Hindu Xword 8392(partial)

Across


1 Fruit carrier — upset it and spoil the plan (9)

5 Collect a crowd (5) AMASS

8 Specialised language in a journal: gas! (6) JARGON

9 Sweat through exercise right by the tower (8)

11 Fellow student of Old English among diplomats (4) COED

12 Art of conducting public affairs, say, a skill in deception (10)

14 Brown colour of a heartless figure (5)

15 A drink, dear in France, for the guru (7) TEACHER

16 Oil, second-grade one, turns us liverish (7) BILIOUS

17 Odds divisible by two? Say yes (5) EVENS

19 Salaries of ole men must be revised (10)EMOLUMENTS

20 What would a saint have, Henry? Love (4)

22 The wit grins about authors' works (8) WRITINGS

23 Game to cross over (6)

24 An element that is nothing unknown in retrospect (5) XENON

25 Her royal diary spelt out a gadget for the dressing room (4,5) HAIR DRYER


Down


1 Utterly wretched, sailor on plane swallowed a bit of cyanide (6)ABJECT

2 Ceaseless movement that could result in a state of no friction (9,6)(?)MOTION

3 Famous school that can meet onerous demands to an extent (4) STOA(?)

4 Normal kind of vision doubles score (6-6) TWENTY-TWENTY

5 How can a CAO desist from getting connected? (10) ASSOCIATED

6 Beastly spouse on track in raising stock (6,9) ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

7 Listen to ranting here from one with a very loud voice (7) STENTOR

10 Name the smart gal working out where to keep one to avoid undue familiarity (2,4,6)

13 Jack gets the answer and a general pardon (10) ABSOLUTION

16 Material from honeycomb enables busy ones become more powerful (7) BEESWAX

18 An exhibitionist but, however, so pure (6) POSEUR

21 Nudge the expert dance leader (4) PROD