No 13087, Saturday 07 Nov 2020, Afterdark

 ACROSS

1   Fail to honour some pair (5,1,7) BREAK A PROMISE {SOME+PAIR*} Reverse Anagram    

10 Criminal made a mistake kidnapping female? Granted (9) CONFERRED {CON}{F}{ERRED}

11 Abundant vegetation in meadow, fully empty (5) LEAFY {LEA}{FullY}

12 Chosen with ease reportedly to stay liberal at court (5) ELECT {E{L}E}{CT} ~EASE=EE

13 Planes are moored somehow at this place? (9) AERODROME {ARE+MORRED*} &lit  {ARE+MOORED*} &lit See comments

14 Read about right around to become strong (6) STURDY {STU{R<=}DY} Anno is correct?

16 For e.g. women clothed are lean (4) SWAY {S{W}AY}

19 Essentially boasting on wine (4) ASTI (T)

20 Endless traffic jams? Tax! (6) TARIFF {TRAFFIc*}

25 Puma store managed to be a longest running show in London (9) MOUSETRAP {PUMA+STORE*}

26 Hurts that country’s pushing South to the end (5) PAINS {(-s)PAIN(+S)}

27 Bowler takes breather in the beginning (5) LUNGI {LUNGI}{In}

28 Detailed talk behind electronic laboratory (9) ELABORATE {E}{LAB}{ORATE}

29 Days after rift, café closed early and moved the ones guiding in the streets (7,6) TRAFFIC LIGHTS {RIFT+CAFe*}{LIGHTS}

DOWN

2   Complete news on run coming up in the second position... (6-2) RUNNER-UP {RUN}{{PURE}{N}<=} Anno correct? News=N?

3   ... regarding a specialist (5) ANENT {AN}{ENT}

4   Ventilation route found in staircase (6) AIRWAY Anno not clear, part of STAIRWAY?

5   Embarrassed to be angry on humanitarian organisation (3,5) RED CROSS {RED}{CROSS}

6   Soppy show, endless music and crowd getting agitated primarily (9) MELODRAMA {MELODy}{RAM}{Agitated}

7   Sailor’s aged, so suffers (3,3) SEA DOG {AGED+SO*}

8   Entry in account’s less, should have hundred instead of fifty... (6) ACCESS {AC}{(-l+C)ESS}

9   ... entered and sorted? (5) TYPED (DD)

15 Doubt that cop’s boy corrupted file after consuming drug (9) DISBELIEF {DI}{S}{B}+{FILE*} around {E}

17 Country was in double-digit inflation at the beginning — British PM (8) DISRAELI {Double-digit}{ISRAEL}{Inflation}

18 Watchful as at six, huge lake breached in (8) VIGILANT {VI}{GI{L}ANT}

21 Infect or take care of, leave out nothing, administer drug (6) FESTER { Fo{E}STER}

22 Comprehend that a business segment has to take large loans first (5) SMELL {SME}{L}{Loans}

23 Soldier is enduring trouble without Delta unit (6) GUNNER {ENdURiNG*}

24 Being feverish, wraps second blanket to stretch (6) SPRAWL {WRAPS*} around {bLanket}

26 Point in press release is not good. Has nothing in it (5) PRONG {PR}{O}{N}{G}

 

Reference List

Female=F, Liberal=L, Court=Ct, Right=R, Women=W, South=S, Electronic=E, A=An, Specialist=ENT, Hundred=C, Fifty=L, Boy=B, Drug=E(Ecstasy), Six=VI, Lake=L, Nothing=O, Business Segment=SME, Large=L, Delta=D, Unit=I

 

Colour/Font Scheme

Definition, Solution, Component letters, Embedded links, Theme word,  Anagram Indicator, C/C indicator, Reversal Indicator, Hidden word Indicator, Letter Pick indicator, Deletion Indicator, Homophone Indicator, Movement Indicator, Positional Indicator, Substitution, Indicator, Opposite indicator, Link/Connector, Extraneous