Hindu crossword 9345 solution

Hi,
I was on a trip to my native place, Madurai during Gandhi Jeyanthi holidays. I could not get to solve Friday's puzzle as I was busy traveling in the town. Now I am back at home to publish Saturday grid.

Across
 8 The act of directing the executive officers of a government (14)

Ans: administration : a direct clue
 9 Alberta turns to make a mistake going back with large container (6)

Ans: barrel : alberta - 'alb' and make a mistake 'err' returning as 'rre' form barrel, a large containier.
10 Left one with wrong sense of permissible legal documents (8)

Ans: licenses : 'l' in left with 'i' one and wrong 'sense' form licenses the permissible legal documents
11 Return aid to be set back for metabolic disorders (8)

Ans: diabetes : aid back as 'dia' 'be' set back as 'tes' form diabetes, metabolic disorders
13 Subjects of newspaper copies (6)

Ans: issues : a direct clue
14 Largely set her — the Jewish queen of Persia (6)

Ans: esther : set her anagram form esther, Jewish queen of Persia.
16 Main head editor for one article situated in the middle (6)

Ans: median : main head is 'm' 'ed' from editor 'i' in one and 'an' article form median, situated in the middle
19 Initially, leave a will yet entitled rightly for an attorney (6)

Ans: lawyer : attorney from the first letters of leave a will yet entitled rightly
21 Church prayer for blockage of an artery (8)

Ans: embolism : direct clue
23 Darkest colour covering for the head of a bad guy (5,3)

Ans: black hat : darkest colour 'black' and covering for head 'hat' form a bad guy.
24 Seasoning was a second grade head item (6)

Ans: wasabi : 'was' 'a' 'b' second grade and 'i' head of item form wasabi, a seasoning herb.
26 Bend in a pung urn altered making it operational and ready to use (2,2,3,7)

Ans: be up and running : anagram of bend in a pung urn to mean operational and ready to use.
Down
 1 Rap back a different side of heaven (8)

Ans: paradise : rap back as 'par' 'a' 'dise' from side form paradise - heaven
 2 Oddly get mail read from an Islamic ruler (4)

Ans: Emir : from mail read, Islamic ruler.
 3 A Norwegian head king let a piece of jewellery (6)

Ans: anklet : 'a' 'n' norwegian head 'k' king 'let' form anklet, a piece of jewellery.
 4 Futile purpose for tennis player inside the United States (7)

Ans: useless : 'u.s.' and 'seles' a tennis player form useless meaning futile
 5 Learn by repetition the customary way of operation (8)

Ans: practice : a direct clue.
 6 Saint and saint unwell, coming to a complete halt (10)

Ans: standstill : 'st' 'and' 'st' 'ill' for unwell form standstill
 7 Company here to stick together (6)

Ans: cohere : 'co' for company and 'here' form cohere to stick together
12 Take a shower at the end of the day to almost escape from an underwater diving vessel (10)

Ans: bathyscape : 'bath' to take shower 'y' from end of day and 'scape' from escape form bathyscape, an undersater diving vessel.
15 Trig a hen towards a fastening electrical equipment (8)

Ans: earthing : anagram of trig a hen form a fastening electrical equipment.
17 Son turns to Lincoln back as General Secretary for feeding sacks of animals (8)

Ans: nosebags : 'nos' as son turns, lincoln back as GS, i could get only bags, joining them form nosebags the feeding sacks for horses especially.
18 Loudly cry tune for a hundred years (7)

Ans: century : cry tune anagram to form century meaning 100 years
20 Like back from travel even exemplary leaders put he to rest (6)

Ans: asleep : 'as' back from travel 'l' even exemplary leaders put to rest - asleep
22 Social gesture for Bishop to pay what is due (6)

Ans: bowing : 'b' from bishop and 'owing' what is due form bowing, a social gesture to welcome.

25 Cut off the brightness for the lower leg (4)

Ans: shin : brightness 'shine' cut off to give shin, lower leg part.