No 14153, Friday 19 Apr 2024, Afterdark

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ACROSS

1   Mostly, muscles tend to repair with emollients (10) DEMULCENTS {MUSCLEs+TEND}*

6   Prohibits graduates to skirt rule (4) BARS {BA{R}S}

10 Corruption in election, university to bar a dean ultimately (9) POLLUTION {POLL}{U}{T{I}O}{deaN}

11 Use of java, illegal? Not entirely (5) AVAIL [T]

12 Google and Yahoo can hire designers in a heap after director quits (13) SEARCHENGINES {CAN+HIRE+dESiGNErS}*

14 Kate is running, catch. (4) TAKE*

15 Certainly betrayer was beheaded and butchered in the recent past (10) YESTERYEAR  {YES}{bETRAYER}*

17 Ohio writer met Frank, perhaps (4-5) OPEN-FACED {O}{PEN}{FACED}

21 Criminals are working in computer science (4) CONS {C{ON}S}

23 Considerately US agent withdrew English partner without dissension at island (13) DEFERENTIALLY {FED<=}{E}{ALLY} over {RENT}{I}

25 Japanese cartoon cinema shot without opening credits (5) ANIME cINEMA*

26 Cold legal claim let loose on leading entrepreneur by customers (9) CLIENTELE {C}{LIEN}{LET*}{En...r}

27 Skipper moves to the end, close to win (4) EARN (-n)EAR(+n)N

28 Conceptually, sailor's essay's lousy, lacking substance (10) ABSTRACTLY {ABS}{TRACT}{LousY}

DOWN

1   Dismissal of evidence... (10) DEPOSITION [DD]

2   ...breaks law between Michigan and UK taking two drugs to a US city (9) MILWAUKEE {MI}{LAW*}{UK}{E}{E}

3   Dispatch meal beyond 1 (6) LAUNCH {L{A}UNCH} Beyond as containment indicator?

4   Spell at the far end at Brisbane's nasty? Yes, almost (4,3) EVIL EYE {b...nE}{VILE}{YEs}

5   Newton's old, eighty in heart this evening (7) TONIGHT  {newTON}{eIGHTy}

7   Assemble in Indian state where morning arrives earlier (5) AMASS (+am)AMASS(-am)

8   Austin takes storage for grains from Saint Louis (4) SILO {SILO+AUSTIN=SAINT LOUIS} [CA]

9   One who prohibits colours! (6) BANNER [DD]

13 Group of church elders almost urge bishop to add territory within 2 years (10) PRESBYTERY {PRESs}{B}{Y}{TER}{Y}

16 Lee & Milton partying with Salve (9) EMOLLIENT*

18 Fussed on nothing, two females engaged heartlessly (6) FAFFED {FA}{FF}{En...eD}

19 Core of maize taken by sailors in two companies at Britain (7) CORNCOB {CO}{RN}{CO}{B}

20 Doctor's study? It's shabby leading to tension (7) DENTIST {DEN}{ITS*}{Te...n}

22 Struggle to get accommodation, finally not available in capital (6) VIENNA {VIE}{a...oN}{NA}

23 Gadget of doctor that is razor-sharp at the end (5) DRIER {DR}{IE}{Ra...p}

24 Save broken container (4) VASE*

Reference List

Rule = R, University = U, Director = DIR, Computer science = CS, English = E, Island = I, Cold = C, Sailor = AB, Drug = E, Old = Not new, Bishop = B, Territory = TER, Year = Y, Nothing = FA(Fanny Adams), Female = F, Sailors = RN(Royal Navy), Britain = B