No 13765, Wednesday 18 Jan 2023, Afterdark

Solution to 26A has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only by a non-regular / novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.

ACROSS

1   Negligent auditor getting sued, having lost half a lac primarily (6) CASUAL {CA}{SUed}{A}{Lac}

4   Terminating after appointment finally made hard (6) TAXING {AXING}<=>{a...nT}

9   Transfer is making officials very enraged according to sources (4) MOVE Acrostic

10 Soldiers advance, soldiers may end at treasury (10) REPOSITORY {RE}POSIT{OR}{maY}

11 Story's maybe on point (6) LEGEND {LEG}{END}

12 Bypass syndicate; dismissal a day later (4,4) RING ROAD {RING}{RO}{A}{D}

13 A harridan with war weapon (6-3) BATTLE-AXE {BATTLE}{AXE}

15 Consents to cut off the front of roof, a part of it (5) EAVES lEAVES

16 Bit a piece of sausage with hot wine (5) SHRED {Sa...e}{H}{RED}

18 Come together during extremes of evacuation, borders of city in crisis (9) EMERGENCY {Ev...{MERGE}...oN}{CitY}

22 Importance of earnings (8) INTEREST [DD]

23 Perhaps Danish are late, routeway is vacated (6) PASTRY {PAST}{Ro...aY}

25 Fish, fruit and single sip of sake (5,5) LEMON SOLES {LEMON}{SOLE}{Sake}

26 Bill given for container that's only 67% full (4) B?A? (Addendum - BEAK BEAKer - See comments)

27 That woman has Krone, well-exposed to currency (6) SHEKEL {SHE}{K}{wELl}

28 Perhaps Welsh are green resettled at England first (6) RENEGE {GREEN*}{En...d}

DOWN

1   Having chickpeas in Delhi right before afternoon, got a disease (7) CHOLERA {CHOLE}{R}{A}

2   Position of Supreme Court on English nationals is edifying primarily (5) SCENE {SC}{E}{N}{Ed...g}

3   Contract to sailor; free government employment first (7) ABRIDGE {AB}{RID}{G}{Em...t}

5   Allow animal at hospital ward (6) ASSENT {ASS}{ENT}

6   Cross that Reliance Engineering has taken over Tesla (9) INTERLACE {IN{T}ERLACE*}

7   Waste parking top bike in shed (7) GARBAGE {GAR{Bike}AGE}

8   A sheet covering professional side's match in the neighbourhood (13) APPROXIMATELY {A}{PLY} over {PRO}{XI}{MATE}

14 So other fee collected to arrest republican (9) THEREFORE {OTHER+FEE}* over {R}

17 Bishop released from trenches, hurt at the head earlier and thighs (7) HUNKERS {bUNKERS}<=>{Hurt}

19 A military installation taken over by soldiers in response (7) RIPOSTE {1}{POST} in {RE}

20 Freight vehicle, tesla procured by a company (7) CARTAGE {CAR}{T}{A}{GE}

21 The French know the occupant (6) LESSEE {LES}{SEE}

24 Winters at the end can get pitch-dark (5) SABLE {w...rS}{ABLE}

Reference List

Auditor = CA, Soldiers = RE(Royal Engineers), OR(Other ranks), On = LEG(side), Dismissal = RO)Run out), Day = D, Hot = H, Wine = RED, Krone = K, Right = R, Afternoon = A, English = E, Nationals = N, Sailor = AB, Government = G, Hospital ward = ENT, Tesla = T, Side = XI, Republican = R, Bishop = B, The in French = LES