Hindu Xword 8231

Across

1 Kind of glass little Frederic found around the East of Germany (7)FROSTED

5 Polish the image, cross it and commit yourself (7)RUBICON

9 Software — to power the surgeon's method? (9,6)OPERATING SYSTEM

10 The girl is a ringer, they say (6)ISABEL

11 Can TN ignore leaking gas ... (8)NITROGEN

13 ... till we meet again in Paris? (2,6)AU REVOIR

15 What the undergrad works for (6)DEGREE

18 Make a demand for inclusion of sibling in international (6)INSIST

19 Cupid's victory, a surprise in this tournament (5,3)DAVIS CUP

22 Trembling milk maker in modest surroundings (8)SHUDDERY

24 The meaning of one part of foreign trade (6)IMPORT

27 In language, it is the... sure thing! (8,7)DEFINITE ARTICLE

28 Deer tracked by university official in English girl's school (7)ROEDEAN(?)

29 Dirty pawnbroker, a Pole (7)UNCLEAN

Down

1 Plant life around centre of presidency in American state (7)FLORIDA

2 Carmen, for example, part of a cooperative effort (5)OPERA

3 Some dregs to inspire the fortune teller (3,6)TEA LEAVES(?)

4 Solid support for speakers (4)DAIS

5 Get back in gear somehow (6)REGAIN

6 Customer for a cow shelter, say (5)BUYER

7 Unqualified Erica got caught slipping (9)CATEGORIC

8 A candidate, benami perhaps (7)NOMINEE

12 Appropriate seizure (3)NIP(?)

14 Rearrangement that could worry ministers (9)RESHUFFLE

16 Imagine Connecticut turning mysterious (9)ENIGMATIC

17 Authority to influence a decision perhaps (3)SAY

18 Member of the team, one privy to exclusive information (7)INSIDER

20 A design to lightly hit a bird (7)PATTERN

21 Native of Brittany in a British school (6)BRITON

23 Kathak, say, in a mundan ceremony (5)DANCE

25 At the right moment, unity surrounds copper (2,3)ON CUE

26 Demon of a planet (4) RAHU