No 13843, Wednesday 19 Apr 2023, Afterdark

Solution to 28A 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

9   Morning's with Jong, perhaps, in country (7) AMERICA {AM}{ERICA}

10 Stars invite prince and earl for mimicries (7) APERIES {A{P}{E}RIES}

11 Coterie recouping somehow with exit of European Community (7) INGROUP RecOUPING*

12 Weapon on mountain top at eastern half of cape to discharge (7) TORPEDO {TOR}{caPE}{DO}

13 Without some elachi in demo, use oil to make sweet (9) MELODIOUS {DeMO+USE+OIL}*

15 About Indian Railway visiting colleges and academy (5) CIRCA {C}{IR}{C}{A}

16 Wind destroyed Cisco routers, roughly 70% blown away (7) SIROCCO {CISCO+ROuters}*

19 Sports event in last Olympics, exciting to arrange (4,3) SHOT PUT {o...cS}{HOT][PUT}

20 Information on two leading individuals being demons (5) GENII {GEN}{In...s}{In...s}

21 Removals after six icons crookedly followed leading eugenist (9) EXCISIONS {SIX+ICONS}*<=>{Eu...t}

25 Withdraws pressure, giving way to victory displays (7) REVEALS RE(-p+v)VEALS

26 Wound is small, right in collar (7) SCRATCH {S}{C{R}ATCH}

28 Annoyed last son leaves, daughter in place compromised (7) N?T?L?D (Addendum - NETTLED Faulty clue)

29 Bird's tail comes front with terrible rage in a state of minimum energy (3,4) LOW GEAR {(+l)LOW(-l)}{RAGE*}

DOWN

1   A meal one has, to test the intestine (6) BARIUM [CD]

2   An erstwhile province with cats, perhaps (6) BENGAL [C&DD]

3   If three people switch places in the middle, one is a novice (4) TIRO T(R<=>I)O

4   Pop has rewritten a Greek poet (6) SAPPHO*

5   Supporter cheers on road, primarily silly dreamers (8) FANTASTS {FAN}{TA}{ST}{Si..y}

6   Scandalmongers evacuated Dodge vehicles (10) DETRACTORS {DodgE}{TRACTORS}

7   Female's annoyance with having gin in a dangerous building (8) FIRETRAP {F}{IRE}{TRAP}

8   Idiot sat on worker. Rhyming? (8) ASSONANT {ASS}{ON}{ANT}

14 Due to absence of rule, duke at the helm can be easily cheated (10) DECEIVABLE {rECEIVABLE}<=>{D}

16 Doctor using rag for hair removal, say (8) SUGARING*

17 Price includes new oven? No refit (8) RENOVATE {R{OVEN*}ATE}

18 Party ended earlier at ship's wing (8) OVERSIDE {SIDE}<=>{OVER}

22 Keep actors lithe, ravenous (6) CASTLE {CAST}{LithE}

23 Dismissed? Score at start? (6) OUTSET {OUT}{SET}

24 Discipline is special in this place (6) SPHERE {SP}{HERE}

27 Directions to install RO in the front leads to fights (4) ROWS {W}{S}<=>{RO}

Reference List

Prince = P, Earl = E, Mountain top = TOR, College = C, Academy = A, Exciting = HOT, Information = GEN, Pressure = P, Victory = V, Small = S, Roght = R, Cheers = TA, Female = F, Gin = TRAP, Rule = R, Duke = D, Special = SP, Directions = W,S