No 13164, Saturday 06 Feb 2021, Afterdark

 Across

1 Charges a leading crook; copper’s having a final list of charged items (11) ACCUSATIONS {A}{Crook}{CU'S}{A}{lisT}{IONS}

9 Last stone carved with direct message in it (7) ENDMOST {STONE*} around {DM}

10 When the best return after taking half of Europe, they get a landmass (7) EURASIA {EURope}{AS}{AI<=}

11 Settled with daughter, we have little time (5) DWELT {D}{WE}{L}{T} Little=L?

12 A date, fair, modern, good and accommodating (9) ADJUSTING {A}{D}{JUST}{IN}{G}

13 A sound or two, almost one gun, maybe not one (5) TWANG {TWo}{AN}{Gun}

15 People from Cairo tying apes, beating up (9) EGYPTIANS {TYING+APES*}

18 Happy as model is fine, that is desirable to begin with (9) SATISFIED {SAT}{IS}{F}{IE}{Desirable}

21 Fresh tea at the start of lunch, at the last coffee (5) LATTE {TEA+Lunch+aT*}

22 Sorry, it’s slow, four runs? Out (9) SORROWFUL {SLOW+FOUR+R*}

24 Cat on rebound lost its head (5) OUNCE {bOUNCE}

26 A bit of duct tape fixed on the corner of charger, a household implement (7) ADAPTER {A}{Duct}{TAPE*}{chargeR}

27 Spanish noble concealed a large order (7) HIDALGO {HID}{A}{LG}{O}

28 Perhaps Charles has concern with PR issued about India (5-6) CROWN-PRINCE  {CONCERN+W+PR*} about {I}  Thanks Col. for the anno

Down

1 An almost new storage device to keep notes (not new) on stories (9) ANECDOTES {A}{NEw}{CD}{nOTES}

2 Bum in rascal’s company (5) CADGE {CAD}{GE}

3 Low times leading to inadequacies (9) SHORTAGES {SHORT}{AGES}

4 Say, measure bird’s speed (7) TITRATE {TIT}{RATE}

5 6 balls faced by Jack, only to find edges; delight (7) OVERJOY {OVER}{J}{OnlY}

6 Types in the way indicated and retweets (5) SORTS {SO}{RTS}

7 When last word comes up, worker becomes hopeful (8) ASPIRANTS {AS}{RIP<=}{ANTS}

8 One in Singapore crooned (4) SANG {S{AN}G}

14 Perhaps a main road featuring in, say, movie episode after commencement (8) ARTERIAL {ART}{sERIAL}

16 Difficult task primarily, to everyone collecting gold, diamond; exchequer is empty (4,5) TALL ORDER {To}{ALL} {OR}{D}{ExchequeR}

17 Say, Waugh rode haphazardly to unload cargo (9) STEVEDORE {STEVE}{RODE*}

19 Presume nuclear bomb (second) created a wildfire (7) INFERNO {INFER}{N}{bOmb}

20 Party record; first had one, followed by number of fish (7) DOLPHIN {DO}{LP}{Had}{I}{N}

22 Braise artichoke partly and brown (4) SEAR (T)

23 Operation on twitch related to the eye (5) OPTIC {OP}{TIC}

25 Fabric new, only wrinkled (5) NYLON {N}{ONLY*}

 

Reference List

Copper=Cu, Direct message=DM, The  best=AI(A-One), Daughter=D, Time=T, Date=D, Modern=In, Good=G, One=An, One=Un, Fine=F, That is=I.e., Runs=R, Large=Lg, Order=O, With=W, India=I
An=A, Storage device=CD, New=N, Company=G.E., Jack=J, Retweets=RTs, Last word=RIP, Worker=Ant, One=An, Singapore=SG, Gold=Or, Diamond=D, Nuclear=N, Party=Do, Record=LP, One=I, Number=N, Operation=Op, New=N

Colour/Font Scheme

Definition, Solution, Component letters, Embedded links, Theme word,  Reference list 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