The Hindu Crossword 6736

Across

 1 Go after the mob to do what everyone else does (6,3,5)
 8 Fall asleep with backward professor, below par (3,3)
 9 Not a noble more often seen (8)
11 He turns friend into foe, into a real different one (9)
12 Greek character in a blithe tasteful play (5)
13 Like the big cat, takes a long time in the border (7)
15 One pound returned in drive to bring out... (7)
17 ... part of a horse that shrivels up (7)
19 Lively bit of music, legal or otherwise (7)
21 Allude both ways (5)
23 Complain of abdominal discomfort (9)
25 Winning card, Queen, unknown? Foolish talk (8)
26 Florid decay indicates disease of tree (3,3)
27 Playing a flute, a fox isn't characterised by constant changes (2,1,5,2,4)

Down

 1 Bird may be unsuccessful in containing worker (7)
 2 He fought Babar in Panipat (5)
 3 Unpleasant assault (9)
 4 The journey to project one's own image (3,4)
 5 Area of authority upsets one counting the minutes maybe (5)
 6 Drifting with a magic rod and English band (9)
 7 Deliver sermon to everyone putting public relations first (6)
10 Inflammation seen in last year's eye camp (4)
14 It is fun to tour wildly before one's chance is due (3,2,4)
16 Tough with brawn, something to eat (5,4)
17 Affection produces a bit of heat...(6)
18 ... which should be lacking here in southern Spain and Portugal (7)
19 Associate wholly without drink (4)
20 Impose a big strain with a plain cutting tool (7)
22 What one has to know to have a full understanding (5)
24 Product of a reef, black fuel with some red inside (5)

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