No 13868, Thursday 18 May 2023, Afterdark

Solution to 8D 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   Having second thoughts on earth (6,2,5) CHANGE OF HEART {EARTH}* [RA]

10 Constant chaos, it is stewed by a nut (9) PISTACHIO {PI}{CHAOS+IT}*

11 Vicious canine at Trombay outskirts (5) CATTY {CAT}{Tr...aY} (Addendum - {C}{AT}{Tr...aY} - See comments)

12 War enacted in part of stadium (5) ARENA [T]

13 Criminal! Rice wasted by company caretaker (9) CONCIERGE {CON}{RICE*}{GE}

14 Convicted man gets lit, in a frenzy (6) GUILTY {GU{LIT*}Y}

16 Animation through electronic network (4) ELAN {E}{LAN}

19 Concealed by nawab, lying resourcefully... (4) ABLY {T}

20 ...common people tease and tail (6) RAGTAG {RAG}{TAG}

25 Infrastructure for two wheelers constructed cheaply around junction behind college (5,4) CYCLE PATH {CHEAPLY}* over {T} after {C}

26 Crazy woman's messy losing head (5) WACKY {W}{tACKY}

27 Mantra, for example seen in article's end (5) OMEGA {OM}{EG}{A}

28 Choke America to retreat, back away having Cuba worried (9) SUFFOCATE {US<=}{OFF<=}{C}{ATE}

29 Say, Charles agreed earlier to work with Malta, a country in Europe (6,7) UNITED KINGDOM {KING}<=>{UNITED} and {DO}{M}

DOWN

2   Heard that man's irate, can be madness (8) HYSTERIA {(~his)HYS}{IRATE*}

3   Article in two cities on an antelope (5) NYALA {NY}{A}{LA}

4   Principles of heartless chemist outlandish (6) ETHICS CHEmIST*

5   Say, Mark Zuckerberg takes some lithium for struggle (8) FLOUNDER {F{Li...m}OUNDER}

6   Nurse feeding some apple to toddler by afternoon as food (9) ENCHILADA {EN}{CHIL{Ap..e}D}{A}

7   Reply from holiday centre cancelling Sabbath for tea as discussed (6) RETORT RE(-s+t)TORT

8   Issued without issue and called (6) ?P?A?G (Addendum - SPRANG {SP}{RANG} - See comments)

9   Axes half of leaf to primarily mend plant tissue (5) XYLEM {X}{Y}{LEaf}{Mend}

15 Chart with sailor mentions a chemical by common name (5,4) TABLE SALT {TABLE}{SALT}

17 Evaded Bombay outskirts and turned (8) BYPASSED {Bo..aY}{PASSED}

18 Small animals back to back taking an egg making short abrupt sounds (8) STACCATO {S}{TAC<=>CAT}(0)

21 Eyes rolled on entering Gorakhpur borders for a hot spring (6) GEYSER {EYES}* in {Go...uR}

22 Say, Amitabh Bachchan's agent dismissed female (5) ACTOR fACTOR

23 Check guard (6) SCREEN [DD]

24 Fathom lock up is outside. One should have a quick look around (6) SHUFTI  {SHU{F}T}{1}

26 Grown mistakenly? Not right (5) WRONG*

Reference List

Constant = PI, Company = GE, Electronic = E, Junction = T, College = C, Woman = W, Mantra = OM< Cuba = C, Malta = M, Nurse = EN(Enrolled Nurse), Afternoon = A, Sabbath = S, Tea = ~T, Axes = X,Y, Small = S, Female = F, Fathom = F