The Hindu Crossword 8238 Solutions - by Vinod & Rajagopal

Across
1 Proposed to use a horse badly in the street (9) SUGGESTED (??)
5 Reverse to cause downfall (4) UNDO (Double Defn.)
8 Express irony (3) AHA (Direct)
9 Elevate lone Ben somehow (7) ENNOBLE (lone Ben somehow = ana. LONE+BEN)
10 Damage the bad arm (3) MAR (bad arm = ana. ARM)
11 Charged particle in-charge of part of Greece (5) IONIC
12 Don made a charge on development of one strain (9) ROSINANTE (development of one strain = ana. ONE+STRAIN)
13 You rag the lad by degrees (7) GRADUAL (ana. U(You)+RAG+LAD)
15 Foolish person given first aid (6) ASSIST (Foolish person=ASS, first=IST=>Foolish person given first = ASS+IST)
17 Secretion from the listener (3,3) EAR WAX (Direct)
18 Point in orbit of an artificial satellite (7) PERIGEE (Direct)
21 Topping on pizza (9) PEPPERONI (Direct)
22 Figure tossing coins (5) ICONS (tossing coins = ana. COINS)
24 Smooth sticky lubricant (3) OIL
25 Combines after English crop up (7) EMERGES (Combines=MERGES, English=E=>Combines after English = E+MERGES)
26 Be incorrect in her reasoning (3) ERR (Container => hER Reasoning)
27 Is not refined from tins oddly (4) ISNT (tins oddly = ana. TINS)
28 Put on trial the artist broke into a wry grin (9) ARRAIGNED (ana. RA(artist)+A+GRIN+ED -- dunno where E & D come from)

Down
1 Make a song out of butchery (7) SLAYING
2 Cereal found in the wood (5) GRAIN (Double Defn.)
3 Slender curling stems that cling (8) TENDRILS (Direct)
4 Lower in value the seabed (6) DEBASE (ana. SEABED)
5 Be constantly thinking (3,4,6) USE ONES BRAINS (Direct)
6 Insisting on asking as right (9) DEMANDING (Double Defn.)
7 Apprehend an artist turning on others (6) ARREST (Artist=RA=>artist turning=AR, others=REST=>artist turning on others = AR+REST)
9 Incitement for inspiration, maybe (13) ENCOURAGEMENT (Direct)
14 A citadel in ancient Greece (9) ACROPOLIS (Direct)
16 Dog that could be an arch supporter (8) SPRINGER (Double Defn.)
17 Undertaking to occupy me (6) EMPLOY (Direct)
19 Guaranteed to be certain in the end (7) ENSURED (certain=SURE, end=END=>certain in the end = EN(SURE)D)
20 Devotional prayers lasting nine days (6) NOVENA (Direct)
23 Immense expanse (5) OCEAN (Direct)