No 14292, Saturday 28 Sep 2024, Gussalufz

ZERO HOURS

ACROSS

1   Police raids? They're no good (5) BUSTS {DD]

4   My boss is upset I concealed relationship (9) SYMBIOSIS {MY+BOSS+I}* over {I}

9   Rock formations signal river rose regularly (7) INLIERS {sIgNaL+rIvEr+RoSe}

10 Find concentration of energy after retiring, cutting sex (7) TITRATE {E}<=>{TART}{IT}<=

11 Weary about commercial? Rant (6) TIRADE {TIR{AD}E}

12 Extremely soupy egg, soft-boiled without solidifying at the core (8) FOGGIEST {EGG+SOFT}* over {s...dIf...g}

14 Mislead about smuggling? Very bad (4) EVIL {LI{V}E<=}

15 Suspended connection after processing partner's last weird gibe (4,6) WIRE BRIDGE {p...eR+WEIRD+GIBE}*

18 Clay lost, ultimately; mistakes: boxing casually at first, getting overtime (10) TERRACOTTA {losT}{ERRA{Ca...y}{OT}TA}

19 King overwhelmed by fool's questions (4) ASKS {AS{K}S}

22 Prince played court-court (8) PRECINCT {PRINCE}*{CT}

24 Never is Spooner's enemy within range (2,4) NO FEAR (~foe near to no fear)

26 Typically rowdy "USA! USA!" yellers, completely naked (2,5) AS USUAL {USA+USA}*{yelLers}

27 Base of steel bong, intricately recessed (7) IGNOBLE [T<=]

28 Reviewed "choose to fire hundred to survive" contract (9) TELESCOPE  {SELEcT<=}{COPE}

29 Origin of recession exposed by Pittsburgh Tribune (5) BIRTH [T<=]

DOWN

1   Overwhelming attack featuring a piece of naan, a bit of egg, and pancake (7) BLINTZE {BLIT{Naan}Z}{Egg}

2   Girl wrestling with purse is more extravagant (9) SPLURGIER* {GIRL+PURSE}*

3   Unscrupulous tea dynasty retains firm (6) STEADY [T[

4   OK, help me, love (2-2) SO-SO {SOS}{O}

5   Gussalufz's idea of short story: ten cows dancing (2,3,5) MY TWO CENTS {MYTh}{TEN+COWS}*

6   Logging essentially boring entries, absurdly pointless figures (8) INTEGERS {logGing} in [ENTRIES}*

7   Discrimination's rising in country (5) STATE (+s)STA(-s)TE

8   Staff canteen's opening in a month (about) (7) SCEPTRE {S{Ca...n}EPT}{RE}

13 Luxury car with new instrument for liqueur (10) LIMONCELLO {LIMO}{N}{CELLO}

16 Cut arms deals finally, surrounded by gloomy remnant of flames (9) DISMEMBER {DI{d..lS}M}{EMBER}

17 Tubby, I suppose, abruptly gets tired (8) FATIGUES {FAT}{I}{GUESs}

18 Moving means property gets hauled up, computer is packed (3-4) TIP-CART {TRAIT<=} over {PC}

20 Cry in sermon, quietly succumbing to consecration at heart (7) SCREECH S(-p+cr)CREECH

21 Socialise, no, amid leisure activity, scratching backside? (6) HOBNOB {HOB{NO}By}

23 Even fancy tequila lacks it, somehow (5) EQUAL tEQUiLA*

25 Backed release date (4) TIME<=

Reference List

Energy = E, Sex = IT, Commercial = AD, Very = V, King = K, Court = CT, Hundred = C, About = RE, New = N, Quietly = P