No 14227, Monday 15 Jul 2024, Afterdark

Solution to 10A 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

1   Somehow lets tour America for competition (6) TUSSLE {T{US}SLE*}

4   Grain stalks found on road was crushed beyond recognition basically (6) STRAWS {ST} and {WAS*}<=>{Re...n}

9   Plan to apply rule upfront (4) RUSE {USE}<=>{R}

10 Manage bills to purchase small batteries essentially (10) A?M?N?S?E? 

11 Say, in Tamil Nadu we can find a bar (6) TAVERN {T{AVER}N}

12 Dealer of special beers has money to buy article (8) SALESMAN {S}{ALES}{M}{AN}

13 A period of discharge is reversed with double force and speed essentially (4,5) TIME FRAME {EMIT<=}{F}{RAM}{spEed}

15 Vehicles' velocity? A nanosecond (4) VANS {V}{A}{NS}

16 At that time, he was in Tennessee (4) THEN {T{HE}N}

17 Producers have endless stock at leading store (9) INVENTORS {INVENTORy}{St..e}

21 Deeply involved to maintain demand subdued (4-4) KNEE-DEEP {K{NEED}EEP}

22 Father let mother, perhaps... (6) PARENT {PA}{RENT}

24 ...get undergarments with money, say that is, at stores offering 50% discount (10) BRASSIERES {BRASS}{IE}{stoRES}

25 Instrument found in plant (4) REED [DD]

26 Marine creature has power reportedly (6) MUSSEL (~muscle)

27 Grown-ups are almost uninterested to be in talkies lacking substance (6) ADULTS {A}{DULl}{Ta...eS}

DOWN

1   Star featuring in Tamil falls short to create huge waves (7) TSUNAMI {T{SUN}AMIl}

2   Yes, we devotees are surrounding Bjorn Borg, say (5) SWEDE [T]

3   Salaried person backs Latin student (7) LEARNER {EARNER}<=>{L}

5   Bonefish provided at mess (6) TANGLE {T}{ANGLE}

6   Helper's a fool, is primarily torturing worker (9) ASSISTANT {ASS}{IS}{To...g}{ANT}

7   Notices as cocooned wife swings (7) SEESAWS {SEES}{A{W}S}

8   Perhaps upmarket means Disneyland, say (9,4) AMUSEMENT PARK*

14 Meal for a side along with white of eggs (9) ELEVENSES {ELEVENS}{EggS}

16 Weird to back tense worker with temper (7) TANTRUM {RUM}<=>{T}{ANT}

18 On display in fair, selenium diode at the front (7) EXPOSED {EXPO}{SE}{Di..e}

19 Athletes change side in channels (7) RUNNERS RUNNE(-l+r)RS

20 Small dog? Say it eats first (6) PETITE {PET}{IT}{Eats}

23 BIMARU rally showcases countryside (5) RURAL [T]

Reference List

Rule = R, Special = S, Money = M, Force = F, Velocity = V, Nanosecond = NS, Are = A, Latin = L, Bone = T, Fish = ANGLE, Wife = W, Tense = T