No 12919, Saturday 25 Apr 2020, Gridman

Day 32 of 40 Stay safe at home

ACROSS
1   Play golf with a retired prime minister — it’s illuminating (7) FOGLAMP {GOLF*}{A}{PM<=}
5   Sidestepped car at end of road (6) DODGED {DODGE}{roaD}
9   Expel second? Not right! (5) EJECT {rEJECT}
10 Grown-ups upset about eastern Internet forum (9) NEWSGROUP {GROWNUPS*} about {E}
11 Actors adopt a name for a game (7) CANASTA {C{A}{N}AST}{A} I do not think 'for' is an appropriate connector between pieces of a charade. What do others think?
12 Stitch repeatedly as announced by what’s-his-name (2-3-2) SO-AND-SO {~SEW AND SEW}
13 Individual without a shade of superiority yet a dictator (5) PERON {PERsON}
14 One coming in again on medical department’s complaint (9) REENTRANT {RE}{ENT}{RANT}
16 Email circulated about Europe’s every other crab disease (9) LEUCAEMIA {EMAIL*} around {EU}{CrAb}
19 Keen about radical leader’s foreword (5) INTRO {INT{Radical}O|
21 One making an arrest is a small-time policeman with no chief present (7) STOPPER {S}{T}{cOPPER}
23 I am covering wise men’s movement in poetry (7) IMAGISM {I{MAGIS}M}
24 Soothing one ill-met unfortunately (9) EMOLLIENT {ONE+ILL+MET*}
25 Stop at giving directions to professor (3,2) END ON {E}{N}{D ON}
26 Great to move around youth and dance wildly (6) GYRATE {GREAT*} around {Y}
27 Small, extremely handy cape, in reserve (7) SHYNESS {S}{HandY}{NESS}

DOWN
1   Bilingual editor put a gloss (6-8) FRENCH-POLISHED {FRENCH}{POLISH}{ED}
2   One gathers force less bulky (7) GLEANER {G}{LEANER}
3   Skilled worker escapes from a strain (7) ARTISAN {A+STRAIN*}
4   Writer to identify Hindu god with star shape (9) PENTAGRAM {PEN}{TAG}{RAM}
5   Duke holds title to hills (5) DOWNS {D}{OWNS}
6   Vehicle to follow another vehicle on time (7) DOGCART {DOG}{CAR}{T}
7   Next Nordic lad stripped introductions (7) EXORDIA {nEXt}{nORDIc}{lAd}
8   Divisions force revamping of a prominent post (14) APPORTIONMENTS {A+PROMINENT+POST*}
15 Wastes time — a case is handled inappropriately (9) EMACIATES {TIME+A+CASE*}
17 You are to get old record on unknown medical study (7) UROLOGY {U}{R}{O}{LOG}{Y}
18 In the morning draw a sacred vessel (7) AMPULLA {AM}{PULL}{A}

19 Altering any line without reason (7) INANELY {ANY+LINE*}
20 Time for wee twist (7) TWIDDLE {T}{WIDDLE} Anno is correct? See comments
22 One of Chaucer’s pilgrims heartily agreed with woman (5) REEVE {agREed}{EVE}

Reference List

Right=R, Eastern=E, Name=N, Medical department=ENT, Europe=EU, Small=S, Youth=Y, Force=G, Duke=D, Time=T, Unknown=Y

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Dr RKE's TalePiece

Prof. Andre PERON Leblanc, was the moderator for a seminar in the EXORDIUM of the European Congress of UROLOGY at Basle, Switzerland. He spoke in POLISHED English but one could detect a faint FRENCH accent. He called each of the panelists to stage, giving a brief INTRO, saying something like "Prof. SO-AND-SO, is a leading authority on the anatomy of the AMPULLA  of the vas deferens" etc. He gently reminded the speakers to stick to their APPORTIONMENTS of time, 10 minutes each. 

Juan CANASTA, from Rio de Janeiro was the show STOPPER of the day. He had only a tourist visa and not a proper conference visa, but he had DODGED the immigration officials and made it to the conference on time. Off stage, Juan appeared to be a man of SHYNESS, TWIDDLing the laser pointer nervously. The audience leaned back expecting him to speak INANELY. But, once he took to the podium, he became transformed, orating with such clarity and authority, holding the listeners spell-bound. Juan knew that a good lecture must END ON time and that a great lecture must finish just before time. His last slide was at 9m55s after start and he came DOWN from the stage to a thunderous applause. 

May be it was the strain of travel or the stress of having to perform well  or the excitement of the adulation, Juan had a sudden attack of palpitations for a few minutes. How was he, a urologist, to know then that he had just had a spell of REENTRANT tachycardia? When he learnt later of this diagnosis from a cardiology colleague, he was rather relieved because he had braced himself for a far worse diagnosis like LEUCAEMIA. After all doctors make the worst patients, as they say. The recurrent palpitations got controlled with medication and he is back as the administrator of the Urology International, a NEWSGROUP.