No 12752, Friday 11 October 2019, Afterdark

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ACROSS
1 This load should be placed on floor after finishing work early at the beginning of day (9,6) CROSSWORD PUZZLE [CROSS +  WORk + Day + PUZZLE]
9 Humorous temperament of Doc, JNU mistook (6) JOCUND [DOC JNU]*
10 For/against India gutting cattle in region? (8) PROVINCE [PRO + Versus + INdia + CattlE]
11 Cops finally pull out illegal passenger (8) STOWAWAY [copS + TOW AWAY]
14 Side is equal? Lacks substance to match (6) ELEVEN [EquaL + EVEN]
17 Shed tears going over account receivables, struggle in crossing losses at the end leading to taking over to future years (13) CARRYFORWARDS [CRY outside Accout Receivables + WAR inside FORD + losseS]
20 Organized reunions; come without uniform in casual (13) UNCEREMONIOUS [REUNIONS COME* outside Uniform]
23 Add former lover in network (6) PLEXUS [PLUS outside EX]

25 Parts of chair found in an empty room's excess (seconds) (8) ARMRESTS [A + RooM + REST + Seconds]
28 Bread, half cake and some yoghurt distributed at dawn (8) DAYBREAK [BREAD + cAKe + Yoghurt]*
29 Bird's chant cut short, to continue later (6) DRONGO [DRONe + GO]

30 Chemical Engineer's thesis is essentially on oriental food product (9,6) PROCESSED CHEESE [Anno pending] From the setter : ChE is an abbreviation for Chemical Engineer (reference Free Dictionary). Idea was that when you get ChE + ES + E, you have processed Cheese

DOWN
2 Resting places at one corner of Rajkot have nothing, nothing on street on Sunday (6) ROOSTS [Rajkot + 0 + 0 + STreet + Sunday]
3 Indian woman reduces figure by one third weight... (5) SQUAW [SQUAre + Weight] Why use a word marked as offensive in the dictionaries?!
4 ...one who lost her husband at the start of World War (vow taken in the middle) (5) WIDOW [World War outside I DO]
5 Reimburse agent? Yes but not fully (5) REPAY [REP + AYe]
6 Inventor is person of Indian origin, born at Raichur primarily (7) PIONEER [Person of Indian Origin + NEE + Raichur]
7 Publish last letter first on European country (5) ZAIRE [Z + AIR + European]

8 Peter loses power, new leader is egregious, heartless — causes to last forever (9) ETERNISES [pETER + New + IS + EgregiouS]
12 Frame is excellent, right? Base stronger at the end (5) AIRER [A-1 + Right + E + strongeR]
13 Sailor yearns at the shores, miles from depth (5) ABYSM [AB + YearnS + Miles]
15 Organism that is the source of very injurious, rabid unhealthy strain (5) VIRUS [Acrostic]
16 US President is against journalist; you hear pressure is contrived (7-2) TRUMPED-UP [TRUMP + ED + ~you + Pressure]
17 Order to evacuate city college left educator at the gate (5) CYCLE [CitY + College + Left + Educator]
18 Maybe landlord is new or misrepresented (5) OWNER [NEW OR]*
19 One who courts women holding glasses with beer (half of it) (5) WOOER [Women + 0-0 + beER]
21 Each street has debris, even on festivals (7) EASTERS [EAch + STreet + dEbRiS]
22 School gates fixed leading to steps (6) STAGES [School + GATES*]
24 Vessel is deluxe, becarpeted inside (5) XEBEC [T]

25 Joint held by bank leased (5) ANKLE [T]
26 After dark, investigators counter doctor (5) MEDIC [ME + CID<=] Same problem as yesterday. After dark is not Afterdark!
27 Arouse lady, feed love, okay? (5) EVOKE [EVE outside 0 + K]