No 14255, Friday 16 Aug 2024, Afterdark

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ACROSS

1   Prosecution's fumble on the last case gets Ruby, say (8,5) PRECIOUS STONE {PROSECUTION}*{casE}

10 Send back old artwork to edit, change (9) EXTRADITE {EX}{ART*}{EDIT*}

11 Game with sweetheart cut short? No (5) BEANO {BEAu}{NO}

12 Belonging to the home inside (5) THINE {TH{IN}E}

13 At the end, milk held by bean counter in ground becomes poisonous due to this (9) SNAKEBITE {milK} in {BEAN<=} in {SITE}

14 Elegant doctors carrying drugs at Sydney outskirts (6) DRESSY {DR{E}S}{Sy..eY}

16 Plant supervisor in store after listing sources (5) SISAL Acrostic

19 Guard at bay facing resistance (5) COVER {COVE}{R}

20 Stitching in the corner side... (6) SEWING {SE}{WING}

25 ...clumsy, ran seesaw to grasp (9) AWARENESS*

26 Lead to health resort at the other half of town (5) SPAWN {SPA}{toWN}

27 Delight in hotel at Erode (5) ELATE [T]

28 Issue ruler has with prince going west shown at say, between 8 pm and 10 pm, (5,4) PRIME TIME {EMIT}{EMIR}{P}<=

29 Shabbily attired agents found in a place full of commercial enterprises (7,6) TRADING ESTATE*

DOWN

2   Shopkeeper's trailer broke down (8) RETAILER Fodder is one E short unless we take this as a Letter bank clue

3   Bird seen on an instrument that moves materials (5) CRANE [DD]

4   Lazy tortoise? Right away rouse (6) OTIOSE TOrtOISE*

5   Plan to rewrite creations that lack essence (8) SCENARIO CREAtIONS*

6   Bill given to the French women are for dishes (9) TABLEWARE {TAB}{LE}{W}{ARE}

7   Organic compound with nitrogen and iodine placed in cooler in the front (6) NIACIN {N}{I}{IN} over {Co...r}

8   Specialist's bankrupt, broke (6) RENTED {R{ENT}ED}

9   Might be poor, loses heart, housing runs up debt almost (5) POWER {Po{OWEs}oR}

15 One on road, cold and completely lifeless (5-4) STONE-DEAD {ONE<=>ST}{DEAD}

17 Immediately after this, desperately phone to procure gruel from the centre (8) HEREUPON {HE{gRUEl*}PON*} Anagram indicator missing?

18 Contestant at the last stage has a record after strong international advantage essentially (8) FINALIST {A}{LIST}<=>{F}{I}{a..aNt..e}

21 Bird on horseback? Catch (6) GANNET {NAG<=}{NET}

22 Narrow pipe, user cut in half (5) TAPER {TAP}{usER}

23 Zero active American in pub at market (6) BAZAAR {BA{Z}{A}{A}R}

24 Long snake at Ireland... (6) ASPIRE {ASP}{IRE}

26 ...dragged to a corner by ferocious pet (5) SWEPT {SW}{PET*}

Reference List

Home = IN, Drug = E, Resistance = R, Corner = SE, Prince = P, Right = RT, The in French = LE, Women = W, Road = ST, Strong = F, International = I, Zero = Z, Active = A, American = A, Corner = SW