No 14206, Thursday 20 Jun 2024, Afterdark

Solution to 3D 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 answer, if not solved by 1 PM.

ACROSS

7   Say, figures that can be seen in eyes (5) CONES [DD]

8   Stoking rural ire about government is unconventional (9) IRREGULAR {RURAL+IRE}* over {G}

10 To beat is funny, so to say! (6) PUNISH [DD]

11 Stokes has tea and fresh idly regularly (8) STEADILY{S}{TEA}{IDLY*}

12 Composure seen in a card game (8) PATIENCE [DD]

13 Thin lad fed some nutrient (4) BONY {BO{Nu...t}Y}

15 Withdraw with honour to save name (7) REVERSE{REVER{S}E} 

17 13 without supervision can act funny, also not (7) NEITHER tHIRTEEN*

20 Travel-bag for event (4) CASE [DD]

22 Sat with drink as reported (8) SUPPOSED {POSED}<=>{SUP}

25 Is holding orange juice at start (8) ORGANISE {ORANG{IS}E*}

26 Could be age, longing to leave society (6) THIRTY THIRsTY

27 Advantages in setters being cryptic (9) INTERESTS*

28 People get beer in Marks & Spencer? (5) MALES {M{ALE}S}

DOWN

1   Settled laptop due somehow (9) POPULATED*

2   Drug within iodine stops spread of endemic (8) MEDICINE {I} in {ENDEMIC}* Semi&lit

3   Assumed Edward will stem the rot (7) ?R?S?E? (Addendum - TRUSTED {T{RUST}ED} - See comments)

4   Mysore's emblem maintained in duplicate (8) RESEMBLE [T]

5   Charge included designated driver's negligence primarily is unexpected (6) SUDDEN {SU{DD}E}{Ne...e}

6   Female faces troubles and collapses (5) FAILS {F}{AILS}

9   Avoid socializing primarily with crude person (4) SHUN {So...g}{HUN}

14 One less than majority? (9) SEVENTEEN [CD]

16 Epics rewritten with people's illustration (8) SPECIMEN {EPICS}*{MEN}

18 Hot and relevant reading covered (8) TROPICAL {T{R}OPICAL}

19 Basically tourists visit spaces built for viewpoints (7) ASPECTS {To...s} in {SPACES}*

21 Shocked that a network's down (6) AMAZED {A}{MAZE}{D}

23 Ready husband for a walk (4) PATH {PAT}{H}

24 Medico's liquid could be tea perhaps (5) DRINK {DR}{INK}

Reference List

Government = G, Stokes = S, Society = S, Designated driver = DD, Female = F, Reading = R, Down D, Husband = H

No 14205, Wednesday 19 Jun 2024, Afterdark

Solution to 11A 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 answer, if not solved by 1 PM.

ACROSS

1   Go through parchment (6) SCROLL [DD]

4   When starting late, children should gain resistance against disease (6) RABIES (-b+r)RABIES

8   Laboured night shift to arrest criminal (7) HALTING {H{AL}TING*}

9   Perhaps, factory can get new equipment at the start with the help of railway (7) CANNERY {CA{N}N}{Eq...t}{RY}

11 Copied an article one published in issue (10) ?E?I?A?I?E (Addendum - DERIVATIVE [CD] - See comments)

12 Pavlov engaged to wrap a stove (4) OVEN [T]

13 Indiscriminate weeds in a plant (5) SWEDE*

14 Stops family getting a leather garment (8) SEALSKIN {SEALS}{KIN}

16 Measure, say cat's return track (8) FOOTSTEP {FOOT}{PETS<=} Track would be FOOTPRINT and not FOOTSTEP?

18 Southern gals in a funny way create jargon (5) SLANG {S}{GALS*} Error in fodder. Should have been Northern.

20 Leaders from South encourage agitators rabidly to burn (4) SEAR Acrostic

21 Broadcast his rant about jerk who could be a disbeliever (10) ANTICHRIST {HIS+RANT}* over {TIC}

23 Rewrite article on show (7) RECITAL*

24 Finance is from New Delhi perhaps (7) CAPITAL [DD]

25 Letters from advisor relates to a plant (6) SORREL [T]

26 Order to pay (6) SETTLE [DD]

DOWN

1   Cut is small to suffer (5) SHAVE {S}{HAVE}

2   Rope used in ship seen on sailor's counter with another cord (7) RATLINE {TAR<=}{LINE}

3   Male getting treated outside home by specialist of facial feature, say (9) LINEAMENT {L{IN}EAM*}{ENT}

5   Worried after a bishop becomes slow (5) ABATE {ATE}<=>{A}{B}

6   Broadcast of genius around middle of October pertains to fire (7) IGNEOUS {IGNE{octOber}US*}

7   Son's publishing without source and examining (9) SURVEYING {S}{pURVEYING}

10 Knocking off tips aside, it's lavish (9) DISSIPATE* 

13 In a way, seems OK to describe large space in the front as one without puffers (9) SMOKELESS {SEEMS+OK}* over {L} and {Sp..e}

15 Partner is a fool of course, initially kept setter worried (9) ASSOCIATE {ASS}{Of}{Co...e}{I}{ATE}

17 Bone for a month makes happier dog (7) TERRIER (-m+t)TERRIER

19 Look to stop transport (7) AIRLIFT {AIR}{LIFT}

21 Ask me anything unknown on electric shock (5) AMAZE {Ask}{Me}{An...g}{Z}{E} Letter pick indicator missing? Or is it an accepted abvn in internet slang?

22 Having meat in small eatery at the corner leads to stigma (5) SHAME {S}{HAM}{Ea...y}

Reference List

Resistance = R, Criminal = AL(Capone), New = N, Railway = RY, Small = S, Home = IN, Specialist = ENT, Bishop = B, Son = S, Large = L, Bone = T, Month = M, Unknown = Z, Electric = E