No 13274, Tuesday 15 Jun 2021, Lightning

Solution to 27A has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only by a non-regular / novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.

ACROSS

1   Narrowly avoided collision beside a lady (4,4) NEAR MISS {NEAR}{MISS}

5   A rise in quantity (6) AMOUNT {A}{MOUNT}

9   Hold back and relax with shower (8) RESTRAIN {REST}{RAIN}

10 Attract engineer at a particular stage in life (6) ENGAGE {ENG}{AGE}

12 Man perhaps following a narrow passage (5) AISLE {ISLE}<=>{A}

13 Saint missing a space trip arranged for each person (3,6) PER CAPITA {A+sPACE+TRIP}*

14 Small hand of a timekeeper (6) MINUTE [DD]

16 Authorise measure by earl for one (7) ENTITLE {EN}{TITLE}

19 Fashionable to taste one drink primarily bland (7) INSIPID {IN}{SIP}{1}{Dr..k}

21 Don’t pay attention to part of design or execution (6) IGNORE [T]

23 Mesh left in rocket damaged (9) INTERLOCK {L+IN+ROCKET}* 

25 Society with argument against adopting one heir (5) SCION {S}{C{1}ON}

26 Car mat thrown on runway (6) TARMAC*

27 Program — one that may be called Alpha, perhaps (8) ?O?E?A?E (Addendum - CODENAME {CODE}{NAME} - See comments)

28 Live without bishop next to river going left (6) RESIDE {bESIDE}<=>{R}

29 Get back temporary relief when president finally usurps power (8) RETRIEVE RE(-p+t)TRIEVE

DOWN

1   Reasonable pattern of behaviour by a liberal (6) NORMAL {NORM}{A}{L}

2   They kill two animals at home with tip of sword (9) ASSASSINS {ASS}{ASS}{IN}{Sw..d}

3  Code about lacking compassion (5) MORSE reMORSE

4   Paint on second drink (7) STIPPLE {S}{TIPPLE}

6   Gent with brown headgear moving up in the City (9) MANHATTAN {MAN}{TAN}<=>{HAT}

7   Festival ultimately grand and definitely interesting for starters (5) UGADI Acrostic

8   Generate new style for young adult (8) TEENAGER*

11 Available at no cost (4) FREE [DD]

15 Advantage of superior agency (5,4) UPPER HAND {UPPER}{HAND}

17 Fashionable period, going forward had to stop (9) TERMINATE {IN}{<=>{TERM} and {ATE}

18 Ominous batting, caught by sibling (8) SINISTER {S{IN}ISTER}

20 Let go of container on the way up — about right (4) DROP {D{R}OP<=}

21 At sea, smoker is mostly annoying (7) IRKSOME {SMOKER+Is}*

22 Riemann exemplary contributing to addition (6) ANNEXE [T]

24 Rocky hill in America is shaped like a doughnut (5) TORUS {TOR}{US}

25 Small fruit — pointed one (5) SPEAR {S}{PEAR}

Reference List

Engineer = ENG, Saint = S, Measure = EN, Left = L, Society = S, Bishop = B, River = R, Power = P, Liberal = L, About = RE, Second = S, Batting = IN, Right = R, Small = S

No 13273, Monday 14 Jun 2021, Incognito

Lockdown Day 47 of 47 Stay Safe at home

Solution to 28A has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only by a non-regular / novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.

ACROSS

8   Auchinleck’s protrusion of lower jaw (4) CHIN [T]

9   Saw destroyed? Easily done! (4,4,2) LAID EYES ON*

10 Behind doctor’s yard, conduct rehearsal (3,3) DRY RUN {DR}{Y}{RUN}

11 Incarcerate fiend with twisted irons (8) IMPRISON {IMP}{IRONS*}

12 Mistakes burn LEDs explosively (8) BLUNDERS*

14 Score five fours (6) TWENTY {5x4}

16 Record faucet leakage at last (4) TAPE {TAP}{l...gE}

17 His pa can be silly and imitative (5) APISH*

18 Arrange type (4) SORT [DD]

19 Wrongly put ace in beverage container (6) TEACUP*

21 Notes played by Scotsman and European (8) ESTONIAN {NOTES*}{IAN}

23 Trounced? Great achievement indeed! (8) DEFEATED {DE{FEAT}ED}

26 Mart arranged nine in array (6) MATRIX {MART*}{IX}

27 Law rejected by devious letters in America’s financial hub (4,6) WALL STREET {LAW<=}{LETTERS*}

28 President releases model’s derrière (4) R?M? (Addendum - RUMP  tRUMP - See comments)

DOWN

1   Arrange horse and go on sailor’s vacation (5,5) SHORE LEAVE {HORSE*}{LEAVE}

2   Cast a spell on portal (8) ENTRANCE [DD]

3   Look! Girl has spear! (6) GLANCE {G}{LANCE}

4   Small portion of administration (4) MINI [T]

5   Send Delaware’s material for repair (8) DESPATCH {DE'S}{PATCH}

6   Want master dumped in river? (6) DESIRE {DE{SIR}E}

7   Bravado John displayed to some extant in training area (4) DOJO [T]

13 Pines planted around your personal column? (5) SPINE*

15 Land damaged airframe around beginning of runway after taking-off at first (5,5) TERRA FIRMA {AIRFRAME}* over {Ru...y}* after {Ta...f}

17 A patient, in the beginning, has little hunger (8) APPETITE {A}{Pa...t}{PETITE}

18 Erroneous reasons to include Thai representatives (8) SENATORS {SENA{T}ORS*}

20 Perhaps, Indian student’s containers for fish (6) CREELS {CREE}{L'S}

22 Fruit Thomas endlessly ate with love (6) TOMATO {TOM}{ATe}{0}

24 Times are changing by the second (4) ERAS {ARE*}{S}

25 Profound part of homicide episode (4) DEEP [T]

Reference List

Yard = Y, Model = T, Girl = G, Thai = T, Love = 0, Second = S