The Hindu Crossword 8181 Solutions - by Vinod & Rajagopal

Across
1 Still, one is said to be so loathsome (10) ABOMINABLE (Still=YET, one=I=>YETI=a.k.a. ABOMINABLE snowman)
7 Eastern money hard to find in club (4) BAHT (hard=H, club=BAT=>hard to find in club = BA(H)T)
9 A Swiss district in China! (6) CANTON (Double Defn.)
10 Adamant? O dear! But it is wrong (8) OBDURATE (ana. O+DEAR+BUT)
11 In our time, it is the norm (8) STANDARD (Direct)
12 Antelope that could stink, carrying body odour (6) REEBOK (stink=REEK, body odour=BO=>stink, carrying body odour=REE(BO)K)
13 Round every which way, as her pals made out (7) SPHERAL (ana. HER+PALS)
16 Tool for which American money was returned (7) BUCKSAW (American money=BUCK, was returned=reverse of WAS=SAW => BUCK+SAW)
17 Not confined, left in a great flurry (2,5) AT LARGE (ana. L(left)+A+GREAT)
19 Poor part of town in which to slide and ply the oars (4,3) SKID ROW (slid=SLIDE, ply the oars=ROW)
22 Tosses, reportedly, in a state of violent pain (6) THROWS (homonym of THROES)
23 One demanding it can lam viciously (8) CLAIMANT (ana. IT CAN LAM)
26 Make minor changes in a book, say, conforming to high moral standards (8) READJUST (book=READ, conforming to high moral standards=JUST => READ+JUST)
27 Down at heel, but was very angry about head of government (6) RAGGED (was very angry=RAGED, head of government=G=>was very angry about head of government=RAG(G)ED)
28 A prison agitation (4) STIR (Double Defn.)
29 Drink unknown and air fresh in famous city (10) ALEXANDRIA (Drink=ALE, unknown=X, and air fresh=ana. AND+AIR=ANDRIA => ALE+X+ANDRIA)

Down
2 Be a good man or a brute (5) BEAST (Be=BE, a=A, good man=ST => BE+A+ST)
3 Ena, with time, off for a daytime show (7) MATINEE (ana. ENA+TIME)
4 Martial art expert from a town in Japan (5) NINJA (Container => towN IN JApan)
5 One of those preferred by gentleman on screen? (6) BLONDE (Cryptic Defn.)
6 Bird that a duke cried about (5,4) EIDER DUCK (ana. DUKE+CRIED)
7 The way to go it frenziedly violent and destructive (7) BERSERK (Direct)
8 A delicate matter for intense Murphy (3,6) HOT POTATO (intense=HOT, Murphy=POTATO)
14 Small land trial, one to determine allergic reaction (5,4) PATCH TEST (Small land=PATCH, trial=TEST)
15 Kind of bitters that produced strong, universal AA reaction (9) ANGOSTURA (ana. STRONG+U(universal)+AA)
18 Keep out of the way of the queen: he does keep out of the way (7) AVOIDER (Keep out of the way=AVOID, the queen=ER => AVOID+ER)
20 Animal parent, old and impaired (7) DAMAGED (animal parent=DAM, old=AGED=>DAM + AGED)
21 Grass cutter found in a strange chest, slightly yellow inside (6) SCYTHE (ana. CHEST+Y(slightly yellow))
24 Open courts featured in sea trials (5) ATRIA (Container => in seA TRIAls)
25 Skin blemishes caused by a vein bursting (5) NAEVI (ana. A+VEIN)