Solution to 19D 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 solve, if not solved by 1 PM.
ACROSS
8 In retrospect, 10 divided by 10 is one that gives no number in the nearby range (4,4) NEXT DOOR {T{X}EN<=} {DOnOR}
9 Almost everyone told untruths, being married (6) ALLIED {ALl}{LIED}
10 Scholarly one comes out carrying pen! That is wonderful! (10) STUPENDOUS {STU{PEN}DiOUS}
11 Goodbye from Atlantean, oddly! (2-2) TA-TA aTlAnTeAn
12 During practice team has cold beverage (3,3) ICE TEA [T]
14 The elaborate surrounding, large square and the hour before midnight (8) ELEVENTH {THE}* over {L}{EVEN}
15 Millions wasted for boy's trip, achieving little growth! (7) STUBBLE STU(-m+b)BBLE
17 Royal's bad taste, plays out occasionally (7) STATELY {TASTE}*{pLaYs}
20 End up in right careers and hold up (8) UNDERPIN {END+UP+IN+R}*
22 Love natural drinks, start to distil for trial (6) ORDEAL {O}{R{Di...l}EAL}
24 Intelligence agency recruited a good group of conjurers (4) MAGI {M{A}{G}I}
28 We have right way to alert banks, emptied for someone like Dwayne Johnson (8) WRESTLER {W{R}E}{ST}{aLERt}
DOWN
1 Infected wound - initially scrubbed, cleaned with ice mostly (6) SEPTIC {SwEPT}{ICe} What's the role of 'initially'?
2 That operational part is over! (4) ATOP [T]
3 Time to have hotel at each official place of local government (4,4) TOWN HALL {T}{OWN}{H}{ALL}
4 Singer Spooner takes credit for small performance at first (7) CROONER {+cr-s-p)CROONER
5 Altercation sound engulfing ship (6) HASSLE {HA{SS}LE}
6 Rated tea as misused (3-7) ILL-TREATED [RATED+TEA}* [RA] There's an extra A in the fodder
7 Support used in golf to train, without one on the wagon (8) TEETOTAL {TEE}{TO}{TAiL}
13 Story about black family, new to setting for serving of food (5,5) TABLE LINEN {TA{B}LE} {LINE}{N}
16 Nazi at an anarchic country (8) TANZANIA*
18 Indecisive wife intervening to protect self from financial risk, after husband left and died (3-5) TWO- EDGED {T{W}O}{hEDGE}{D}
19 After losing power, rebel King won back northern virgin (7) ?N?N?W?
21 Old Spanish money plant covered by legume plant (6) PESETA {PE{SET}A}
26 Board that is somewhat flat headed (4) LATH [T]
Reference List
Ten = X, Number = N, Large = L, Millions = M, Boy = B, Right = R, Intelligence agency = MI, Good = G, With = W, Time = T, Hotel = H, Credit = CR, Small = S, Ship = SS, Black = B, New = N, Wife = W, Husband = H, Died = D








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