The Hindu Xword 8531 Solutions(first go...)

Across

1 Finally, all angst to be dissipated (2,4,4)AT LONG LAST

7 Copper, very noisy, gets a blow (4)

9 Involuntary movements at mineral spring with a message (6)SPASMS

10 Worker about to be consumed in toil (8)

11 Mouser e.g. could become ghastly (8)GRUESOME

12 Tribute to the departed (6)

13 Contrary but fashionable poetry (7)

16 To produce milk is an accomplishment in an old setting (7)

17 Bird, East German, opulent (7)

19 A long time for a coveted score (7)

22 Awful fears, hard, spreading once more (6)

23 Physicist who had a hypothesis about cooking good rava (8)AVOGADRO

26 Despot in a three-wheeler, defective cart (8)

27 Tending to promote peace with some doctrinaire niceties (6)IRENIC

28 Soft, whimsical child with lucre (4)

29 Runners may be trained by one working with plants (10)NURSERYMAN

Down

2 Creature put to use on our railway (5)

3 Alumnus reportedly observed to be bawdy (7)

4 Vigorous enjoyment in August, October etc. (5)GUSTO

5 The friends in WW II (6)ALLIES

6 Knives etc., make for conflict between the board and head of establishment (9)

7 A brilliant stroke allowed in two lines (7)

8 Cargo carrier, French number, about to overturn (9)

14 Wind instrument, but its tone is not necessarily nasal (4,5)

15 Sweetener in cans, a rich preparation (9)SACCHARIN

18 Write without effort with a feel for novelty (4,3)

20 Kind of play which is a drag, yet runs (7)TRAGEDY

21 It cannot be created or destroyed and may be of consequence (6)MATTER

24 Fruit of love, of current interest (5)

25 Indian dish, one Tara cooked (5) RAITA