No 14264, Tuesday 27 Aug 2024, Karaoke

Solution to 17D 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   Honeytrap portals camouflaging friendship (7) RAPPORT [T]

5   Crazy fruits (7) BANANAS [DD]

9   Old-fashioned seed is broken (5) DATED [DD?] (Addendum - {DATE}{D} - See comments)

10 Split amount by word of mouth? Good for you! (9) WHOLESOME (~hole sum)

11 Wish to delve into book of maps over time after enormous delay (2,4,4) AT LONG LAST {AT{LONG}LAS}{T}

12 Dish cooked with masala, lentil tips (4) DHAL Tail acrostic

14 Organized crime cannot be associated with magical powers (11) NECROMANTIC*

18 He acts for the country using guns, et cetera killing ultras primarily (6,5) SECRET AGENT {GuNS+ET+CETERA}* Semi&lit

21 Young woman's heart for advocate (4) AIDE mAIDEn

22 How about angry Andersen boycotting senate today? (4,3,3) HERE AND NOW {H{ANDERsEN}*OW}

25 He initiated improvised regimen (9) DIETITIAN* Semi&lit

26 Display hint, once for all (5) EXUDE Anno pending (Addendum - (+ex-all)EXUDE - See comments)

27 Following soldiers at the back of detachment near base (7) RETINUE {RE}{UNIT<=}{E}

28 Popular feature goes without a check (7) INSPECT {IN}{aSPECT}

DOWN

1   Cycling aversion, part of cardinal's habit (3,3) RED HAT (-hat)RED(+hat)HAT

2   Original Peter Pan comes up in brightly-coloured parts of flower (6) PETALS {Pe..r}{SLATE<=}

3   Authoritative rules by Republican in a second modification (10) ORDINANCES {R+IN+A+SECOND}*

4   Too well to trim edges for wiper (5) TOWEL {TOo}{WELl}

5   Reserves shot down in retail outlet (4,5) BOOK STORE {BOOKS}{TORE} Book store can be a wholesale outlet also!

6   Call for press, I say (4) NEED (~knead)

7   They open school for one who is learning (8) NEOPHYTE*

8   Private eye recovers her locker contents to some extent (8) SHERLOCK [T]

13 They mix and serve beers and porter heartily (10) BARTENDERS {BEERS+AND+poRTer}* Semi&lit

15 Fierce battle around Red Sea in truce period (9) CEASEFIRE {FIERCE}* over {SEA}*

16 Maybe Cayman says aye to go on lunar spacecraft (8) ISLANDER {(~aye}I}S{LANDER} S from? (Addendum (~ i lander)  - See comments)

17 Thorough check of papers put up in a court (4,4) ?C?D ?E?T (Addendum - ACID TEST {A}{C{ID}{SET<=}T} - See comments) 

19 Tipsy nurse swallows drugs heartily in two minds (6) UNSURE {NURSE}* over {drUgs}

20 Most refined model brought down in comments on X (6) TWEEST TWEE(-t)S(+t)T

23 Funny bunnies skinned in depression (5) ENNUI*

24 Essentially, customer is right (4) LIEN cLIENt

Reference List

Date = D, Time = T, Senate = S, Soldiers = RE, Base = E, Popular = IN, Republican = R, Papers = ID, Court = CT, Model = T