No 14309, Saturday 19 Oct 2024, Afterdark

ACROSS

1   Involvement of circle inspector is with personal assistant in division (13) PARTICIPATION {PARTI{CI}{PA}TION}

10 Article about goods at mess, has no source or understanding (9) AWARENESS {A}{WARE}N}{mESS}

11 Accompaniment to artist's one that goes missing often (5) RAITA {RA}{1}{ThAt}

12 Mad! Player is missing, it's silly (5) INANE INsANE

13 To do this, I got silicate compound (9) ITILACISE {I}{SILICATE*} Definition not shown in Italics?

14 Girl had a superior cake (6) GATEAU {G}{ATE}{A}{U}

16 Force is inadequate (4) LEAN [DD]

19 Man in capital city... (4) MALE [DD]

20 ...breaks lid of new article of widow, say (6) RELICT aRTCLE*

25 Say, maybe on towards USA (9) STATESIDE {STATE}{SIDE}

26 Series of chapters on artificial intelligence by Newton (5) CHAIN {CH}{AI}{N}

27 Best priest, bartends often (5) ELITE {ELI}{barTEnds} Often for taking the middle letters!!

28 Herb gets dangerous ammo in a South American country (9) CHAMOMILE {CH{AMMO*}ILE}

29 Act with that woman at Delhi University to organise rest for cleaner (7,6) FEATHER DUSTER {FEAT}{HER}{DU}{REST*}

DOWN

2   Ananthram gets new plant (8) AMARANTH* {amaranth+n=ananthram}

3   Article on ashes appearing frequently is an indicator, perhaps (5) THESE {THE}{aShEs}

4   Churchman Eric takes 100 pounds (6) CLERIC {ERIC}<=>{C}{L}

5   Father's guards skilled but average (8) PASSABLE {PA}{SS}{ABLE}

6   End course with a new article on casteism essentially (9) TERMINATE {TERM}{1}{N}{A}{casTEism}

7   Coworker heartily had a drink at the beginning (6) ORIGIN {cowORker}{1}{GIN}

8   Bold lawyer takes on cartel (6) DARING {DA}{RING}

9   Ladies' quarters found in Doha remnants (5) HAREM [T]

15 A boy's worried facing people, takes some tablet and gets relief (9) ABATEMENT {A}{B}{ATE}{MEN}{Ta...t}

17 Average medic or leading endocrinologist going wrong? (8) MEDIOCRE {MEDIC+OR+En...t}*

18 Settle aliens if they are touring (8) FINALISE*

21 At the start, Tamil uncle near Neyveli explained lengthy passage (6) TUNNEL Acrostic

22 Accompany American lady (5) USHER {US}{HER}

23 Hand luggage found in Virginia Isle is broken (6) VALISE {VA}{ISLE*}

24 Question daughter seen with man in English Department (6) DEMAND {D}{E}{MAN}{D}

26 Renowned Tamil editor's private secretary meets hacks (5) CHOPS {CHO}{PS}

Reference List

Player = S(South in Bridge game), Girl = G, Superior = U, Chapters = CH, Newton = N, 100 = C, Pounds = L, New = N, Lawyer = DA, Boy = B, Daughter = D, English = E, Department = D

No 12602, Wednesday 17 Apr 2019, Arden

ACROSS
9   Material — one in German plant (7) MULLEIN {MULL}{EIN}

10 Ward off, change rules, keep record (7) REPULSE {R{EP}ULSE*}
11 Position almost on the point of temperature scale (7) RANKINE {RANKINg}{E}
12 Song is perhaps extremely dirty and vile (7) DYNASTY {DirtY}{NASTY}
13 Hand over and fuss about sick animal (9) ARMADILLO {ARM}{AD{ILL}O}

15 The best entry in the literary fest (5) ELITE [T]
16 Model stopped short of strip and torture (7) PARAGON Anno pending (Addendum -{PARe}{AGONy} - See comments)
19 Flyer's bottom covered halfway (7) KESTREL {KE{STReet}EL}

20 Brace for one in two (5) TWAIN {TW{A}IN}
21 In sentence they're linked (5,4) CHAIN GANG [CD]
25 It seems new model goes for long dress (7) APPAREL APPARE(-nt+l)L
26 Appropriate time to be exposed to some money (7) IMPOUND {tIMe}{POUND}
28 Talk about love — I see there is total confusion (7) CHAOTIC {CHA{O}T}{I}{C}
29 Caught it in true performance (7) RECITAL {RE{C}{IT}AL}

DOWN
1   Southern army manoeuvres involve Navy in Turkish port (6) SMYRNA {S}{MYR{N}A*}
2   Meeting seen to be regularly held by choice (6) PLENUM {PL{sEeN}UM}
3   Diner inside, limited entry (4) DELI [T]
4   Counterfeit one in French currency (6) UNREAL {UN}{REAL}
5   Free to go into pistol and jam (8) GRIDLOCK {G{RID}LOCK}
6   Time to hunt, being candid and mature (4,6) OPEN SEASON {OPEN}{SEASON}
7   Cold drink, even beer is more fashionable (8) CLASSIER {C}{LASSI}{bEeR}
8   So, spring is fine (4,4) VERY WELL {VERY}{WELL}
14 Descend or ascend? Greek character has not kept his word (10) DEGENERATE Anno pending (Addendum - {ETA}{RENEGED}<= - See comments)
16 Bread's nice, I will go for peanuts (8) PITTANCE {PITTA}{NiCE}
17 Prepare a set, come back again (8) REAPPEAR*
18 Scrag, spike and string (8) NECKLACE {NECK}{LACE}
22 Collectors' colony (6) APIARY [CD]
23 The upper class in a town have clear vision (6) ACUITY {A}{C{U}ITY}
24 Remove resin from lady's finger, could be very annoying (6) GADFLY {LADYs+FinGer}*
27 Under pressure take a measure (4) PACE {P}{ACE}

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