No 12378, Wednesday 25 Jul 2018, Incognito

ACROSS
1   Magical trap's built considering practical issues (11) PRAGMATICAL*
9   Cat jumps endlessly (5) OUNCE pOUNCEs
10 Throw, with anger, retirement clothes (9) NIGHTWEAR*
11 Downspouts pried in spa renovation (10) DRAINPIPES*
12 Setter left intellectual some health food (4) BRAN BRAiN
13 Stainer wrongly writes Sine 0 (5) EOSIN*
15 Like goats, huh? Confused? (2,6) AS THOUGH*
17 Stop by left part, for example, of edge of footpath (8) KERBSIDE {KERB}{SIDE}
19 Snake's companion in game is decapitated and becomes a snake (5) ADDER lADDER
22 North eastern UK is devastated by modern day weapon (4) NUKE {NE+UK}*
23 Goop slurry adheres to transport for hoppers (4,6) POGO STICKS {GOOP}* {STICKS}

26 Starve on rail, but expedite (4,5) FAST TRACK {FAST} {TRACK}
27 Take advantage of Ms Gardner, a student (5) AVAIL {AVA}{1}{L}
28 I hear that bird seen on beastly accommodation Erne designed produces some kind of plastic (11) POLYSTYRENE (~polly){POLY}{STY}{ERNE*}

DOWN
1   PA's animal (5) PANDA {P and A}
2   Quaking aspen falls around 9 in European mountains (9) APENNINES {APEN{NINE}S*|
3   Insect found in German tisane (6) MANTIS [T]

4   Daring woman wears well-designed gaiters without a hint of sauciness (7) TIGRESS {GaITERS}*{Sa,,,s}
5   Whips feline creatures (4) CATS [DD]
6   Relax! Tell untruth ... more or less ... (3,6) LIE AROUND {LIE} {AROUND}
7   Stupid person's food? (6) NOODLE [DD]
8   Badly burn chilli hotdogs, for starters, for a late breakfast (6) BRUNCH {BURN*}{Ch...i}{Ho...g}
14 Labour unrest has started — can make super kits (7,2) STRIKES UP*
16 Listen! At first, the robin consumed pulse (5,4) HEART RATE {HEAR}{The} {Ro..n}{ATE}
17 King, peacekeepers and leaders of great fighting units formulated Wu Shu (4,2) KUNG FU {K}{UN}{Gr..t} {Fi...g}{Un..s}
18 19 twists after consuming bone in trees (7) DEODARS {ADDERS+O}* O/Bone? (Correction - {ADDER+OS}* - See comments)
20 Rob from ranch stock in the Wild West? That's sound! (6) RUSTLE [DD]
21 A Scotsman's chief animal (6) MONKEY {MON}{KEY}
24 Returning bird can be seen nesting in Dresden arcade (5) CRANE [T<=]
25 And others returned late (2,2) ET AL<=

GRID

Bhargav's Talepiece

The bouncer and the dancer - Part 94

A bright Sunday morning - 9 AM.

Clement was having his BRUNCH and watching KUNG-FU PANDA with his daughter. 

Uncle Sam came and told Clement that the MONKEY business of SS and his team had reared its ugly head yet again and they had annOUNCEd that the STRIKES UP.

Uncle Sam told Clement that this time the situation had to be PRAGMATICALLY handled. "We should not LIE AROUND doing nothing."

They quickly called Gombu to hatch a plan. Clement should call aside SS and talk to him AS THOUGH almost every demand of his would be met.

And then Gombu came up with his FAST TRACK solution which seemed to increase the HEART RATE of the other two. " We shall AVAIL the services of the Bengal TIGRESS (Kayal)  who will take care of SS within a week."

What happened next?