No 14058, Friday 29 Dec 2023, Karaoke

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ACROSS

1   Any time in resort spa at leisure (3,1,8) ITS A PLEASURE*

9   Caracas, not as another capital (5) ACCRA CARACas*

10 Converts by gender reassignment, head to toe (9) EXCHANGES {(-s)EX CHANGE(+s)S}

11 Once got well, doctor discharged (7) EXHALED {EX}{HALE}{D}

12 Life-threatening seizures, not unknown, come out again (7) REISSUE SEIzURES*

13 Undecided voters up for sale accepting thousand initially (8) FLOATERS {FOR+SALE}* over {Th...d}

14 Schoolgirls heartily return home, that is cool (5) IGLOO [T<=]

18 Vague ideas of actors are heard by spectators but others turn a deaf ear (5) ASIDE* 

20 Signal for beer, right? (3,5) RED ALERT {RED ALE}{RT}

24 Recycling garbage results in losses by evaporation (7) ULLAGES (-s)ULLAGE(+s)S

26 Russel performed badly scoring nothing at first (7) RUNLESS {RU{No...g}LESS*} Semi&lit

27 They catch fresh, rare talents [ignoring amateur] outside (5-4) TRAWL-NETS{RAW} in {TaLENTS}*

28 Occasional ostentation, maybe scrap (3-2) SET-TO {oStEnTaTiOn}

29 Side-by-side taprooms - They give swinging experience (8,4) PARALLEL BARS {PARALLEL}{BARS}

DOWN

1   Conspiring with someone, criminal Cain shot enviously at heart (2,7) IN CAHOOTS {CAIN+SHOT+e..iOu..y}*

2   Actress pushed model down in a sudden involuntary movement (7) STARLET STAR(-t)LE(+t)T

3   They are called to the bar by main party bosses (8) PLEADERS {Pa..y}{LEADERS}

4   Impressed audience cry madly "Once again" (6) ENCORE {ONCE*}{RE} Semi&lit

5   Spending energy, hunting for a pirate chief (3,4) SEA KING {SE(-e+a)AKING}

6   Dams destroyed bar in storms (5) RAGES barRAGES

7   Remove clothes and send-up (4-3) TAKE-OFF [DD]

8   Something of value, like I see it regularly (5) ASSET {AS}{i+SeE+iT}

15 Not many leave South and settle around dishes (9) OMELETTES {sOME}{SETTLE*}

16 Agent brings back master with regular ally for a counter-attack (8) REPRISAL {REP}{SIR<=}{AlLy}

17 Expulsion sound from inside that is hooted partly (7) ATISHOO [T]

19 Bloodsucker in shady deal involving old goodfellow (3,4) DOG FLEA {D{O}{G}{F}LEA*}

21 A disturbed man is consuming drug for disease (7) AMNESIA {A}{MAN+IS}* over {E}

22 Primarily titled undergraduates formerly tried some witches' brooms (5) TUFTS Acrostic

23 Adult sea creature takes time practising "Going for a song!" (1-5) A-STEAL {A}{S{T}EAL}

25 Climber requires a spike to scale (5) LIANA {A}{NAIL}<=

Reference List

Once = EX, Doctor = D, Unknown = Z, Amateur = A, Model = T, Again = RE, Energy = E, Old = O, Good = G, Fellow = F, Drug = E, Adult = A, Time = T