No 13278, Saturday 19 Jun 2021, Kriskross

 Across

1 Provides online jokes (6) EQUIPS {E-QUIPS}
4 Determined ship, caught in stormy seas near England, evacuated (8) ASSESSED {SEAS*} around {SS}{EnglanD}
10 Bird is calm, eating baked bread (9) REDBREAST {RE{BREAD*}ST}

11 Breakfast food perfectly wrapped — sausages, primarily (5) TOAST {TO A {Sausages} T}
12 Use prop when playing role (7) PURPOSE {USE+PROP*}
13 Student inside saw murder (7) SLAYING {S{L}AYING}
14 Greeting with a look and a laugh (5) ALOHA {A}{LO}{HA}
15 Titles of leaders in Europe saluting Gandhi perhaps (8) HEADINGS {Europe+Saluting+GANDHI*}
18 Project about cutting a group of trees (8) FORECAST {FORE{CA}ST}
20 Inert compound becoming explosive (5) NITRE {INERT*}
23 Group of stars beginning to panic, say, like you and me (7) PEGASUS {Panic}{EG}{AS}{US}
25 Change direction of tour, moving east (7) REROUTE {RE}{TOUR*}{E}
26 Quarrel in royal marriage, without love... (3-2) RUN-IN {R}{UNIoN}
27 ... you can annul, finally, formally signing and separating (9) UNLINKING {yoU}{caN}{annuL}{INKING}
28 An air of finality (4,4) SWAN SONG (CD)
29 Jack, trapped, avoided check-in at the terminal and flew (6) JETTED {J}{nETTED}

Down

1 German possibly exchanging a rupee note, half torn (8) EUROPEAN {A+RUPEE+NOte*}
2 Essentially new, ground-breaking experience (7) UNDERGO {nEw+GROUND*}
3 Riddle somewhat improper for a teenager (9) PERFORATE (T)
5 Catalysts for industrial innovations initially worked well (14) SATISFACTORILY {CATALYSTS+FOR+Industrial+Innovations*}
6 More of old retro music, say (5) EXTRA {EX}{ART<=}
7 Son eating a small slice (7) SHAVING {S}{HAVING}
8 Perform on dais, forgetting opening of script — it’s senility (6) DOTAGE {DO}{sTAGE}
9 New nurse hated mask — attracts attention (5,5,4) MAKES HEADS TURN {NURSE+HATED+MASK*}
16 Canoeing vigorously around river — they say it is bliss (9) IGNORANCE {CANOEING*} around {R}
17 Embarrassed about game lost in the end, girl fought back (8) REVENGED {R{EVENt}{G}ED}
19 Member reaches South Africa to get material (7) ORGANZA {ORGAN}{ZA}
21 Visitor knocked out before bar's closing time in Bengaluru (7) TOURIST {OUT*}{baR}{IST}
22 Excuses small cuts (6) SPARES {S}{PARES}
24 King overwhelmed by wrongdoings, dies (5) SINKS {SIN{K}S}

 

Reference List

Ship=SS, Student=L, About=Ca, Say=Eg, Like=As, You and me=Us, Of=Re, East=E, Royal=R, Love=O, Jack=J
Old=Ex, Son=S, River=R, Girl=G, South Africa=Za, Time in Bengaluru=IST, Small=S. King=K

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