The Hindu Crossword No. 2592 Solutions

Across
1 Dish, lightly cooked portion (7) RAREBIT (lightly cooked=RARE, portion=BIT => RARE+BIT)
5 One likely to have a nap? (7) TIPSTER (??)
9 Horseman, leader of cavalry, with very big rifle (7) COSSACK (leader of cavalry=C, very big=OS, big rifle=SACK)
10 Row back to vessel to attend a service (7) WORSHIP (Row back=Reverse of ROW=WOR, vessel=SHIP=>Row back to vessel = WOR+SHIP))
11 Carol having drop of lime in drink (5) SLING (Carol=SING(v.), drop of lime=L=>Carol having drop of lime = S(L)ING)
12 Set aside popular book (2,7) IN RESERVE (Direct)
13 Crowd with sports league meeting with journalists (5,10) PRESS CONFERENCE (Crowd=PRESS, sports league=CONFERENCE)
15 Tense meeting patrolman on street, one one's not met before (7,8) PERFECT STRANGER (Tense=PERFECT(as in Present Perfect, Past Perfect etc.), patrolman=RANGER, street=ST=>patrolman on street=ST+RANGER)
19 Deploy laser beam, almost following lead of "Cubby Broccoli"? (9) CALABRESE (laser beam almost=LASER+BEA=>Deploy laser beam, almost=ana. LASER+BEA=ALABRESE, lead of Cubby=C=>Deploy laser beam, almost following lead of "Cubby=C+ALABRESE)
21 News involving learner driver and the public (5) WORLD (News=WORD, learner driver=L=>News involving learner driver = WOR(L)D)
22 Study large hospital in Welsh town (7) DENBIGH (Study=DEN, large=BIG, hospital=H => DEN+BIG+H)
24 Girl, one leaving drunken sailor at New York, on the way back (7) ROSALYN (one leaving drunken sailor=ana. SAILOR-I=>ROSAL, New York=NY=>New York, on the way back=YN=> one leaving drunken sailor at New York, on the way back = ROSAL+YN)
25 One who entertains those at sea on steamship (7) HOSTESS (those at sea=ana. THOSE=HOSTE, steamship=SS=>those at sea on steamship = HOSTE+SS)

Down
1 Goes mad, discarding clubs, and accumulates points (5,2) RACKS UP (Goes mad=CRACKS UP=>Goes mad, discarding clubs= CRACKS UP-C(Clubs as in cards))
2 Sappers deliberately hurt causing temporary delay (7) RESPITE (Sappers=RE, deliberately hurt=SPITE => RE+SPITE)
3 Sweetheart gets upset about ending in feature film (4,5) BEAU GESTE (Sweetheart=BEAU, gets upset=ana. GETS=GSTE, ending in feature=last letter of feature=E=>gets upset about ending in feature=G(E)STE)
4 Accept defeat stoically as a boxer might? (4,2,2,3,4) TAKE IT ON THE CHIN (Cryptic Defn.)
5 Powerful tractor? One's extremely dependable when needed (5,2,8) TOWER OF STREGTH (Tractor=TOWER(something that tows), Powerful=Of STRENGTH)
6 Community's endless capital (5) PARIS (Community=PARISH=>Community's endless = PARISH-H)
7 Article supports working there in Iran (7) TEHERAN (working there=ana. TEHER, article=AN=>Article supports working there = TEHER+AN)
8 Full? Salesman allowed inside at the end (7) REPLETE (Salesman=REP, allowed inside=LET, the end=last letter of the=E => REP+LET+E)
14 Street repairs, radical round roundabout by factory? (9) ROADWORKS (radical=RAD, roundabout=O=>radical round roundabout=R(O)AD, factory=WORKS=>radical round roundabout by factory = ROAD+WORKS)
15 Horseman in cap Dior designed (7) PICADOR (cap Dior designed = ana. CAP+DIOR)
16 Decisions in game, good for East in more than one series (7) RULINGS
17 Rubbish boy initially put in lockup, perhaps (7) GARBAGE (boy initially=B, lockup=GARAGE =>boy initially put in lockup = GAR(B)AGE)
18 Compensation concerning clothing (7) REDRESS (Concerning=RE, clothing=DRESS => RE+DRESS)
20 Excellent fish (5) BRILL (Double Defn. - 1. Brill is short for Brilliant 2. It's also a kind of fish)