No 11742, Saturday 02 Jul 2016, Incognito

ACROSS

1 Assertion: Last month Los Angeles got a share of resources (11) DECLARATION {DEC}{LA}{RATION}

9 Explosive intro circulated (5) NITRO {INTRO*}

10 Flattened Drone-I (6,3) IRONED OUT Reverse Anag of {DRONE-I}

11 Sets of bridal clothes designed by philosopher in vacant tents (10) TROUSSEAUS  {Tent{ROUSSEAU}S}

12 Case English treasury under influence, for starters (4) ETUI (Acrostic)

13 Venetian magistrate accepts first document's stratagem (5) DODGE {DO{Document}GE}

15 Nerd-like madness to light a fire once again (8) REKINDLE {NERDLIKE}*

17 Persons with cerebral palsy may use ecstasy preparation to become escapists (8) SPASTICS {SPASTICS+E}*=ESCAPISTS

19 Melted and supplied food around America (5) FUSED {F{US}ED}

22 Painful Scottish exclamation by Yankee (4) ACHY {ACH}{Y}

23 Cub hisses, “I pranced around some plants” (10) HIBISCUSES {CUB+HISSES+I}*

26 Oceanographers drop damaged cargo at sea leaving listening devices (9) EARPHONES {OCEANOGRAPHERS-CARGO}*

27 One had to return with oyster opener somewhere in North-Western US (5) IDAHO {I}{DAH<=}{Oyster}

28 The Duke of Edinburgh longs for country (11) PHILIPPINES {PHILIP}{PINES}

DOWN

1 Do // the same as above (5) DITTO {DD}

2 Most finicky Tamil actor has an egg followed by incomplete afternoon nap (9) CHOOSIEST {CHO}{O}{SIESTa}

3 Obeyed and made an offer with some enthusiasm and daring after beginning of auction (6) ABIDED {Auction}{BID}{Enthusiasm}{Daring}

4 Revolve up alone at this point in lunar orbit (7) APOLUNE {UP+ALONE}*

5 Time to make an entry in a list (4) ITEM {TIME*}

6 Midday's revised edition I left in possession of drunken son (9) NOONTIDES {EDITiON}* in {SON}*

7 Married dancing nude has sex-appeal (6) UNITED {NUDE}* around {IT}

8 Travel in South East line (6) STRIPE {S{TRIP}E}

14 Earthquake after beginning of day raised level making it a dangerous location (5-4) DEATH-TRAP {Day}{EATH T}*{RAP<=}  Something is wrong here

16 Judge let off from administration of medicine with syringe for some fever and ailment (9) INFECTION {IN{-j+Fever}ECTION}

17 Announces: “Second son owns an art gallery” (6) STATES {S{TATE}S}

18 Repetitively intone incantation around 1(one) to get some wine (7) CHIANTI {CH{I}ANT]{I}

20 Dictator has stored some spaghetti in warehouse (6) DESPOT {DE{Spaghetti}POT}

21 Excavates living quarters used initially by some priests (4,2) DIGS UP {DIGS}{Used}{Priests}

24 Some tsars dance and become leading actors (5) STARS {TSARS*}

25 Asian national is hiding in fourth aircraft (4) THAI (T)

Reference list

Last month=Dec, Los Angeles=LA, Ecstasy=E, America=US, Yankee=Y One=I 
Egg=O, Sex-appeal=It, South=S, East=E, Judge=J, Second=S, Son=S, 1=I

Color/Font Scheme

Definition, Solution, Component letters, Embedded links, Anagram Indicator, C/C indicator, Reversal Indicator, Hidden word Indicator, Letter Pick indicator, Deletion Indicator, Homophone Indicator, Movement Indicator, Positional Indicator, Substitution, Indicator, Link/Connector, Extraneous

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