No 13869, Friday 19 May 2023, Afterdark

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ACROSS

9   When earning profit, little tax is opposed (7) AGAINST {A{GAIN}S}{Tax}

10 Relapse of wave; oral rehydration solution for journos (7) EDITORS {TIDE<=}{ORS}

11 Hide in field at that place for the most part (7) LEATHER {LEA}{THERe}

12 Natural to move in to the front if innocent (7) INGENUE (+in)INGENU(-in)E

13 Humiliation for people in a group following a brat regularly (9) ABASEMENT {SE{MEN}T}<=>{A}{BrAt}

15 Rock band at watering-hole (5) OASIS [DD]

16 Focus on poet and author (7) HUBBARD {HUB}{BARD}

19 Meantime man came out and danced in an afternoon performance (7) MATINEE mEANTIME*

20 Ducking arrest stealing duck (5) STOOP {ST{O}OP}

21 Lawyers are champions (9) ADVOCATES [DD}

25 Say, I struggle to keep black facial hair (7) EYEBROW {(~I)EYE}{ROW} over {B}

26 Grandmother eager to get a fabric (7) NANKEEN {NAN}{KEEN}

28 Teacher returned German dish (7) RISOTTO {SIR<=}{OTTO}

29 Search for girl (English) for trial (7) SCOURGE {SCOUR}{G}{E} Is the definition correct?

DOWN

1   Flower like daffodil, aster, hibiscus, lavender, iris, anemone in the front (6) DAHLIA Acrostic

2   Father's salary gets one fruit (6) PAPAYA {PA}{PAY}{A}

3   Unit of length in centimetre and hectometer primarily (4) INCH {IN}{Ce...e}{He...r}

4   Fast run between two roads (6) STARVE {ST}{A{R}VE}

5   Setter found some red mites crawling in plant tissue (8) MERISTEM {ME}{Red}{MITES*}

6   Help from the south is good? No criticism mostly demonstrative (10) DIAGNOSTIC {AID<=}{G}{NO}{STICk}

7   Goons with gin disturbed events (6-2) GOINGS-ON {GOONS+GIN}*

8   Person who is tested taken from sea? (8) ASSESSE Letter Bank

14 Provoke once, according to a leading trauma expert (10) EXASPERATE {EX}{AS PER}{A}{Tr...a}{Ex...t}

16 Boarding-house to introduce early cooking without advance (8) HOSTELRY {HOST}{EaRLY*}

17 Lawyer's fine, she is almost clumsy but hearty (8) BLOKEISH {BL}{OK}{SHE+Is}*

18 Burdensome people are late to court and date (8) DEADWOOD {DEAD}{WOO}{D}

22 To exit by vehicle is hard (6) VANISH {VAN}{IS}{H}

23 Assumption of the soldiers is crazy at the border (6) THEORY {THE}{OR}{c..zY}

24 Furniture for tanning featured in newspaper by leading editor (6) SUNBED {SUN}{By}{ED}

27 Shelter doesn't have fine (4) NOOK {NO}{OK}

Reference List

Man = M, Black = B, Grandmother = NAN, Girl = G, English = E, Run = R, Good = G, Advance = A, Lawyer = BL, Date = D, Hard = H, Soldiers = OR