THC-crossword thread-7; 5 answers PP till 4 pm IST

[pavalamani pragasam]

Across
1 Turning the mind to embracing internal security gets publicity (11)
9 Others have skill to begin anew (7)
10 Does this magazine add spice to life? (7)
11 Cricketer wants extremely tasty nuts (5)
12 How memory should be — unlike a sieve (9)
13 Bill gets the French instrument (5)
15 Man returns with question about model's inlaid decoration (9)
18 Associate army officer's measure (9)
21 Korean city, say, has UP uncle going around (5)
22 With support, cover dividing line in air battle (4,5)
24 Regretting destruction, head of government follows (5)RUING
26 More fortunate — with power, more brave (7)
27 Tailor Rani met for finery (7)RAIMENT
28 He illumined the streets in a bygone era (4-7)LAMP-LIGHTER

Down
1 One who usually has balance, no doubt (9)
2 Call on six with investigators (5)
3 Somewhat dreamy about head being not hard, not original (5-4)
4 Gap in merit dispensation (7)INTERIM
5 By no means a party pooper (7)
6 Terribly gory, new heraldic charge (5)
7 Put down: "Don't be generous" (8)
8 Young person in party keyboarded (4)
14 Obvious, bit of magic doesn't begin with belt (8)
16 Reversal experienced by party leader in a kind of swerve on the road (9)
17 What a boy or girl is before getting out of teens (9)
19 Great, Indian soap turns up with hard stuff (7)
20 Umpteenth rally may partly captivate (7)ENTHRAL
22 Sag with one hollow leftist (4)
23 Showy extra from setter and one learner after another (5)
25 Still at home, initially expecting rare tenderness (5)