No 13134, Friday 01 Jan 2021, Afterdark

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ACROSS

9   Articles about organised crime in country, perhaps (7) AMERICA {A}{CRIME*}{A}

10 Commercial about Robert, censored first, edited and suspended (7) ABORTED {A{rOBERT*}D}

11 Qualifies to nurse a baby, first at house winning accolade at the end (7) ENABLES {EN}{A}{Baby}{L{a...dE}S}

12 Fusion, Kamal gamingly included (7) AMALGAM [T]

13 Our neighbour is a pianist, takes one thousand after play (9) PAKISTANI {A+PIANIST}* over {K}

15 Say, Hugo’s son’s dirty to the extremes is advancing (5) DYSON {SON}<=>{DirtY}

16 A saint and a count lost in the middle (7) APOLLOS {A}{POLL}{lOSt}

19 Recon missions — heard you are in new shift on Sunday (7) SHUFTIS {SH{U(~you)}FTI*}{S}

20 Breaks run, finishes... (5) RENDS {R}{ENDS}

21 ... in bed having fractured ankle bone, perhaps covered (9) BLANKETED {B{ANKLE*}{T}ED}

25 Dish made with rava, one that could substitute another with oil sprinkled (7) RAVIOLI {RAV(-a+1)I}{OLI*}

26 Uses strategies to back me to the top (7) EMPLOYS {PLOYS}<=>{ME<=}

28 Warning for Harry Potter to stop illusion ultimately (7) PORTENT {PORTE{i...oN}T*}

29 It’s indispensable these days; tea with redheads keeping company (7) CHARGER {CHA}{Re...d}{GE}{Re...d}

DOWN

1   Invented a cheese, say (4,2) MADE UP {EDAM}<=

2   Restored boat in a city (6) NEWARK {NEW}{ARK}

3   Jack’s partner is unwell after taking some juice (4) JILL {ILL}<=>{Ju..e}

4   Last function, Australia’s host; creates disgust (6) NAUSEA {f...oN}{AU}{SEA}

5   Wages at South America low — a sign? (8) SALARIES {SA}{L}{ARIES}

6   Say, Bradman scored zero; what a character (6,4) DONALD DUCK {DONALD}{DUCK}

7   Representation of Gates... (5,3) STAGE SET {GATES}* [RA]

8   ... assortment of funny guys, teams without substance (8) ODDMENTS {ODD}{MEN}{TeamS}

14 Vendors of beers, bit of weed behind school receive warning (10) SALESWOMEN {ALES}{Weed}<=>{S} and{OMEN}

16 Type of assistance during floods as road rips (8) AIRDROPS*

17 Perhaps a dog? Move in, or run away (8) OMNIVORE*

18 Gravity in orbit? Yes, in a different way (8) SOBRIETY*

22 Fine morning enriches often... (6) AMERCE {AM}{EnRiChEs}

23 ... in between, some rain interferes however (6) THOUGH THrOUGH

24 See, front door key’s rusty at the edges (6) DESCRY {Door}{ESC}{RustY}

27 Runs away with pearl ring (4) PEAL PEArL

Reference List

Commercial = AD, Nurse = EN, House = LS(Lok Sabha), Thousand = K, Sunday = S, Run = R, Bone = T(T-bone), Tea = CHA, Redheads = R, Low = L, School = S