Fifteensquared

Indian wrestling

Across

1 Omitted on purpose

10 CHAMOIS - anag. of a, h, si(-t)com

11 STAPLER - L. (”line”) in anag. of ‘paster’

13 DEMIJOHN - appears to have no cryptic element in it; in early stages I was thinking OS goes into a word meaning ‘wicker’; though familiar with the word, I learnt only now that a demijohn is enclosed in wickerwork.

15 HOMECRAFTS - anag. of ‘forms teach’ - Till a couple of decades ago parents in India seeking bridegrooms for their daughters used to say in matrimonial ads that the latter were “domestically trained”.

20 NEGOTIATOR - solved at a later stage from def. and crossings but I am unable to parse it fully; I can see “possessed” = GOT IT, “gold” = OR. I rarely feel the need to use a scribble pad for breakups or even anagrams. Here I give up even after some jottings.

22 RESERVED - two definitions - ignore that “started the game again” is ‘re-served’

27 ANILINE - a Nil(in)e - “all the rage” = fashionable = in

28 Omitted on purpose
 

Down

2 REALISM - anag. of R A, smile

3 SHOELACE - CD - “Oxford” refers not to the University but to shoes; can “I” in such clues be an inanimate thing?

4 WEST - W (”the centre of NeWry”), est, L. for “is”
 
6 KHAKI - marginally cryptic - “material” being fabric not equipment
 
8 Omitted on purpose

9 Omitted on purpose

17 FILTHIER - anag. of “hit” with “rifle”, “inaccurate” being the anag. signal - I knew the word must end in -er, yet I solved it only at the finishing stage; that is because I was not on the same 14dn as the setter’s.

21 TANKING - t(-h)anking - ‘tank’ is slang for ’thrash’

23 ROOST - roo (”animal”, short for kangaroo), ’s, t (”time”)