No 12387, Saturday 04 Aug 2018, Afterdark

Across

9. New interest rate to acquire vehicle by beginning of April? Bliss (7) NIRVANA {N}}I}{R}{VAN}{April}

10. Game for father and child; to collect raisins essentially (7) PACHISI {PA}{CH}{raISIns}

11. 3 + 6 = 9. One of them in the left hand side is equal to 0 according to a new head of department (7) OPERAND {O}{PER}{A}{N}{Department}

12. Clarify once — Freedom fighters with nuclear head can kidnap international leader (7) EXPLAIN {EX}{PLA}{International}{Nuclear}

13. A clue read on Sunday titillated interest, captivated sharply (9) ACROSTICS (Defn by example)

15. Suggestion from head office to avoid tax (5) GHOST {G{HO}ST}

16. Saw ranger in lead (7) PROVERB {P{ROVER{B}

19. Picture wise men following one nincompoop basically having drugs (7) IMAGINE {I}{MAGI}{Nincompoop}{E}

20. About to come back and take 50% of garment (5) COTTA {C}{TO<=}{TAke}

21. Decoy at school to absorb stress? Children fundamentally have disagreement (9) SCARECROW {S}{CARE}{Children}{ROW}

25. Old Spaniard to stay behind a river to meet Scotsman (7) IBERIAN {I}{BE}{R}{IAN}

26. Hungry? Pilaf at nine, served by collecting German currency (7) PFENNIG {PilaF}{NINE*}{G}

28. Asians, on weekend collect foreign currency; odd? On the contrary, madness (7) KOREANS {weeK}{ORE}{mAdNeSs}

29. could be Prime (7) INTEGER (DD)

Down

1. One good cab aggregator in country... (6) ANGOLA {AN}{G}{OLA}

2. ...is due to arrive after the beginning of year (6) ARREAR {ARR}[yEAR}

3. Feast in the central region of Nagaland (4) GALA (T)

4. I follow two letters of Mahatma (6) GANDHI {G}{AND}{H}{I}

5. Social event for media following a cocktail mid-air (5-3) APRES-SKI {A}{PRES-S}{cocK}{aIr}

6. Scoundrel stole dollars earlier by midnight in front of people (10) SCAPEGRACE {S}{CAPE}{niGht}{RACE}

7. Dish from European city, not served in a mess by lunchtime (8) RIGATONI {RIGA}{NOT*}{I}

8. Sketch of railway official given incorrectly to be put in front (8) VIGNETTE {GIVEN*}{TTE}

14. Lady's grandmother's popular for hiding goat often as a prank (10) SHENANIGAN {SHE}{NAN}{I{GoAt}N}

16. Game in Pakistan, neighbour almost participated on order (8) PACHINKO {PA{CHINa}K}{O}

17. Swear to destroy (8) OUTWEARS {SWEAR*} Reverse Anagram,  Defn leads to Outwear

18. Wrong to have frequent bets in transport industry (8) BUSINESS {BU{SIN}{bEtS}S}

22. Up, in between two adults, one is resting by the river with attendant (2,4) AU PAIR {A{U P}A}{I}{R}

23. Pull out of lopsided agreement, the gist of which has no meaning primarily (6) RENEGE {aGREEmENt}

24. Bets salary on roulettes, becomes pauper (6) WAGERS {WAGE}{RouletteS}

27. Some treat spaniels with snacks (4) EATS (T)

Reference List
New=N, Interest=I, Rate=R, Father=Pa, Child=Ch, 0=O, Once=Ex, Freedom Fighters=PLA (People's liberation army), Head office=HO, Tax=GST, Lead=Pb(Plumbum), Drugs=E(Ecstasy), About=C(Circa), A=I(A=One=I), River=R, Scotsman=Ian, German=G
One=An, Good=G, Cab Aggregator=Ola, Arrive=Arr, Dollars=S, Lunchtime=I, Railway official=TTE, Lady=She, Popular=In, Order=O, Adult=A, One=I, River=R

Colour/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

GRID

Bhargav's Talepiece

The bouncer and the dancer - Part 97

Clement's SHENANIGANS didn't seem to work.

Vain ran* the GALA NIRVANA offer! Didn't have a GHOST of a chance!!

However Clement had a strong will. And as the PROVERB goes, where there is a will there is a way.

BUSINESS minded Clement came to know that the officer's son was ever on the look out for coins to be added to his collection.  He went to the officer's house with some rare PFENNIGS, GANDHI 5 Rupees coins and many more.

No WAGERS as to what happened next.

Anyone can IMAGINE that!!