No 14152, Thursday 18 Apr 2024, Afterdark

Solution to 16A 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.

Open for anyone to answer, if not solved by 1 PM.

ACROSS

9   One has to restrict professor's leave (7) ABANDON {A}{BAN}{DON}

10 Plans for a new outlet sabotaged at the beginning (7) INVENTS {1}{N}{VENT}{Sa...d}

11 Dirty old book with picture (7) OBSCENE {O}{B}{SCENE}

12 Disregard criminal party, one without leader (7) CONDONE {CON}{DO}{oNE}

13 This leading prosecutor gatecrashed for pasta (9) SPAGHETTI {THIS+Pr...s+GATE}*

15 Ground rice in the silo basically (5) GRITS Acrostic Semi&lit

16 Company returns to collect an animal for finding total weight of the species (7) B?O?A?S (Addendum - BIOMASS {MO{1}B<=}{ASS} - See comments)

19 Avoid females or put up with (7) FORBEAR {F}{OR}{BEAR}

20 Weakness is systematically concealed by a cowardly person (5) SISSY [T]

21 Once, a Zimbabwean and a Greek character built a side with one player! (9) RHODESIAN {RHO}A+SIDE}*{N}

25 Rules to stay indoors for some dogs outside (7) CURFEWS {CUR{FEW}S}

26 Nominated a film cameraman perhaps, Edward (7) ADOPTED {A}{DOP}{TED}

28 Isabel, Eva, Teresa huddled inside lift (7) ELEVATE [T]

29 Commercial I appeared in lens by introductions (4-3) LEAD-INS {LE{AD}{I}NS}

DOWN

1   Female caught a tailless rodent and became well-known (6) FAMOUS {F}{A}{MOUSe}

2   Last piece of Lamington taken at Australia with decaf regularly led to vomiting (6) NAUSEA {l...oN}{AUS}{dEcAf}

3   I don't laze easily, in the beginning it was opposite (4) IDLE Acrostic 

4   Poison in iron caplet? Purge stomach (6) INFECT {IN}{FE}{CapleT} 

5   Lady cut short meeting captain for bad behaviour (8) MISCHIEF {MISs}{CHIEF}

6   Overcoming resistance, advantage garnered by innovative group (5-5) AVANT-GARDE {R} in {ADVANTAGE}*

7   Organise marriage with kinsmen regularly (8) UNIONISE {UNION}{kInSmEn}

8   Appraiser of animals standing at front gate (8) ASSESSOR {ASSES}{St...g}{OR}

14 Perhaps Mercury's type of music (5,5) HEAVY METAL [DD]

16 New scales between B and F shown by a symbol (4,4) BASS CLEF {B}{SCALES*}{F}

17 In contact with Stokes's club, seen sacking captain, skirting rules in public view (2-6) ON-SCREEN {ON}{S}{C}{sEEN} over {R}

18 Urged son to keep hair tied in half (8) STRESSED {S}{TRESS}{tiED}

22 Skipper of vessel expelled by seer (6) ORACLE cORACLE

23 Perhaps Eskimo arrests leading Thai suspect (6) INTUIT {IN{Thai}UIT}

24 One who bares pundits brutally after overcoming pressure (6) NUDIST pUNDITS*

27 A gem at work, a leader of learners (4) OPAL {OP}{A}{Le...s}

Reference List

New = N, Old = O, Book = B, Party = DO, Females = F, Player = N, Commercial = AD, Resistance = R, Gate = OR, Club = S, Son = S, Pressure = P, Work = OP