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

[Russellign]

ACROSS
1 Good idea — old fellow is held in high regard (4-7-2)
10 Had lost after sacrificing Bishop (5) EATEN
11 New Orleans is something you can get a feel of (9)
12 Outgoing text amended, keep writing till it's finished (9) EXTROVERT
13 Divine law to exclude a flower (5)
14 One passes away in a sterile environment (7) ASEPSIS
16 To salt away is hard for some people in the UK (7)
18 Chosen feature not a test (7)
20 In reality, it's from French act of frolicking (2,5)
22 Calls in to pass on a message (5)
24 Add and combine — becomes incomprehensible (9)
26 Hard sell other ideas without keeping runs in check (9)
27 He doesn't represent America in Olympics (5) USAIN
28 Breaking up — good in case Middle Eastern country is excluded (13) FRAGMENT

DOWN
2 Felt it needed to be raised a bit to empower (7) ENTITLE
3 With fire in the belly, angle at sea for crayfish (9)
4 Hurry to get pure cocaine out (5)
5 Continued corruption surreptitiously (9) UNNOTICED
6 Not bothered to give two of them (5)
7 Beginning shortly around morning time — it's paper work (7) ORIGAMI
8 Father and son facing production shortage (10,3) GENERATION GAP
9 Sight of Handel composing “An illusion” (7,2,4) SLEIGHT OF HAND
15 With Saturn in eighth house one gets somewhat worried (9)
17 Stock with sack on the back (5,4)
19 Tea dispenser's arms used to clutch eggs (7)
21 City in the past (7)
23 On empty stomach throw, discard (5)
25 Fold in — it's a simple attachment (5)
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