No 11787, Friday 26 Aug 2016, Neyartha

Very colourful CW.

ACROSS
7   Disappointments resulting from a wet Deepavali in Chennai? (4,6) DAMP SQUIBS [C&DD] Why Chennai? See comments
9   Lines in speech about a colour (4) ROSE (~ rows)
10 Bill and the princess violate limits in steep descent (8) NOSEDIVE {NOSE}{DI}{Vi...tE}
11 University's participation in urban development provides colour (6) AUBURN {U} in {URBAN}*
12 Part of the response time for an attack (5) ONSET [T]
13 Quarrel over Mali's messed up social system (9) FEUDALISM {FEUD}{MALIS*}
14 Its recovery might be a tall task (3,4) BAD DEBT [CD]
17 Colour of escaping fluorine confirms refinement (7) CRIMSON CONfIRMS*
20 Well-planned RF attack's a quick route to advancement (4,5) FAST TRACK {RF+ATTACKS}*
22 Peruvian chief gets rid of Victor's desert plant for a shared religious meal (5) AGAPE AGA(-v+p)PE
25 Arrive with gold in a four-wheeled carriage (6) LANDAU {LAND}{AU}

26 Meditative Greek character, upset at home, is subject to an angry tirade (8) RUMINANT {R{MU<=}{IN}ANT}
27 Celebrity blows the whistle in retreat (4) STAR <=
28 Fixed the profound article on temperature inside a pit (4-6) DEEP-SEATED {DEEP}-{SE{A}{T}ED}

DOWN
1   Desert colour (6) MAROON [DD]
2   Sleazy criminal disappears with some seafood (5) SQUID SQUalID

3   Plastered with a pastry in the face? (3-4) PIE-EYED {PIE}-{EYED}
4   Look at a space vehicle caught by an atoll resident (8) ISLANDER (~ eyes lander) (Addendum (~ eye lander) - See comments)
5   Turkey arranged bail for a member of an indigenous group (6) TRIBAL {TR}{BALI*}
6   Posses at sea inviting engineers for strong black coffee (8) ESPRESSO {RE} in {POSSES}*
8   Bishop invested in a new red pen with the stipend (7) PREBEND {B} in {RED+PEN}*
15 Colour causing internal turmoil in holy cave (8) AMARANTH AMAR(N<=>A)TH
16 Colour of the meal sent up to the peacekeepers by the hollow deputy (8) BURGUNDY {GRUB<=}{UN}{De...tY}
18 Graduate welcomes representative with a primary pigment for printers (7) MAGENTA {M{AGENT}A}
19 Red-faced knight clears out the northbound routes to accommodate the French (7) SCARLET {LE} in {TRACkS <=}
21 English royal family coaches daughter for a short time (6) TUDORS TU(-t+d)DORS
23 Frown upon geeks smuggling soft Chinese fabric (6) PONGEE [T] Frown had me confused till the end!
24 Tennis stroke's a big success (5) SMASH [DD]

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