No 14291, Friday 27 Sep 2024, Avtaar

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ACROSS

1   Name of shoe company in Missouri next to river (7) MONIKER {MO}{NIKE}{R}

5   Vessel caught in kangaroo's leg (7) JOURNEY {JO{URN}EY}

9   Asian island accepts English language (7) BENGALI {B{ENG}ALI}

10 Aphrodisiac "Triple-H" rum (7) PHILTRE*

11 Close to Detroit, seller is getting reconfigured networks (9)  TRELLISES {d...iT}{SELLER+IS}*

12 Section from "Inside Zoology"'s review leaked (5) OOZED [T<=]

13 Sailor occupies bunk bed (5) ROOST {RO{OS}T}

15 Iran belligerently conquers ancient Asian country around old Anatolia (4,5) ASIA MINOR {IRAN}* over {SIAM} and {O}

17 Distance travelled by farmer to the retail market in trains carrying spirit front-to-back (4,5) FOOD MILES {F{(-m)OOD(+m)M}ILES} 

19 People starting to dig shaft for water (5) DWELL {Dig}{WELL}

22 Best team from Australia - drunk after getting second (1-4) A-LIST {A}{LI{S}T}

23 Publishers tracking banks in Coonoor who are owed money (9) CREDITORS {EDITORS}<=>{Co...oR}

25 He delivers daily (7) NEWSBOY [CD]

26 One's job is to chase criminal lapse in bank (7) TERRIER {T{ERR}IER}

27 Accused discharged satrap enters petition before court (7) SUSPECT {SU{Sa..aP}E}{CT}

28 Pitch to adopt latest fashion once more (7) REMODEL {RE{MOD}EL}

DOWN

1   Tough revolutionary regrets bombing houses (7) MOBSTER [T<=]

2   Freely I admit, avoiding haphazard modernization is of some value (3-4) NON-ZERO mOdERNiZatiON*

3   Pen a boring, lifted joke (5) KRAAL {LA{A}RK<=}

4   Double-check and fix again (9) REINSTALL {REIN}{STALL}

5   Jokes by judge on mimics (5) JAPES {J}{APES}

6   Clueless nationalist went out in official attire (9) UNIFORMED UNInFORMED

7   1:10 Recalled Eastern Philosophy by "Surfer" (7) NETIZEN {1 TEN}<={ZEN}

8   Yankee cycling account on Socialist uprising - one that easily gives in (7) YIELDER {Y}{(-l)IE(+l)L}{RED<=}

14 Block embedded with latest version of Facebook and Bing's original calendar (9) TIMETABLE {TI{META}{Bing}LE}

16 Smart witness snubs a tense cop (9) INSPECTOR {IN}{SPECTatOR}

17 Sports festival drained relatives (7) FLAUNTS {Fe...aL}{AUNTS}

18 Translating job involves current and dated Algonquian languages (7) OJIBWAS {OJ{I}B*}{WAS}

20 Touches of emulsion paint over cross that is finally scrubbed and treated with resin (7) EPOXIED {Em...n}{Pa..t}{Over}{X}{IE}{s...eD}

21 Saint takes a dip in lake near mountains for purifying (7) LUSTRAL {ST} in {L}{URAL}

23 Wail near empty pit in grave (5) CRYPT {CRY}{PiT}

24 Setter Avtaar turned up, accepting neighbour's case against property (5) INREM {I}{ME<=} over {Ne...uR}

Reference List

River = R, Kangaroo = JOEY, English = ENG, Sailor = OS, Old = O, Australia = A, Second = S, Latest = MOD, Judge = J, Nationalist = N, Yankee = Y, Smart = IN, tense = T, Current = I, Saint = ST, Lake = L