No 13792, Saturday 18 Feb 2023, Afterdark

Artwork by Prasanna

Rangoli by Gowri

ACROSS

9   Nurse in fraternity service (7) AMENITY {AM{EN}ITY}

10 Suggested to replace old with right when published (7) PRINTED P(-o+r)RINTED

11 What was 2 earlier is 3 in modern times (7) GENDERS [CD]

12 Instrument with a large needle (7) ALTHORN {A}{L}{THORN}

13 Degree issued in new solid-state compounds (9) TOTALISES {SOLId+STATE}*

15 African boss has degree in large network? No, on the contrary (5) BWANA {B{WAN}A}

16 Broke son slept (7) SNAPPED {S}{NAPPED}

19 Half beef roast made with salt (7) SORBATE {BEef+ROAST}*

20 Silver draped on earl in the past (5) AGONE {AG}{ON}{E}

21 A legal hub is fraudulent? Comical (9) LAUGHABLE*

25 Frequently down, a server 33% malfunctioning, Retards (7) DWARVES {DoWn}{A}{SERVer}*

26 Clothes are dumped here by wife has charcoal, but can be cleaned (7) WASHTUB {W}{ASH}{BUT*}

28 Dangerous crocodiles led away with wind (7) SIROCCO CROCOdIleS*

29 Complicated nerd Ray is a fox (7) REYNARD*

DOWN

1   Thanks to undergraduate, White regularly gets coached (6) TAUGHT {TA}{UG}{wHiTe}

2   Judge and nurse catch a donkey (6) JENNET {J}{EN}{NET}

3   Primarily Tamils have anger on tax (4) TIRE {Ta...s}{IRE}

4   Crazy second son buys ancient cloth (6) BYSSUS {S+S+BUYS}*

5   Fires defunct pair in employment at school (8) UPRAISES {U{PAIR*}SE}{S}

6   Puts bright rag in American city (10) PITTSBURGH*

7   Stumped by memory (active) thanks to connective tissues (8) STROMATA {ST}{ROM}{A}{TA}

8   Lacking teeth, at the end worried editor meets specialist (8) EDENTATE {ATE}<=>{ED}{ENT}

14 Hypocrisy and rudeness at work (3,7) LIP SERVICE {LIP}{SERVICE}

16 Careless hit and run (8) SLAPDASH {SLAP}{DASH}

17 Audio-visual at head office on travel at Rome halfway meeting Italian scientist (8) AVOGADRO {AV}{Of...e}{GAD}{ROme}

18 Fancy key we have best at retreat (8) DELUSION {DEL}{US}{NO 1<=}

22 Indiscreet fight after peacekeepers held youth leader (6) UNWARY {WAR}<=>{UN} and {Yo..h}

23 Expose Britain by two Hollywood films (6) BETRAY {B}{ET}{RAY}

24 Include demo by Harry (6) EMBODY*

27 Mythical river grips reportedly (4) STYX (~sticks)

Reference List

Nurse = EN(Enrolled Nurse), Old = O, Right = R, Large = L, Degree = D, Large network = WAN, Son = S, Earl = E, Wife = W, Thanks = TA, Judge = J, Second = S, School = S, Stumped = ST, Memory = ROM(Read Only Memory), Active = A, Travel = GAD, Key = DEL, Peacekeepers = UN, Britain = B