No 11589, Friday 01 Jan 2016, Afterdark

HAPPY NEW YEAR

ACROSS
1   Medico did act in a frenzy admitting undergraduate abuser (4,6) DRUG ADDICT {DR}{UG} {DID+ACT}*
6   A small particle turning fat in India (4) ATOM <=
10 Guess man is given to publicity, writing as a giver of pleasant shock (9) SURPRISER {SUR(-m+pr)PRISE}{R}
11 Closed after one left in defeat (5) UPEND UnoPENeD
12 Every second, signal is given to Andre's place about tax collectors, say (6,7) INLAND REVENUE {sIgNaL}{AND RE}{VENUE}
14 Uncle Narayanan toasted inspirational leaders/heads up to a time (5) UNTIL Acrostic
15 In Estonia, coin chest is kept outside railway watchman's shelter (6,3) SENTRY BOX {SENT}{RY} BOX Anno pending See comments
17 Venue, road rebuilt with labour (9) ENDEAVOUR*
21 Badly grown (5) WRONG*
22 Something you wish had happened; like figuring in MBA, even eighth (5-4-4) MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN*
24 Relax, leader is absent time to time (5) OFTEN sOFTEN
25 Cool joint at American city to have a ball and time to get a sausage (9) CHIPOLATA {C}{HIP}{O}{LA}{T}{A}

26 Some took radish and another vegetable (4) OKRA [T]
27 Woman's day, decorate cockpit (6,4) FLIGHT DECK {F}{LIGHT} {DECK}

DOWN
1   Disrespectful talk about judge's scars (10) DISFIGURES {DIS}{FIGURES}
2   Independent and combined, not independent, real confusion in it (9) UNRELATED {REAL}* in {UNiTED}
3   A demise, primarily connected to kidney gland (7) ADRENAL {A}{De...e}{RENAL}
4   Dead seen in half, right near southern wastelands (7) DESERTS {DEad}{SEen}{RT}{S}
5   About an artist's vehicle? (7) CARAVAN {C}{A}{RA}{VAN} Van on double duty?
7   He set different plural to this... (5) THESE*
8   ...contrived as insane and base (4) MADE {MAD}{E}
9   Regret including 2 names right at the end as athlete (6) RUNNER {RU{NN}E}{R}
13 Oh! two unknown gasmen by mistake took Kelvin's breathing apparatus (6,4) OXYGEN MASK {O}{X}{Y}{GEN MAS*}{K}
16 Commission given to poor invites anger (9) BROKERAGE {BROKE}{RAGE}
18 Big brother in Tamil Nadu, on invasion by soldier gets heart attack, perhaps (6) ANGINA {GI} in {ANNA}
19 Plot CIA developed is related to watcher (7) OPTICAL*
20 Understanding fear and overcoming death is no good for starters (7) READING REA{Death}{Is}{No}{Good} Anno pending (Addendum - {dREAD}{Is}{No}{Good} - See comments)
21 Remove small particle containing uranium (4,3) WEED OUT {WEE}{D O{U}T}
22 Tie up model inside car (5) MOTOR {T} in {MOOR}
23 Restricted drink at Oval (2-2) NO-NO Anno pending (Addendum - NO-GO - {NO-G}{O} - See comments)

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