Hindu Xword 8352

Across

1 An art that aims for positive results (11)PHOTOGRAPHY.(direct)

9 Unfortunate if tulip has withered (7)PITIFUL.(anagram - "if tulip")

10 Such a thing has nothing to stand on (7)LEGLESS.(direct)

11 Recall retreating horse (5)RECAP.(horse retreating => PACER retreating => RECAP)

12 Skydiving device that a true chap modified (9)PARACHUTE.(anagram - " a true chap")

13 O, fellow, I am a foreign national (5)OMANI.(O + fellow = MAN + I)

15 That can no longer be quoted as easily roused? (9)EXCITABLE.(double)

18 A person who figures in a beach scene (9)LIFEGUARD.(direct)

21 Vituperate in thieves' language (5)SLANG.(container - "thieve(s lang)uage)

22 Gives military equipment to accuser on the go (9)ACCOUTRES.(anagram - "to accuser")

24 Aspect of champion in a small measure (5)FACET.(champion => ACE in a small measure =>FT(feet) => FACET)

26 He makes a promise (7)PLEDGER.(direct)

27 Where a woman usually has an ornament (7)EARLOBE.(direct)

28 Practical description of the movement of the parachutist (4-2-5)DOWN-TO-EARTH.(direct)

Down

1 Toy to buy at a news vendor? (5,4)PAPER,DOLL.(double)

2 Work on the nervous complaint of the eye (5)OPTIC.(work => OPeration + nervous complaint => TIC)

3 Issue from a season (9)OFFSPRING.(direct)

4 Backsliding by careless leapers (7)RELAPSE.(anagram - "leapers")

5 Clio, pry secretly near the posterior part of the stomach (7)PYROLIC.(anagram - "clio pry")

6 Relating to a system of exercises you endlessly undertake with General Insurance Corporation (5)YOGIC.(you endlessly => YO + GIC)

7 U.P. barmen fall in a shadow (8)PENUMBRA.(anagram - "UP barmen")

8 Sri Lanka, for example (4)ISLE.(direct)

14 Emotionally moved that the Air Force defect has spread out (8)AFFECTED.(anagram - A + F + defect)

16 This group has a project to fulfil (4-5)TASK-FORCE.(direct)

17 The first in a counting order by an octogenarian (9)EIGHTIETH.(direct)

19 Personnel who are up, up and away (7)AIRCREW.(direct)

20 Bloodline in decline? (7)DESCENT.(double)

22 Like surrounding the Superintendent of Police with snakes (4)ASPS.(like => AS surrounding SP)

23 Pushed for including Hamburg editor (5)URGED.(container - Hamb(urg ed)itor)

25 Group that plays together (5) CHOIR.(direct)