Hindu Xword

Across

1 Confess to having washed before going out (4,5)

6 Make an impression in the Post Office (5)

9 Vietnam once served up heavenly food (5)

10 Darling, pay attention to musical embellishment (5,4)

11 Continued steadfastly by itself against reed destruction (10)

12 Right time to regret (4)

14 Made to devise a new improved version (7)

15 Locked quarter reset anew by copper (7)

17 He is assigned on mail duties (7) POSTMAN

19 An examination question that one cannot answer (7)

20 Chooses to work on the back path (4) OPTS

22 Once favoured by women appreciating a good spread! (10)

25 The simpleton is French so finds a supporter (9) ASSISSTANT

26 A stupid apprentice gets into a cave (5)

27 Scores equal at seven (5) EVENS

28 Inherited from forefathers (9) ANCESTRAL

Down

1 Mash a dish of potatoes! (5)

2 Five go for sermon arranged near trees in muddy swamps (9)

3 Obstruct a few being unwieldy (10)

4 Highbrow with salmonella on the brain (7)

5 Most systematic and bovine creatures set at odds (7)

6 Cook in hot water — like the Irish? (4) BOIL(?)

7 It's early for our friendship to develop (5)

8 Falsely claimed money again for having performed services (9)

13 Recalls dilemma of 150 electors (10) RECOLLECTS

14 Unprincipled professional man cutting discount (9)

16 Sterling taken in by foreign killer (9)

18 Ran in vain for creation of a blissful state (7) NIRVANA

19 To be excessively enthusiastic may in fact be outlandish (7) FANATIC

21 Experience discrimination (5)

23 Scam a magic formula (5)

24 In the pass, find venomous snakes of various kinds (4)ASPS