No 14099, Friday 16 Feb 2024, Afterdark

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ACROSS

9   Tea with Karan essentially engrossing primarily; commercial in between is a farce (7) CHARADE {CHA}{kaRan}{En...g} over {AD}

10 Instrument for carotid endarterectomy; doctor visiting to look (7) CEMBALO {CE{MB}A}{LO}

11 College lists topmost entries to purge (7) CLEANSE {C}{LEANS}{En...s}

12 In Metro, setter is carrying an ornament (7) ROSETTE [T]

13 An Indian teacher detained Mark and rejected (9) ABSTAINED {A}{B{STAIN}ED}

15 Parade for progress (5) MARCH [DD]

16 Saints covered in gold? Ashamed it's confirmed (7) ASSURED {A{SS}U}{RED}

19 2/3rd of T.Nagar ordered to take Egmore, Nungambakkam, Teynampet entries as digression (7) TANGENT {TNAGar}*{Eg...e}{Nu...m}{Te...t}

20 Boyfriend is vulgar (5) SWAIN [DD]

21 Sister seems confused; rejects institute's terms (9) SEMESTERS {SisTER+SEEMS}*

25 Man in social media meeting her, dodging husband for play (7) SHIMMER {S{HIM}M}{hER}

26 Meeting in a corner store at the front at Mumbai suburb (7) SESSION {SE}{St..e}{SION}

28 Smart sisters without hesitation make demands (7) INSISTS {IN}{SISTerS}

29 Four in English vessel are secretive (7) EVASIVE {E}{VAS{IV}E}

DOWN

1   Two auditors, one outside and one inside a plant (6) ACACIA {A}{CA}{C{1}A}

2   Grandpa personally stashed records (6) PAPERS [T]

3   Rule broken at the end to get grass (4) LAWN {LAW}{b...eN}

4   In this place, hero will be cut short by one in Berlin (6) HEREIN {HERo}{EIN}

5   Recognize that a primarily conscious couple can get embarrassed before sex (8) ACCREDIT {A}{Co...s}{Co...e}{RED}{IT}

6   Morning exercise with people? Odd task for pleasures (10) AMUSEMENTS {AM}{USE}{MEN}{TaSk}

7   Deviate on execution, primarily at section seen at the front of flower garden (8) PARTERRE {ERR}{Ex...n}<=>{PART}

8   Doctor's home was trashed at the entrance more or less (8) SOMEWHAT {HOME+WAS}*{Tr...d}

14 Girl's walking out? Exasperation clear with rancher (10) AGRONOMIST {AGgRO}{NO MIST}

16 Articles about guards wrong to cover top suspect as killer (8) ASSASSIN {A}{SS}{A}{SIN} over {Su...t}

17 Aggarwal finally quits Ola cabs; is building a plant (8) SCABIOSA {OlA+CABS+IS}*

18 Suspect is with detective's son? Almost true, near Surat outskirts (8) DISTRUST {DI}{S}{TRUe}{SuraT}

22 Gun has problem in recoil, take one out and repair (6) MUSKET {SUM<=}{TaKE}*

23 Felix irritated consuming a syrup (6) ELIXIR [T]

24 Crowd follows a star by nightfall (6) SUNSET {SET}<=>{SUN}

27 Catch small horse (4) SNAG {S}{NAG}

Reference List

Commercial = AD, Look = LO, College= C, Saint = S, Social media = SM, Corner = SE, Smart = IN, Hesitation = ER, English = E, Auditor = CA, One in German = EIN, Sex = IT, Girl = G, Guards = SS, Detective = DI, Son = S, Small = S