No 12360, Wednesday 04 Jul 2018, Afterdark

ACROSS
9   Emergence of a basically rare viral infection (7) ARRIVAL {A}{Rare}{VIRAL*}
10 Charges one on taking a basic explosive in ship (7) IONISES {1}{ON}{1}{S{Ex...e}S}
11 Wrong to allow girl coming in with a piece of cloth (7) SINGLET {SIN}{G}{LET}
12 Perhaps, can I be friendly? (7) AMIABLE {AM}{I}{ABLE}
13 Program at studio perhaps (9) PHOTOSHOP {PHOTO SHOP}
15 Invalidates foremost luxury liner in America that has a prominent Nazi aboard (5) NULLS {Nazi}{U{Lu...y}{Li..r}S}
16 Temparature excellent, mistake to be in porch (7) TERRACE {T}{ERR}{ACE}
19 Side shortly will take a secret door to lift (7) ELEVATE {ELEV{A}{T}En} T/Secret door? (Addendum - {ELEV{A}{s...eT}En} - See comments}
20 A sudden outburst from colossal volcano (5) SALVO [T]
21 Again, liable to be dry outside, goes for retake (9) RECAPTURE {RE}{C{APT}URE}
25 Tenant's wife and mischievous child reaching the house first, after 11th, maybe (7) TWELFTH {T}{W}{ELF}{The}{Ho..e}
26 Lamenting and upset, Lee joins girl at 1 Across (7) ELEGIAC {LEE*}{G}{1}{AC}
28 Worker loads mangled car (new) in container (4,3) BEER CAN {BEE}{CAR+N}*
29 Ha-ha, GST is designed as a means to map data (7) HASHTAG*

DOWN
1   Believes without questioning based on a setup (4,2) EATS UP*
2   Obstruction quashed to evict ailing Tutsi and horse (6) BRONCO OBstRuCtiON
3   Leaves office at 14 to be in shape (4) OVAL {OVAL office}
4   Salted pork has fluorine, leads to irritation (6) FLITCH {FLo...e}{ITCH}
5   Breach in intellectual property suppressed by lawyer at East New York, say (3,5) BIG APPLE {B{I{GAP}P}L}{E}
6   Popular, hip admen use cannabis, say (6,4) INDIAN HEMP {IN}{HIP+ADMEN}*

7   Spanish queen tricked allies and captured sailor (8) ISABELLA {IS{AB}ELLA*}
8   Perhaps, you or me for IT dept idiots to watch (8) ASSESSEE {ASSES}{SEE}
14 Zero value aside, in case of emergency get to President's office (4,6) OVAL OFFICE {O}{VAL} {OFF}{ICE}
16 A place where Kanupriya grew up! (4,4) TEST TUBE [CD]
17 Rescues ladies seen at the end of the road held by judge (8) RELIEVES {Road}{ELI}{EVES}
18 Essentially learn concept of an electrical process (8) EARTHING {lEARn}{THING}
22 Say, Europeans are often cozy, reportedly easy and silently retiring (6) CZECHS {CoZy}{(~easy)EC}{SH<=}
23 Somehow buy time, in the absence of man to satisfy condition of being present (6) UBIETY {BUY+TImE}*
24 About to take away girl, allure and trap (6) ENCAGE EN(-g+c)CAGE
27 Heartless ape, revolting , wrestled in the middle of Japan, say (4) EAST {ApE<=}{wreSTled}

GRID

Bhargav's Talepiece

The bouncer and the dancer - Part 79

It was the TWELFTH NIGHT of June.

Smith's MIDSUMMERS NIGHT DREAM was to be further spoiled and the HAMLET of Shangri-la was about to see some action !!

With the ARRIVAL of Uncle Sam in the TERRACE  was there a TEMPEST in the offing?

However the scene in the theatre below was one of contrast. People were watching the movie: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW ISABELLA.

Smith was in a dilemma like HAMLET. Will I be or not be?

Uncle Sam had a pen in his hand. In the dark Smith saw it as a knife and like MACBETH thought: Is this a dagger I see before me?

The questions posed EATS UP Smith's head but he manages to give the answers  in a MEASURE FOR MEASURE fashion.

Who told you to give the envelope to the CZECHS at DCC?

SS stammered: The OVAL - OVAL OFFICE.....

 You seem to reply AS YOU LIKE IT. Can you RECAP the color of the envelope given by you? 

SS: White.

The TWO GENTLEMEN WERE ON A mood of joy!

They did not wish to further make MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.

Gombu was anyway the architect of THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. How can his LOVE'S LABOUR be LOST?

The two let off Smith who for the time being felt that ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL.

Later Gombu and Smith prepared their message to be sent to BIG APPLE. 

"  # (HASHTAG) Everything safe.  But it was a nEAR THING."

The two went down to the hall picked up their BEER CANS and sat down to watch Rita's next dance to the song "Don't tell Mama" from the movie CABARET.

What happened next?