No 11843, Friday 04 Nov 2016, Arden

Please excuse me if I leave this CW incomplete, too disturbed to continue. A close friend and classmate of mine in Coimbatore lost his mother last morning and his wife this morning, tragic.

Updated on behalf of Col.

ACROSS
1   Saw lift's empty after show (7) PROVERB {PROVE}{RiB} {PROVE}{RoB} See comments
5   Camp story, one gets interchanged (7) FACTION {F(-i+A)CTION}
9   Darkness is bad thing (5) NIGHT*
10 Islet will allow one at a time (9) TURNSTILE  Rev of {ISLET}*
11 Hair covering Hindu God shortened — it's elementary (9) MANGANESE {MAN{GANESh}E}
12 Pointless to load, it will go bad (5) ADDLE {sADDLE}
13 Slide close to his cheek (4) SLIP {hiS}{LIP}
15 If under a bust one follows his analysis (8) FREUDIAN*
18 Used wile during work (8) DEPLOYED {DE{PLOY}ED}
19 Castigated for having wine (4) ASTI [T]
22 Greeting, embracing our heavenly beauty (5) HOURI {H{OUR}I}
24 Shake it up, not down — in benevolence there's awkwardness (9) GAWKINESS {GAW<=}{KINdESS} {GAW<=}{KINdnESS} See comments
26 Cop on way intercepting message (9) CONSTABLE {ON}{ST} in {CABLE}
27 Unethical perhaps, but reduced ache upto a point (5) UNTIL UNeThIcaL
28 Nearly gone having nothing initially (5,2) EARLY ON  {O} in {NEARLY}*
29 Relocates for a change — not so sweet (7) TREACLE RELoCATEs*

DOWN
1   One goes through a plan going upcountry (6) PANAMA {P{AN}AM A <=}
2   French magazine carries paper on Ribosome, for example (9) ORGANELLE {ORGAN}{ELLE}
3   Additional document not with court (5) EXTRA EXTRAct
4   Ram's cunning, but isn't serious (9) BUTTERFLY {BUTTER}{FLY}
5   There is constant change with power hammer (5) FORGE {FOR(-c+G)E}
6   "Put concrete on top, because desert road isn't even" — she warned (9) CASSANDRA {Concrete}{AS}{SAND}{RoAd}
7   Indian parliament rises to this song (5) ILIAD {I}{LIAD<=}
8   Second time scene is shot, for those who are relatively junior (6) NIECES {tIme+SCENE}*
14 Friend of Rohinton perhaps reading the lines (9) PALMISTRY {PAL}{MISTRY}
16 Last time — women free to enter, get gift (9) ENDOWMENT {END}{WOMEN*}{T}
17 True, it's child's play to carry acceptable article (9) AUTHENTIC {A{U}{THE}NTIC}
20 Is it a bit sticky in line? Not in line (6) CHICLE ? Anno pending {CHIC}{LinE}
21 Soldier isn’t reading about a fairy tale character (6) ISOLDE SOLDIEr*
23 Some colourful narrative about a bone (5) ULNAR [T]
24 Country in the process of issuing a bond (5) GABON [T]

25 Let one get used to home by the river (5) HOUSE {H}{OUSE} INURE{IN}{URE}

GRID