No 13995, Saturday 14 Oct 2023, Afterdark

ACROSS

9   Vessel is kept wrong way up in cover following instructions basically (7) ICEBOAT {C{BE<=}OAT}<=>{In...s}

10 Bar stocking some rum portion (7) EXCERPT  {EXCE{Rum}EPT}

11 Disturbances in old city after female destroys rose (7) FURORES {UR}<=>{F} and {ROSE}*

12 General devastated by blow up (7) ENLARGE*

13 Tries internally, from the heart in practice (9) REHEARSAL {RE{HEARS}AL}

15 Crude people try taking the short recourses at the end (5) GOTHS {GO}{THe}{r...eS}

16 Fibre strands kept in loops outside old cover essentially (7) ROVINGS {R{O}{coVer}INGS}

19 Obsolete record for the most part at America's erased, emptied (7) DISUSED {DISc}{US}{Er...eD}

20 Plant sap secured from hollow tree in general (5) LATEX {LA{TreE}X}

21 Vocalists in a whirl snort some ganja, ecstasy on board (9) SONGSTERS {SNORT+Ganja+E}* in {SS}

25 Author told 'Finish off story without reading' (7) TOLSTOY {TOLd}{STOtY}

26 Approaches girl to replace union leader and gets even with (7) AVENGES AVEN(-u+g)GES

28 Issue coming back at head office with directions to absentees (2-5) NO-SHOWS {SON<=}{HO}{W}{S}

29 Permit insurers to collect no charge after preliminary examination online (7) LICENCE {LIC}{E}{NC}{E}

DOWN

1   File destroyed in Puerto Rico by snitch (6) PILFER {P{FILE*}R}

2   Explore Bay of Bengal perhaps, right with two leaders from Chennai (6) SEARCH {SEA}{R}{CHe...i}

3   Unit to primarily record resistance (4) TORR {TO}{Re...d}{R}

4   So, tips getting damaged leads to drooping of eyelids (6) PTOSIS*

5   Cot is placed across improper level and slanted (8) BEVELLED {BE{LEVEL*}D}

6   Say, greens have E.Coli mostly, sis got affected (10) ECOLOGISTS {ECOLi}{SIS+GOT}*

7   Issues with expert's rank (second) (8) PRORATES {PRO}{RATE}{S}

8   Emphasised lock to be kept in empty safe by guard at the end (8) STRESSED {Sa{TRESS}fE}{g..rD}

14 Princess's tax return is primarily zero. Normal to take over? (10) ANNEXATION {ANNE}{TAX<=}{Is}{O}{N}

16 Reporting about story in organization (8) RELATING {R{TALE<=}ING}

17 Doctrine of relativism rewritten, about to be released (8) VITALISM reLATIVISM*

18 Sister is shy, silly and cowardly (8) SISSYISH {SIS+IS+SHY}*

22 Almost new and advanced (6) NEARLY {N}{EARLY}

23 Brussels has company at northeast - a US city (6) EUGENE {EU}{GE}{NE}

24 British special regiment saves woman from belts (6) SASHES {SA{SHE}S}

27 Every electronic account's hacked primarily (4) EACH {E}{AC}{Ha...d}

Reference List

Old city = UR, Female = F, Old = O, Ecstasy = E, Reading = R, Girl = G, Union = U, Head office = HO, Right = R, Resistance = R, Second = S, Normal = N, About = RE, New = N, Brussels = EU, Company = GE, Northeast = NE, British Special Regiment = SAS, Electronic = E, Account = AC

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No 13864, Saturday 13 May 2023, KrisKross

ACROSS

1   Sweetheart cycling to end of lake to meet a fellow on the other side (8) OVERLEAF {(-l)OVER(+l)L}{lakE}{A}{F}

5   You and I about to divide cash supply exactly (2,4) AS SUCH {AS{US<=}CH*}

9   American company's visual image creating uproar (8) INCIDENT {INC}{IDENT}

10 Supporters rebel against America, resulting in chaos (6) SNAFUS {FANS<=}{US}

12 States with rulers killing many for tax finally (9) EXPRESSES E(-m+x)XPRESSES

13 Increase drug (5) SPIKE [DD]

14 One jumping to escape, reportedly (4) FLEA (~flee)

16 Endlessly cheer poor student working to get rank (7) ECHELON {CHEEr}*{L}{ON}

19 Prince from European city welcomes play's first theatre manager (7) PROPMAN {P}{RO{Play}MAN}

21 Starting to laze in bed, one could be fired (4) COLT {CO{Laze}T}

24 Complain about very piercing pain (5) CAVIL {C}{A{V}IL}

25 Awkward, spinning ball … must begin to hit (3,6) ALL THUMBS {BALL+MUST+Hit}*

27 Food in conferences rejected, say (6) FORAGE {FORA}{EG<=}

28 Bum living outside a bar is careful (8) VIGILANT {VIGIL{A}N*}{T}

29 Design box to store drug (6) CREATE {CR{E}ATE}

30 Exposes partners with wicked hearts (8) WEATHERS {WE}{HEARTS*}

DOWN

1   More demanding child? (6) OLIVER [GK]

2   Miss Earth's robe (6) ESCAPE {E'S}{CAPE}

3   Serve dal with extremely large spoon (5) LADLE {DAL*}{LargE}

4   Condition of associates crossing explosive mines (7) AMNESIA {A}{MINES*}{A}

6   Steward playing chess with elan (9) SENESCHAL {CHESS+ELAN}*

7   In Paris, a carriage participating in race in an illegal manner (8) UNFAIRLY {UN}{F{AIR}LY}

8   Mysterious banshees - they are said to be over the hill (3-5) HAS-BEENS*

11 Man, for example, leaving a passage (4) ISLE aISLE

15 Fame after 50 - KrisKross is heading off in joy (9) LIMELIGHT {L}{I'M}{dELIGHT}

17 Terminator, for one, filled with purpose - heartless, cold and precise (8) SPECIFIC {S{Pu...sE}CIFI}{C} Semi&lit

18 Study poetry and talk (8) CONVERSE {CON}{VERSE}

20 Play about a Biblical character (4) NOAH {NO{A}H}

21 Crash in bed, ill - occasionally rising (7) COLLIDE [T<=]

22 Easy scratching skin at the top, holding a stick (6) IMPALE {sIMP{A}LE}

23 Actually a sibling consumes this regularly (2,2,2) AS IT IS {A}{SI{ThIs}S}

26 One surrounded by many in lift (5) HOIST {HO{1}ST}

Reference List

Fellow = F, American company = INC, Many = M, Student = L, Prince = P, About = C, Very = V, Bar = T, Drug = E, Earth = E, Associate = A, A in French = UN, Carriage = AIR, 50 = L, Cold = C, Study = CON, Play = NOH