No 12381, Saturday 28 Jul 2018, Neyartha

Across

1. (with 5 Ac.) I accept corn for roasting in a special circle parallel to 12 Ac. (6,2) TROPIC OF CANCER {I ACCEPT CORN FOR*}
5. See 1 Ac. (6)
9. Desires, after losing the opener, to slip away inside to find some bovids (9) ANTELOPES {wANT{ELOPE}S}
11. Letters from a lecturer unable to compete again in an election (5) RERUN (T)
12. Zero latitude to place fish eggs from the east around a chewable leaf (7) EQUATOR {ROE<=} around {QUAT}
14. No benefit from scoring one (3,4) OWN GOAL (CD)
15. Yours truly tore noisy quilt draped around the uniform in an unjust manner (12) INIQUITOUSLY {I}{NOISY QUILT*} around {U}
17. Herb said to be behind the response to something that increases with alcohol intake (8,4) REACTION TIME {REACTION}{~THYME}
20. Leftover bit from the tirade interrupted by the men at sea (7) REMNANT {R{MEN*}ANT}
22. I give a sudden push in retreat to the Bengali checking in with a dog (7) BASENJI {{JAB}{I}<=} around {SEN}

23. Note, half in Arabic, on an ornament for the head (5) TIARA {TI}{ARAbic}
24. Can he allow rude aliens bribing a naive conductor originally on an old bus? (9) CHARABANC (Acrostic)

26. Metal worker with a rolling add-on for furniture (6) CASTER (DD)
27. Upset typesetter cut short missing Yankee's musical composition (8) SEPTETTE {TyPESETTEr*}

Down

1. Time to take out the German leader in a road-levelling machine to find a merchant (6) TRADER {(-g+T)RADER}
2. Strange-looking virus to be made conspicuous (9) OBTRUSIVE {VIRUS+TO+BE}
3. Weak Greek character discarded a pungent pepper after a roll-back (3) ILL {chiLLI<=}
4. Top trip cousin planned is self-seeking (13) OPPORTUNISTIC {TOP TRIP COUSIN*}
6. Dangerous reactions involving gold leading to the science of flying machines (11) AERONAUTICS {REACTIONS*} around {AU}
7. Oscar goes after concealing the shipment (5) CARGO (T)
8. Hurried to get on top of the large deer coming up to annoy (6) RANKLE {RAN}{ELK<=}
10. Reduce speed after filming an estate car (8,5) SHOOTING BRAKE {SHOOTING}{BRAKE}

13. A chatty waiter, one cooking to get the water out and find the salt (11) THIOCYANATE {A CHATTY waIter ONE*}
16. Ambush's a result of fiction in the reported impact (3,2,4) LIE IN WAIT {LIE}{IN}{~WEIGHT}
18. Volunteers making way for the king lacking motor coordination with an American overshoe (6) ARCTIC {A(-ta+R)CTIC}
19. Go around with an unofficial association (6) CIRCLE (DD)
21. Healthy finances result from living within this (5) MEANS (CD)
25. Insect found by model going down to bake in the sun (3) ANT {(-t)AN(+T)}

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