THe HIndu Xword 8691 Solutions( first go...)

Across

1 Russian dish, a variation from cold broths (7)

5 Be inclined in advance to dissemble (7)

9 Simple home, with diligence, becomes a small production unit (7,8) COTTAGE INDUSTRY

10 Right, a beauty of a vegetable (6) RADISH

11 Try again with directions, practise (8)

13 Rope isn't commonly seen in battle makeup (3,5)

15 Attack a fool: get sick (6) ASSAIL

18 In vain, editor is groomed to attack (6) INVADE

19 Agreement of daughter to drop out of flirtation (8)

22 The figure of American defence (8) PENTAGON

24 Putting two and two together (6) ADDING

27 Servant reportedly endorses study of household work (8,7)

28 Using surface soil for covering dog's din somehow (7) SODDING

29 Oppressive wind upset two companies, sir (7)

Down

1 Support a fight in the rear line (4,3) BACK ROW

2 Judged and rebuked severely (5)

3 Where clothes may go hang? (4-5) COAT-STAND

4 A row in a frontier? Not half (4)

5 Gratify the German with a tax identification first (6)

6 Escape with a lewd utterance (5) ELUDE

7 Sign up volunteers at home to provide amusement (9) ENTERTAIN

8 Battery of an uninteresting kind? (3,4)

12, 17 Score level with a game for each (3,3) ONE ALL

14 Man gravid? Could be absolutely crazy (6,3) RAVING MAD

16 In the washing machine, it gives clothes quite a turn... (4,5)

18 ... and obstructs one representative, scattering seed (7)

20 The Greek-Spanish painter or a good Creole transformed? (2,5)

21 Fighting for a performance in the ring (6)

23 Musically very upset in a rendering of arias, say (5)

25 Icon I destroyed in a classical architectural style (5)

26 Egyptian goddess is seen twice here (4) ISIS