The Hindu Xword 8501 Solution

Across

1 Toss and turn with the aged at the doorway (9)THRESHOLD

5 Sorceress with a key inside (5)WITCH

8 A flier, fit, can be made less intense (8)ABATABLE

9 In traffic it has a stop and go effect (6)SIGNAL

11 Statesman— what a run he managed! (5)NEHRU

12 Canine transport in America (9)GREYHOUND

13 An area to ignore, possibly (6)REGION

14 Royal Indian party figuring in the papers (8)PRINCESS

16 Moving around small island, prepare for action (8)MOBILISE

18 Half of them, except Kelvin, get on board (6)EMBARK

22 A tribal do produces flap on lorry (9)TAILBOARD

23 Bird that managed to get into church (5)CRANE

24 Needlework in the theatre (6)SUTURE

25 Badly spoiled, hard, but refined (8)POLISHED

26 A girl's bit of banter (5)SALLY

27 Swollen and destined to suffer, with a bit of dysentery (9)DISTENDED

Down

1 A coach to coach the queen (7)TRAINER

2 Inconsiderate driver, a swine by the way (4,3)ROAD HOG

3 Ellis Island monument, a gift from the French (6,2,7)STATUE OF LIBERTY

4 Treat boil e.g. and do a favour (6)OBLIGE

5 Scale that got Angie chewing him out (8,7)WEIGHING MACHINE

6 Shaving the head is not new, certainly (7)TONSURE

7 Chemicals in skins contain aluminum (7)HALIDES

10 One body part or another in extremes of heat (5)HEART

15 Testing a metal- arsenic, for example (5)ASSAY

16 Cell division- is it some endless mystery? (7)MITOSIS

17 English city where Lt. Boris worked (7)BRISTOL

19 At a party, journalist is disconcerted (7)ABASHED

20 Prepared the dough as required, reportedly (7)KNEADED

21 Do bounced promissory notes become repulsive? (6) ODIOUS