No 14467, Thursday 24 Apr 2025, Afterdark

Solution to 25A 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

9   One US state holds grain with selfishness (7) AVARICE {A}{VA}{RICE}

10 Expert trainer primarily worried about salt (7) ACETATE {ACE}{Tr...r}{ATE}

11 Apparent papers will be collected in tournament (7) EVIDENT {EV{ID}ENT}

12 Option to buy one dessert (4-3) CHOC-ICE {CHO{C}ICE} Buy 1 or Buy C?

13 Bug eaters to chew the vegetable (5,4) SUGAR BEET*

15 Siemens, solicitor is fat (5) STOUT {S}{TOUT}

16 Big warship to park at the front of boarding point (3,4) BUS STOP {B}{USS}{TO}{Park}

19 Company to insist head should be removed from school (7) COLLEGE {CO}{aLLEGE}

20 Disorder at tea shop regularly to refund (5) CHAOS {CHA}{sHoP<=}

21 Spells of bad weather land cops in trouble at Sweden (4,5) COLD SNAPS {LAND+COPS}{S}

25 Think again about individual help (7) R?L?E?E (Addendum - RELIEVE {RELI{E}VE} - See comments) E from?

26 Auditor's quiet, that is nervy essentially for the bank employee (7) CASHIER {CA}{SH}{IE}{neRvy}

28 Reportedly boy got breads at dawn (7) SUNRISE {(~son){SUN}{RISE} (Correction - {(~ son ryes){SUNRISE} - See comments)

29 Sat uncomfortably with anger, fixed in a place (7) STABILE {SAT*}{BILE}

DOWN

1   Concern on ship for stroke (6) CARESS {CARE}{SS}

2   Wickerwork displayed by American in Germany (6) CANING [T]

3   Mountain of wealth (4) PILE [DD]

4   Instead of dollars, use krone to pay for container (6) KETTLE (-$+k)KETTLE

5   Actor in first cinema takes action on controlled substance (8) NARCOTIC {ACTOR+IN+Ci...a}*

6   Fish is sad, lonesome in house (5,5) LEMON SOLES Letter Bank (Correction - {LONESOME}* in {LS} - See comments)

7   Friend, a bud made a poem of recantation (8) PALINODE {PAL}{1}{NODE}

I never saw a purple cow.

I never hope to see one.

But I can tell you anyhow

I'd rather see than be one

8   Letters distributed to primarily everyone to migrate (8) RESETTLE {LETTERS}*{Ev...e}

14 Roasting device's resistor damaged, one at the end (10) ROTISSERIE {RESISTOR}*{1}{thE}

16 Terrible setback getting king's support (8) BACKREST {BACK{R}EST*}

17 Say actor telling a story skipping a year of a fish (8) STARLING {STAR}{LyING} Fish or Bird??

18 Choose new reel about fish (8) PICKEREL {PICK}{REEL*}

22 Oslo customer saves an insect (6) LOCUST [T]

23 One police department initially investigating clubs is sharp (6) ACIDIC {A}{CID}{In...g}{Cl..s}

24 New setter's on the way (6) STREET*

27 Vessels are upside down; catch (4) SNAP<=

Reference List

Papers = ID, Siemens = S, Big = B< Tea = CHA, Sweden = S, Quiet = SH, Ship = SS, Dollars = S, Krone = K, House = LS(Lok Sabha), King = R, Year = Y