Hindu Xword 8205

Across

1 Loner is about to accept crafty clues (7)RECLUSE

5 Emphatic approval for Public Law inspection (7)PLAUDIT

9 Emotion-packed means of reaching a higher level? (6,9)MOVING STAIRCASE

10 Dawn in an old place, golden: auspicious start (6)AURORA

11 Tame show has to be revised a bit (8)SOMEWHAT

13 Bleating about, that is manifest (8)TANGIBLE

15 Old boy is overdue, he is devoted to the religious life (6)OBLATE

18 People in the household are people with maturity (6)MENAGE

19 Player in a group is a bad man, flirting with Poles (8)BANDSMAN

22 A guide in the sky burdens sailor (8)LOADSTAR

24 A tool to cut up GI's jaw (6)JIGSAW

27 Susan, the dope, can be misled by something that is easily decided (4,3,4,4)OPEN AND SHUT CASE

28 Obscuration caused by a blow in one direction (7)ECLIPSE

29 Quiet worker, the girl's a big cat (7)PANTHER

Down

1 Men rant about what is left (7)REMNANT

2 Fellow with the right disguise (5)COVER

3 Discouraging a gunner in distress about victory (9)UNNERVING

4 Relax when in East European capital (4)EASE

5 Lighthouse — Harpo's design (6)PHAROS

6 Give consent to accept a note in time (5)AGREE

7 Light regulator distorts a dim graph (9)DIAPHRAGM

8 Scene of operations (7)THEATRE

12 Smart but disease-spreading creature (3)FLY

14 Peerless example that is plainer on reconstruction (9)NONPAREIL

16 Game for a long drink? (9)BADMINTON

17 Lawyers' watering hole (3)DAM

18 Sugar may melt so, a novelty (7)MALTOSE

20 A time for pious resolutions (3,4)NEW YEAR

21 Source of light revealed in magic and legerdemain (6)CANDLE

23 Keen kind of musical note (5)SHARP

25 Maiden in a belt is a big hit (5)SMASH

26 To inform against another is quiet work (4) WHOP(?)