No 12710, Wednesday 21 Aug 2019, Lightning

8 different ways of E!

ACROSS
1   Liberal parting financial return for sound recording (8) PLAYBACK {P{L}AYBACK}
5   Sharp male supplanted Tesla with new and keen insight (6) ACUMEN {ACU(-t+m)ME}{N}
9   One that runs musical show on a hill (8) OPERATOR {OPERA}{TOR}
10 Curtailed prank to return knitted fabric (6) TRICOT {TRICk}{TO<=}
12 Nearly produce electromotive force with salt solution (5) BRINE {BRINg}{E}
13 Clever bishop's tirade about hostile institute (9) BRILLIANT {B{R{ILL}{I}ANT}
14 Ninja guards withheld animal (6) JAGUAR [T]
16 Instrument to smuggle ecstasy with ocean herb (7) OREGANO {OR{E}GAN}{O}
19 Electronic design is delicate (7) EMOTIVE {E}{MOTIVE}
21 Hundred and two engineers getting away to Java, maybe? (6) COFFEE {C}{OFF}{EE}
23 Kit a valet misplaced being chatty (9) TALKATIVE*
25 Departed consuming first tropical refreshment (5) LATTE {LA{Tr...l}TE}
26 Screen document covering temperature resistance (6) FILTER {FIL{T}E}{R}
27 Buy large net, building equipment primarily to get chemical substance (8) BUTYLENE {BUY+L+NET}*{Eq...t}
28 European breaking box to build (6) CREATE {CR{E}ATE}
29 Perhaps a shot of energy thus protecting force? (8) ESPRESSO {E}{S{PRESS}O}

DOWN
1   Nationalist leaving ring with black oriental bird (6) PHOEBE {PHOnE}{B}{E}

2   US native with ordinary beverage (9) AMERICANO {AMERICAN}{O}

3   Idle for the most part, entering engineering degree, show great emotion (5) BLAZE {B{LAZy}E}
4   Caught at fight beside public house with iron rod (7) CROWBAR {C}{ROW}{BAR}
6   Essentially searching for a river eel distributed in underwater ecosystem (5,4) CORAL REEF {s..rCh..g+FOR+A+R+EEL}

7   Drink tea following medical officer (5) MOCHA {MO}{CHA}
8   Musical symbols a tenor included in principle (8) NOTATION {NOT{A}{T}ION}
11 Tax he removed with old statesman (4) TITO {TIThe}{O}

15 Capable of joining with one, set off via tunnel (9) UNIVALENT*
17 Well-organised, passed net with proficiency (9) ADEPTNESS*
18 Hit provided one with century, expressing supreme happiness (8) BEATIFIC {BEAT}{IF}{1}{C}
20 Leave former lover with appeal (4) EXIT {EX}{IT}
21 Attache questioned smuggling bills for exchanging money (7) CHEQUES [T]
22 Engineering other changes for this purpose (6) HERETO {E+OTHER}*
24 Not doing well in the French city (5) LILLE {L{ILL}E}
25 Covering segment of play erratically (5) LAYER [T]

Reference List
Liberal = L, Male = M, Tesla = T, New = N, Hill = TOR, emf = E, Bishop =B, Institute = I, Ecstacy = E, Ocean = O, Electronic = E, Hundred/Century = C, Engineer/Engineering = E, Temperature = T, Resistance = R, Large = L, European = E, Energy = E, Black = B, Oriental = E, Ordinary = O, Caught = C,  River = R, Tenor = T, Old = O, Appeal = IT

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No 12709, Tuesday 20 Aug 2019, Incognito

ACROSS
8   12 employees initially nap (4) DOZE DOZEn (Addendum - {DOZ}{Em...s} - See comments)
9   'Le Roi' sails around fuel replenisher at sea (5) OILER*
10 Middle Easterner's in Mercara building (4) ARAB [T]
11 Corrected income tax following journalist's excessive deduction in the beginning (6) EDITED {ED}{IT}{Ex...e}{De...n}
12 Bertha's choker (8) NECKBAND [DD]
13 Ex-PM's serial ID is misplaced (8) DISRAELI*
15 Girl covered with shredded roses turns into a female monster (6) OGRESS {O{G}RESS*}
17 India's "Most Wanted" hides gold in tree (7) DAGWOOD {DA{G}WOOD}

19 Engineer hits red and hesitates (7) DITHERS*
22 Married English priest in the middle of the week, perhaps (6) WEDDED {W{E}{DD}ED}
24 US flag made of rolled gold leaf at first with additional gold? Yes! (3,5) OLD GLORY {GOLD}*{Leaf}{OR}{Y}

26 Pilot ordered a route around North America (8) AERONAUT {A+ROUTE}* over {NA}
28 Chef in England initially makes biscuit (6) COOKIE {COOK}{In}{En...d}
30 Peck's damaged skis (4) KISS*
31 Flower in Canada is yellow (5) DAISY [T]

32 Greek god rose awkwardly (4) EROS*

DOWN
1   Supreme Being possesses nothing? That's fine! (4) GOOD {GO{0}D}
2   "Queue to meet Yama?", two heard agitatedly (5,3) DEATH ROW*
3   Gourmet's French liver has a dash of onion and dill (6) FOODIE {FO{On..n}{Dill}IE}
4   17's favourite person's brownie without chocolate (7) BLONDIE [DD]
5   Brother caught officer taking a vegetable (8) BROCCOLI {BRO}{C}{COL}{1}

6   Top designer's inn has non-English ale (6) BARBER {BAR}{BEeR}
7   Chief area of expertise of a mariner (4) MAIN [DD]
14 Angry Indian sailor turns back European (5) IRATE {I}{TAR<=|}E}
16 Treasure robber, to some extent, is more certain (5) SURER [T]
18 Spinsters refurbished Dad's limo (3,5) OLD MAIDS*
20 Consecrated Church at last permitted (8) HALLOWED {c...cH}{ALLOWED{
21 Model circles before doctor ties child's foot (7) TOOTSIE {T}{OO}{TIES*}
23 Sleepy rowdy stirs and grabs stick at first (6) DROWSY {DROW{St..k}Y*}
25 Yes, cad decomposes and rots (6) DECAYS*
27. Slithering asp released by Persian in Ireland (4) ERIN  pERsIaN*
29. Press Club (4) IRON [DD]

Reference List
12 = Doz, Journalist = ED, Girl = G, Gold = G, English = E, Priest = DD, Gold = OR, Yes = Y, Nothing = 0, Caught = C, Officer = COL, A = 1, Indian = I, European = E, Model = T,

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