The Hindu Crossword 6987

Across

 1 A character Sherlock Holmes would have found interesting (4,4)
 5 Small advertisement of a wicked slut for grown-up people (6)
10 Army officer, idle and unruly, is in conflict (7)
11 Back me with force for authority to act (7)
12 Pierces little devils having beer (7)
13 The public speaker's elevated stand is corny in the end (7)
14 Turn a breezy wench into a winch (8)
16 Doctor bore with this way of speaking (5)
19 Near to the start of darkness (5)
21 Show no interest for the missing catalogue (8)
24 A wet race-meeting (7)
26 With fresh air to survive, one can exist very long (7)
27 Substance that is usually smooth can make cat slip (7)
28 Campaign for a cause America somehow cared about (7)
29 Go away from French actor's role (6)
30 Somehow one tried and found one's bearing (8)

Down

 1 The Cricket Club of India party turns boisterous (6)
 2 Though getting worse and turning pale, grins (9)
 3 Froze and became ill in the middle of it (7)
 4 Discards outhouses (5)
 6 Removed from some post indeed (7)
 7 Given subordinate role with a point to it (5)
 8 Clambers all over the place to struggle up (8)
 9 Flowers needed after what sounds like fresh mental disturbances (8)
15 A nice all-change for the union (8)
17 He attacks the fool with a Latin translation (9)
18 In trepidation? On the contrary, fearless (8)
20 One needs a teacher for this (2,5)
22 A salad made by it? Say, then let us use it (7)
23 Begin to defer - cut out the hesitation - finally assert (6)
25 Hold on to an understanding (5)
26 Happen to find the company upset over a dog (5)

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