No 14154, Saturday 20 Apr 2024, Afterdark

ACROSS

1   Attention; it's party time after criminal Oscar is put in can (13) CONSIDERATION {SIDE}{RA} after {CON} with {TI{O}N} Time/RA?

10 Returns from international breaks after end of leave (9) INTERESTS {INT}{l..vE}{RESTS}

11 Notify the French in drawing (5) ALERT {A{LE}RT}

12 Shocks husband with look and sexy top (5) HAIRS {H}{AIR}{Sexy}

13 Pleasure in morning exercise? Meant heartlessly (9) AMUSEMENT {AM}{USE}{MEaNT} 

14 Desserts after two smalls, a bite of turkey and salmon (6) SWEETS {S}{WEE}{Tu...y}{Sa...n}

16 Composed the second half of the phrase (4) CALM {cool and CALM} ?

19 Force = ma? And kinetic energy (4) MAKE {MA}{KE}

20 Leading instructor shares examples (6) IDEALS {In...r}{DEALS}

25 Responding to a news broadcast on phone... (9) ANSWERING {A+NEWS}*{RING} 

26 ...grin and stay mum in laborious exigencies primarily (5) SMILE Acrostic

27 I love artwork displayed in the front road (5) TRAIL {I}{L}<=>{ART}*

28 In the absence of leader, shortcoming leads to reflection (9) IMITATION lIMITATION

29 Appliances have errors, frigate damaged (13) REFRIGERATORS*

DOWN

2   No time to exit, seconds to get in to fetch plans (8) OUTLINES {OUTL{IN}Et}{S} 

3   Orders for ship to detain soldiers getting tense (5) SORTS {S{OR}{T}S}

4   Deputy taking wrong aims in distress (6) DISMAY {D{AIMS*}Y}

5   Soldier's sharp these days having supplies (8) RESOURCE {RE}{SOUR}{CE}

6   Laver dealt without ace, served and progressed (9) TRAVELLED {LAVER+DEaLT}*

7   Launched old writer with editor's backing (6) OPENED {O}{PEN}{ED}

8   Resistance against force, wars can lead to sanctions (6) RIGHTS (-f+r)RIGHTS

9   Capitals of Sikkim, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Telangana and one final land (5) STATE {Si...m}{Tr...a}{Ar...h}{Te...a}{onE}

15 At the end, dinars exchanged for rands by this 6 down person (9) TRAVELLER TRAVELLE(-d+r)R

17 Sleeping in, writer takes week off , gets disturbed by midnight (8) RETIRING {IN+wRITER}*{niGht}

18 Nothing, mother-in-law's liar, crossed line everyday (8) FAMILIAR {FA}{MIL}{lIAR}

21 Pseudo man is evicted in meeting (6) SEEING SEEmING

22 Delays the intervals (5) WAITS [DD]

23 Establishment worried about development (6) ESTATE {EST}{ATE}

24 Undergraduate's story on leading Reader is more hideous (6) UGLIER {UG}{LIE}{Re...r}

26 Sharp prick (5) SMART [DD]

Reference List

The in French = LE, Husband = H, Small = S, Love = L, Time = T, Second = S, Ship = SS, Soldiers = OR, Tense = T, Deputy = DY, Soldier = RE(Royal Engineers), These days = CE, Ace = A, Old = O, Editor = ED, Resistance = R, Force = F, Dinars = D, Rands  =R, Week = W, Nothing = FA(Fanny Adams), Line = L, Man = M, Establishment = EST, Undergraduate = UG