No 13121, Thursday 17 Dec 2020, Karaoke

Solution to 22A has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only by a non-regular / novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.

ACROSS

1   Top women in air force leaving? Blow a fuse! (6) BLOUSE {BLOw+a+fUSE}

5   Doctor examined skeleton (8) SAWBONES {SAW}{BONES}

9   It’s a pleasure to write music on everything without tune ultimately (3,2,3) NOT AT ALL {NOTATe}{ALL}

10 Cure from extreme dysentery (6) REMEDY [T]

11 Diarist scribbled after snake plant (10) ASPIDISTRA {ASP}{DIARIST*}

12 Slight help when this is difficult to crack (4) HINT [CD]

13 Maybe Santa Barbara located in Hope Ranch? (5) OPERA [T]

14 Upper class peer essentially gets a jawbreaker perhaps (6) TOFFEE {TOFF}{pEEr}

17 Fabricate a new word about American relative (6) COUSIN {CO{US}IN}

19 Dry or wet, she cares and runs out on time at last (5) NURSE {RUNS*}{timE}

22 Uncovered and cried out loud reportedly (4) ?A?D (Addendum - BALD (~bawled) - See comments))

24 Resemblance of lithium developed inside without hydrogen (10) SIMILITUDE {SI{LIThIUM*}DE}

25 Millions robbed in business by force (6) COERCE COmmERCE

26 Rap and disco dancing now and then (8) SPORADIC*

27 Setters’ revised notes exclude key reminders of past events (8) MEMENTOS {ME}{ME}{NOTeS*}

28 Aim to move behind revolutionary spy (6) TARGET {GET}<=>{RAT<=}

DOWN

2   Hotels demolished on the mountain peak (6) LHOTSE*

3   None objecting to ancient system of medical treatment on rat mostly (9) UNANIMOUS {UNANI}{MOUSe}

4   Devious lady gets back work permit (7) EVASIVE {EV{VISA<=}E}

5   Recompenses for jettisoning barrel from sailboat at sea (7) SOLATIA SAILbOAT*

6   Assurance in battle-cry (7) WARRANT {WAR}{RANT}

7   Personal magnetism of lawmaker drowned in expression of pleasure (5) OOMPH {OO{MP}H}

8   Send ranger after decapitation in compromise (8) ENDANGER {sEND}{rANGER}

15 You don’t need equipment to see channels of Eritrea in trouble! (4,2,3) FREE TO AIR* 

16 Cultivating hanepoot? That will never happen (3,1,4) NOT A HOPE*

18 It will present no problems if beak is watery, I hear (2,5) NO SWEAT (~ nose wet)

19 Siemens engineer is an unbeatable opponent (7) NEMESIS*

20 Reject lure (4,3) RULE OUT {LURE}* [RA]

21 Look up to exotic mermaid leaving stream finally (6) ADMIRE mERMAID*

23 Mournful song when ridge collapsed (5) DIRGE*

Reference List

Women in the Air Force = WAF, Hydrogen = H, Million = M, Barrel = B