No 12640, Friday 31 May 2019, Neyartha

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Speedaway with Neyartha today

ACROSS
7   Champion oddly welcomes an Italian operatic composer after cutting short a drink of coffee (10) CAPPUCCINO {PUCCINi} in {ChAmPiOn}
9   Yours truly misplaced a valuable metal disc's picture (4) ICON (+i)ICO(-i)N
10 Democrat initially bends backward to gather information on the inexpensive cut of meat (5-3) SCRAG-END {De...t}{ARCS}<= over {GEN}

11 Some of Kalki's methods are a fatalist's concern (6) KISMET [T]
12 Right to get rid of the line in a shade of black on the cavalry sword (5) SABRE SAB(-l+r)RE
13 Transition to a fruit leading to a wild run? (2,7)  GO BANANAS GOB{ANANAS} Anno not clear (Addendum - {GO}{BANANAS) - See comments)
14 Playing pace upsets legislator's sit out (7) ALLEGRO LEGisLAtOR*
17 Gangster in front of a farm building getting power from a drink (7) ALCOPOP {AL}{CO{P}OP}
20 Train the man to welcome the tense revolutionary behind the wall-less cabin (9) HABITUATE {H{cABIn}(TAUT<=}E}
22 Choose to add to the family, potentially overnight? (5) ADOPT [MD?] [DD] See comments
25 Playing pace of Virginia besieged by a moral weakness (6) VIVACE {VI{VA}CE}
26 Grape variety found by a Greek character in front of a derelict castle (8) MUSCATEL {MU}{CASTLE*} The grape variety is MUSCAT and MUSCATEL is the wine produced from these grapes.
27 Undeniably gross-looking iguana initially seen on a citrus fruit (4) UGLI Acrostic

28 Returned a lower amount recently after a note to create a mosaic (10) TESSELLATE {TE}{LESS<=}{LATE}

DOWN
1   Vehicle instrument panel found on a board over a shopfront (6) FASCIA [DD]
2   Rocky debris with chromium spotted inside a German lake (5) SCREE {S{CR}EE}
3   Vocal legatee with a right to enter the upended container to get the parachute delivery (3-4) AIR-DROP (~heir){AIR}{PO{R}D<=}
4   A mixed drink for the knight wearing crumpled calico (8) COCKTAIL {COC{KT}AIL*}
5   One tucking into a well-prepared feast in an elaborate party (6) FIESTA {F{1}ESTA*}
6   Playing pace gets the calm Asian at the bottom expelled by a circular letter (8) MODERATO MODERAT(-e+o)O
8   I repair, after aimless wandering, to a grassy plain (7) PRAIRIE*
15 Energy spent after the Pole decamps with the fermentation agents' residue (8) LEAVINGS LEAVenINGS
16 Potentially fatal Russian game? (8) ROULETTE [CD]
18 Eccentric's audible cry after getting evenly loaded (7) ODDBALL {lOaDeD}{BALL}(~bawl)
19 One encountered northbound bridge opponents after I entered the record (7) ITEMISE {1}{MET<=}{I}{SE}
21 Style of handwriting in the letters from the hospital ICU (6) ITALIC [T]
23 Playing pace depicted in a torn poster (6) PRESTO*
24 Doorkeeper removing a perambulator's top (5) USHER pUSHER

Reference List
Right = R, Line = L, Power = P, Note = TE, Knight = KT, Asian = E, Energy = E, Pole = N, Bridge opponents = S, E,

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