The Hindu Crossword 8473

Across

1 Colourful spread for the VIP's welcome! (3,6)RED CARPET

5 Social class reportedly chucked (5)CASTE

8 Relocating can be emotion-packed (6)MOVING

9 Insane people begin temporising in performance (8)DEMENTED

11 Word of action in the proverbial middle (4)VERB

12 Burrowing mammals I found in twisting, small road (10)ARMADILLOS

14 Norwegian dramatist, one born Bengali (5)IBSEN

15 A ticker rendered more vulgar (7)TACKIER

16 Weapon delivered in camp home (7)TRIDENT

17 Big and a bit angular generally (5)LARGE

19 Going from place to place, taking time and teasing (10)TRAVELLING

20 Essential part of mine, hot (4)PITH

22 A daring master played a percussion instrument (8)MRIDANGA

23 A worker and her flower part (6)ANTHER

24 Open boat, once a novelty (5)CANOE

25 Disagree but accept the result (4,5)TAKE ISSUE

Down

1 Get rid of note, go! (6)REMOVE

2 Branching out, I'd backed poetry writing (15)DIVERSIFICATION

3 Girl with old money (4)ANNA

4 Eliot's work on the rubbish dump? (3,5,4)THE WASTE LAND

5 Plastic means of buying on deferred payment (6,4)CREDIT CARD

6 Underling destroys means of receiving broadcast signals (9,6)SATELLITE DISHES

7 Finish the drug taker, the ultimate beneficiary (3,4)END USER

10 End darkness and expose to view (5,2,5)BRING TO LIGHT

13 Make a solemn statement to somehow save Teresa (10)ASSEVERATE

16 In relating to a symbol of a clan etc., omit error (7)TOTEMIC

18 Accusation of daily, for example, reversed (6)CHARGE

21 Worker, one opposed to a policy (4) ANTI