The Hindu Xword 8527 Solutions

Across

1 A nut, as I chop it, scatters (9)PISTACHIO

5 Victoria, say, sounds incorrect (5)FALLS

8 Black spice builds muscle (6)BICEPS

9 He provides evidence at street disturbance (8)ATTESTER

11 Some paranoia, in retrospect, in the island (4)IONA

12 Mutilated boy came back, worked out (10)DISFIGURED

14 Organic base found in a pit (5)AMINE

15 What to do to be a winner (7)OUTPLAY

16 Revenue-earning cargo to recompense boy holding ring (7)PAYLOAD

17 Former British statesman in a large, open area (5)HEATH

19 Service rendered by the haves for the have-nots, perhaps (6,4)SOCIAL WORK

20 Festival mantra takes in master (4)ONAM

22 Treated with oxygen (8)OZONISED

23 Film on metal — one featured in state capital (6)PATINA

24 A welcome sign for the house hunter (2,3)TO LET

25 The best journey by air — excellent (3,6)TOP FLIGHT

Down

1 Well-known people in general (6)PUBLIC

2 Place of learning where Ross coached only haphazardly (9,6)SECONDARY SCHOOL

3 A record's created by mountain (4)ALPS

4 How to free UNO anyhow, suddenly? (3,2,7)OUT OF NOWHERE

5 Wagon in which a race fight erupted (7,3)FREIGHT CAR

6 Intellectual activity on the side is an unorthodox way of solving problems (7,8)LATERAL THINKING

7 Quiet and reportedly prepared but torn to pieces (7)SHREDDY

10 Taking back the grant already made ended Tom's win unfortunately (12)DISENDOWMENT

13 One who hates marriage raises mature insects (non-English) in a cloud (10)MISOGAMIST

16 Father's reportedly determined to qualify for a military commission (4,3)PASS OUT

18 To communicate information needs a significant skill (6)IMPART

21 A legislative body featured in newspaper endlessly (4) DAIL