No 13199, Friday 19 Mar 2021, Gussalufz

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ACROSS

1   Take off warm Nairobi tunic, finally, after mile one (5) MIMIC {warM}{n...bI}{t..iC}<=>{M}{1}

4   So, “Paradise Lost” fails to mention English migrant communities? (9) DIASPORAS {SO+PARADISe}*

9   Turn your back on gentle waves circling about (7) NEGLECT {NEGLE{C}T*}

10 Insect’s key recognition sense contraption, essentially (7) ANTENNA {ANT}{kEy}{r..gNi..n}{seNse}{c...rAp...n} &lit

11 Run away with diamonds, hiding in backward country joint (6) ABDUCT {AB{D}UC<=}{T}

12 Girl finished study after coming back and ran (8) GOVERNED {G}{OVER}{DEN<=}

14 A piece of cake became a symbol, to some extent (4) EASY [T]

15 First in running — in dream run (10) ADMINISTER {1ST} in {IN+DREAM}* 

18 “Dissolve rouble” (call of hard working labourers) (4-6)  BLUE-COLLAR*

19 Run, champion, run! (4) RACE {R}ACE}

22 The most obvious drug embraced by criminal cartels (8) CLEAREST {CL{E}AREST*}

24 They might help with transitions, when heart-throbs get married crossing fifty (6) MOVERS {lOVERS}<=>{M}

26 Miles toiled, wasted and bygone (3-4) OLD-TIME {M+TOILED}*

27 Man, a loser represented me — this loser! (4-3) ALSO-RAN {mAN+A+LOSeR}*

28 Another night’s rest gives one advantages (9) STRENGTHS*

29 Relative speed of light follows Newton’s first — that is incontrovertible, ultimately (5) NIECE {C} after {N}{IE}{C} and {i...lE}

DOWN

1   Including a couple of degrees in false name is not natural (7) MANMADE {MAN{MA}{D}E*}

2   But his mind was gloomy, regularly, after returning to capital (9) MOGADISHU {bUt+HiS+mInD+wAs+GlOoMy}<=

3   Company miscalculates, sounding like bully (6) COERCE {CO}{ERCE}(~errs)

4   Figures found at art exhibits (4) DATA [T]

5   A part of a molecule having one incomplete ring of structure (10) ANATOMICAL {AN}{ATOM}{1}{CALl}

6   Poor way to refer to uprising (8) PATHETIC {PATH}{CITE<=}

7   Rather unusually, nine o’clock news starts without an intervening break (3-2) RUN-ON Acrostic

8   Cast doubts on rotating spacecrafts (7) SLANDER (+s)SLANDER(-s)

13 Youth party steeped in beer smell (10) ADOLESCENT {A{DO}LE}{SCENT}

16 Loathsome person, say, at liberty to discharge force within limits (2,1,6) TO A DEGREE {TOAD}{EG}{fREE}

17 Some mollusc, or pioneer predator? (8) SCORPION [T]

18 Draws second-rate topless figures (7) BECKONS {B}{rECKONS}

20 Her consensus: he returns every now and then for meat (7) ESSENCE {hEr+CoNsEnSuS+hE}<=

21 Broken lens, frames: glasses for free (6) LOOSEN {L{OO}SEN*}

23 Cherry that is rising? Duck! (5) EIDER {RED}{IE}<=

25 Bowlers, possibly hurrying Australian test squad openers (4) HATS Acrostic

Reference List

Mile = M, English = E, About = C, Diamonds = D, Joint = T, Girl = G, Run = R, Drug = E(Ecstacy), Married = M, Fifty = L, Speed of light = C, Degrees = MA and D, Company = CO, Party = DO, Force = F