid of the single mark under the auditor's tight collar (9)
• 17. Spoilt wine held in the capital (3,5)
• 19. Uncooked offering pointing to poor treatment? (3,4)
• 21. Wife composing idyll with great enthusiasm (6)
• 22. Dishonest Greek character upset by model in front of the French street (6)
• 25. Part of a garland adorning the lower part of a wall (4)