No 12426, Thursday 20 Sep 2018, Buzzer

ACROSS
1   Door always opens to achieve success (3,2) WAY IN {wAYs} in WIN Not sure of Anno (Addendum - {W{AY}IN} - See comments)
4   Water essentially, flowing into vast channel (2,7) TV STATION {waTer}{INTO+VAST}*
9   Drop of reddish purple colour ran across (7) PLUMMET {PLUM}{MET}
10 Admit reluctantly tax shelters working fine (7) CONFESS {C{ON}{F}ESS}
11 Back opposition? (5,4) OTHER SIDE [DD]
12 Cable network group dropping the ball getting explosive material (1-4) H-BOMB {HBO}{MoB}
13 In total shambles king's address (4,2) TALK TO {K} in {TOTAL}*
15 Monitor showing W, H but not I, D? Go for return (8) WATCHDOG {W}{AiTCH}{D}{GO<=}
18 Chance of never-ending rains sweeping through UK (3,1,4) RUN A RISK {n..eR}{U{RAINS*}K}
19 Crib primarily for new baby really (2,4) IN FACT INFA(-n+c)CT
22 Greener pastures for a drunkard with restraint (5) LEASH {LEAS}H Anno pending (Addendum - ~ leash - See comments)
24 Beef or tuna teatime sandwiches, heaven-sent (9) FORTUNATE [T]
26 Picks petition describing court rule (7) PLECTRA {PLE{CT}{R}A}

27 Head waiter and helper girl carrying evenly carved turkey (6,1) MAITRE D {MAI{TuRkEy}D}
28 Signing up for battle, not a normal teen (9) ENROLMENT {NORMaL+TEEN}*
29 Fine square type yard (5) SILKY {S}{ILK}{Y}

DOWN
1   Why pout? By the sound of it in disappointment (7) WIPEOUT (~why pout)
2   Juvenile one reading two-thirds of article (5) YOUTH {YOU}{THe}
3   One of an upper group in a vulgar division (9) NUMERATOR [CD]
4   Piece of tasty thing nibbled at (6) TITBIT [DD] (Addendum - {Ta..y}{IT}{BIT} - See comments)
5   Like Channel Islands and the rest of community (8) SOCIETAL {SO}{CI}{ET AL}
6   Suburb of Pune with surrounding university hospital (5) AUNDH {A{U}ND}{H}
7   Competitive No.1 dealing hiding, beats me (3,2,4) I'VE NO IDEA [T]
8   Sack be so, feeding horse? (7) NOSEBAG {BE+SO}* in {NAG} &lit
14 Listen to inner voice ignoring surging adrenaline (4,2,3) LEND AN EAR ADRENALiNE*
16 Tons of carbon and uranium found among items (9) CENTURIES {C}{ENT{U}RIES}
17 A very smooth opener for England in recent times (2,2,4) AS OF LATE {A}{SO}{FLAT}{En...d}
18 Cast pearls before swine ultimately a setback (7) RELAPSE {PEARLS*}{s..nE}
20 24 hours to compose duet say (7) TUESDAY*
21 Quick reminder (6) PROMPT [DD]
23 House rent raised for boarding place (5) HOTEL {HO}{LET<=}
25 Pair in prison judge sent away for a month (5) APRIL {jA{PR}IL}

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Bhargav's Talepiece

The bouncer and the dancer - Part 105

A bright and sunny TUESDAY in the month of APRIL.

Major General Jackson wearing a SILKY blue shirt came out of the HOTEL where he was staying and  was respectfully greeted by the MAITRE 'D.

He soon entered the WAY IN at the Army HQ and was as usual PROMPT in keeping the appointment. After the introductions Jackson began to TALK TO those present.

Everyone did keenly LEND AN EAR to what he was about to say. IN FACT Jackson was brief. He said that years back they did not want to RUN A RISK in writing down the message. But to confuse the OTHER SIDE they had made a few envelopes with dummy messages.

The idea was to put the enemies on a wild goose chase and were very FORTUNATE in having achieved the same.

By efflux of time the matter and the list had lost its importance. But the enemies were kept busy!!

TIT-BIT:

Uncle Sam and Gombu were relieved on the appearance of Maj. General Jackson and the clarification given.

And thus we come to the end of the Bouncer and the Dancer.

No 12425, Wednesday 19 Sep 2018, Arden

ACROSS
9   Within a month offer capital (7) ABIDJAN {A}{BID}{JAN} That should have been the Economic capital. Political capital is Yamoussoukro
10 Ugly drug, girls become quiet (7) HAGGISH HA(-sh+gg)GGISH
11 Bad feeling having succeeded in two overs (7) REMORSE Anno pending (Addendum - {RE}{MOR{S}E} - See comments)
12 Once capital diplomacy used to stop mob violence (4,3) RIOT ACT {RIO}{TACT}
13 Beer drinking — everyone joins Bill as he sings (9) BALLADEER {B{ALL}{AD}EER}
15 I had returned to old state (5) IDAHO {I}{HAD<=}{O}
16 About cost there is unpredictability (7) CAPRICE {CA}{PRICE}
19 Killers trim beards evenly (7) SNIPERS {SNIP}{bEaRdS}
20 Liquor regularly sent in, you're welcome (3,2) GET IN {G{sEnT}IN}
21 Spooner's frank in using furniture outdoors (9) CAMPSTOOL (-st+c)CAMP(-c+st)STOOL Using/Cool? See comments
25 Poles take over, it spins continuously (7) NONSTOP {N{O}NS}{TOP}
26 Ships's gone away, taking everyone (7) GALLEON {ALL} in {GONE*}
28 Editors reproduce chemical... (7) STEROID*
29 ...when mass-energy are taken altogether (2,5) EN MASSE [T]

DOWN
1   City girl in zebra crossing (6) ZAGREB {G} in {ZEBRA}*
2   Terrible call, second man implicated (6) DISMAL {DI{S}{M}AL}
3   Open to the ascension of Indian King (4) AJAR <=
4   Girl gets in next, essentially an extension (6) ANNEXE {ANN{nEXt}E}
5   Four in India, rest away in France (8) CHARTRES {CHAR}{REST*}
6   Avoids taking a small car, not right to give abuses (10) IGNOMINIES {IGNOr{MINI}ES}
7   Vehicle enters through empty garage in minister’s house (8) VICARAGE {VI{CAR}A}{Ga..gE}
8   He is on Times, goes around the favelas (8) GHETTOES {G{HE}{TT}OES}
14 Transfer to the said foreign country (10) ALIENATION (~ alien nation)
16 Tax over a drink, showing caution (8) CAGINESS {C{A}{GIN}ESS}
17 Granted rights on cue, need time to resettle (8) PATENTED {PAT}{NEED+T}*
18 Thrill for a day, avoid outdoors (8) ESCAPADE {ESCAP{A}{D}E}
22 It's attractive, partly over ten games (6) MAGNET [T<=]
23 Property act, take time out and return to port (6) ODESSA {ASSEt}{DO}<=
24 Inlet can be adopted for a knife (6) LANCET {L{CAN*}ET}
27 Starts with limited investment, maintaining adequate capital (4) LIMA Acrostic

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