No 13301, Friday 16 Jul 2021, Afterdark

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ACROSS

1   Seen in Thrissur, in America and another country (8) SURINAME [T]

5   Father has one child in belly? (6) PAUNCH {PA}{UN}{CH}

10 Gasp; icecream held is now jelly (5) ASPIC [T]

11 Most daring facing pressure? Most successful too (9) PLUCKIEST {P}{LUCKIEST}

12 Perhaps a wader on galloping horse, try to trap horse in the middle (9) SHOREBIRD {HORSE*}{BI{hoRse}D}

13 Musical work, enchanter pouring soul out on centre stage (5) OPERA {OP}{En...eR}{stAge} Semi&lit

14 Original construction, nothing new — a drilling platform (3,3) OIL RIG ORIGInaL*

15 Battered ego? Clue to make a poem (7) ECLOGUE*

18 Gun jams, high class specialist has a remedy (7) UNGUENT {GUN*}{U}{ENT}

20 Second class cricket match, lousy lacking substance in person (6) BODILY {B}{ODI}{LousY}

22 Boy, ladies can mix up; peak (5) BLANC {B}{L}{CAN*}

24 Make up for temperature, get ice; not cold? Add a bit more simultaneously (2,3,4) AT ONE TIME {ATONE}{T}{Ic{More)E) What's the role of 'temperature'? See comments

25 Samples in glasses worn by Indian soldiers (9) SPECIMENS {SPEC{I}{MEN}S}

26 Upgrade old one, loveseat worn out inside (5) EXALT {EX}{A}{Lo...aT}

27 Longs for time with heartless son; returns (6) YEARNS {YEAR}{SoN<=}

28 Ape, a monkey primarily, it’s seen on a hill (8) IMITATOR {1}{Mo...y}{IT}{A}{TOR}

DOWN

1   Son to make sense of slight (6) SPARSE {S}{PARSE}

2   Agent all over the place expressing displeasure (9) REPROVING {REP}{ROVING}

3   Unclear on a collision, perhaps (7,8) NUCLEAR REACTION {UNCLEAR}* [RA]

4   Cleaning is man’s work, reach out (7) MOPPING {M}{OP}{PING}

6   Last word about, about awareness; time for response (15) {A{C}{KNOWLEDGE}MEN}{T}

7   No, that is about fourth wife’s relative (5) NIECE {N{IE}{C}{wifE}

8   Sore throat? We use this to gargle perhaps (3,5) HOT WATER* &lit

9   Meet and hug, not cold but hot (6) HUDDLE (-c+h)HUDDLE

16 To roam with malice? Native just short of exploding (9) GALLIVANT {GALL}{NATIVe}*

17 Worthless hubris, boy's heartless, deranged (8) RUBBISHY {HUBRIS+BoY}*

19 Extra derivatives held by one dealing with stocks (6) TRADER [T]

20 Flower, blue picked first — miss nothing with maiden (7) BLOSSOM {Blue}{LOSS}{0}{M}

21 Maybe I am ready to engage rooks primarily (6) SETTER {SET}{To}{En...e}{Ro..s}

23 A four at last, eighteen from edges, one to bowl (5) ARENA {A}{fouR}{Ei...eN}{A}

Reference List

One = UN, Child = CH, Pressure = P, Work = OP, New = N, High class = U, Boy = B, Ladies = L, Cold = C, Temperature = T, Indian = I, Old = EX, One = A, Son = S, Man = M, About = C, Time = T, No = N, Hot = H, Maiden = M