Hindu Xword 8190

Across

1 Misgiving about a government concession to the backward? (11)

9 Sooner comes the nobleman; that is right (7) EARLIER.

10 Our sailors have an object that is very fashionable (2-5)

11 Around a person a bit of halo. It holds! (5)

12 Oh, sir, miss fetches a weed (5,4) IRISH MOSS.

13 A king puts restriction on a Mughal ruler (5) AKBAR.

15 Darn! Clues bring up an old scandal (9)

18 Footloose types? (9)

21 Challenges the lawyer to a thing (5) DARES.

22 A scandal may provoke it; that's the feeling (9)

24 Look up each way (5)

26 Bone tumour (7)

27 Old Japanese emperor (7)

28 One who does not hold back while paying out (4,7)

Down

1 So the tsar ordered electrical instruments (9) RHEOSTATS.

2 Wave in Hosur generalised (5) SURGE.

3 Bring up reserves to check violence (9)

4 Collision between planes averted in the sky (3-4)

5 First sign? (7)

6 Khyber Pass, for one (5)

7 Sid is up Or Red is up The result is confusion! (8) DISORDER.

8 Some roughshod expressions of disgust (4)

14 It passes as money (4-4)

16 Emphasise Kolkotta Metro? (9) UNDERLINE.

17 It may be filled if the river rose to some extent (9) RESERVOIR.

19 Use someone else as a model (7)

20 They go openly on foot (7)

22 Mumbai suburb causes some disillusionment (4)

23 A rising clown is remote in manner (5)

25 Chum loses bridge player who is killed by electrocution (5)