Hindu Xword 8230

Across

1 Speech sound in one syllable as in `coin' (9)DIPHTHONG

5 The horseman's stipulation (5)RIDER

8 Big characters from New Delhi and Islamabad? (8)CAPITALS

9 Steal from a garden with a rugby move, please, to start with (6)SCRUMP

11 Eastern lake could be frightening (5)EERIE

12 Natural disasters, could be, not man-made things (4,2,3)ACTS OF GOD

13 Move casually, say, accepting deposit (6)SASHAY

14 An English resort said to bring cheer (8)BRIGHTEN

16 Instruction in good art in a novel way (8)TRAINING

18 Get a boat in shape (6)OBTAIN

22 Meal starter absolves famous publisher (5,4)CHEER SOUP

23 The spirit of The Tempest (5)ARIEL

24 The idea that the Italian found reversed in the middle of the day (6)NOTION

25 Call at funeral for a final delivery of mail (4,4)LAST POST

26 Fetter the murderer, hot within (5)CHAIN

27 In the marina, cop became comprehensive (9)PANORAMIC

Down

1 Writer whose expectations were great! (7)DICKENS

2 Old Egyptian paper (7)PAPYRUS

3 Oddly, northern boatmen are naturally fitted to their role (2,3,6,4)TO THE MANNER BORN

4 It is used to reduce friction and to foil cantankerousness a bit (6)OILCAN

5 A bit of Britain in Spain, a pillar of Hercules (4,2,9)ROCK OF GIBRALTER

6 Get drug spilt on floor covering (7)DRUGGET

7 Inveigled with a cord and racket (5,2)ROPED IN

10 A test or examination to reveal a large stock (5)STORE

15 A bulb one fixed in stormy noon (5)ONION

16 The C-in-C designed a practical method to deal with a task (7)TECHNIC

17 Severe mental deficiency in people: it arises in extremes of anorexia (7)AMENTIA

19 Wing-like shape to support old boxer (7)ALIFORM

20 Nothing about the ear or about a great African river (7)NILOTIC

21 A twist in the foot? (6) SPRAIN