No 12526, Friday 18 Jan 2019, Neyartha

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ACROSS
1   Rejoinder leading to a career revival (8) COMEBACK [DD]
5   Very dense metal brought by a communist in trouble can't be ignored (6) OSMIUM {a+cOMMUnISt}*

9   Xi matured after training in the compound (9) ADMIXTURE*
11 Mythili adapts selected characters to make an epic poem (5) ILIAD [T]
12 Clue about a rooster in front of the pilot's compartment (7) COCKPIT {COCK}{TIP<=}
14 Kitchen aid suitable for children not fully capable of stretching (7) UTENSIL {U}{TENSILe}
15 Coerce cinema to whip up a summer treat (3-5,4) ICE-CREAM CONE*
17 They may get a beating in the kitchen before a newly married man makes an American dish (4,8) EGGS BENEDICT {EGGS}{BENEDICT}

20 Sailor tucks into a cut vegetable in order to get to the Canadian province (7) ONTARIO {ON{TAR}IOn}
22 Daughter enters a choppy lagoon in a flat-bottomed boat (7) GONDOLA {GON{D}OLA*}
23 Knight with a newborn returns to get a middle-eastern dish (5) KEBAB {K}{BABE<=}
24 Gives up, we hear, on covering the bistro, as the kitchen head makes a fellow go away for pastries (9)  SEEDCAKES (~cede){SEED}{CA(-f+k)KES)

26 Worker on a sailing ship breaks down the freezer after sending out the last letter (6) REEFER FREEzER*
27 One with a note by the inn in-charge on the nature of certain lines in a meteorological map (8) ISOBARIC {1}{SO}{BAR}{I/C}

DOWN
1   Innings full of missed opportunities? (6) CHANCY [CD]
2   Doing an imitation of batting after participation in a ridiculous gimmick (9) MIMICKING {MIMICK{IN}G*}
3   Container with some strong beers for the auditor (3) BOX (~bocks)
4   Tokens including the right time upset one of the male singers with a specific voice type (13) COUNTERTENORS {COUNTE{R}{T}{ONE<=}RS}
6   Fight after a lapse in the modern rifle mechanism (5,6) SLIDE ACTION {SLIDE}{ACTION}

7   Class of climbers ignoring the advertising from the parties involved in a legal contract (5) IVIES Anno pending (Addendum - prIVIES - See comments)
8   Computer component's circuit pulled up after the couple hacks through a tree to retreat (6) MODULE {M{DUO*}LE<=} Indirect anagram
10 A shot in dim conditions? (8,5) EDUCATED GUESS [CD]
13 A polite word about a follower swimming in a Kazakh river is gratifying (11) PLEASURABLE {PLEAS{URA{B}L}E}
16 Enter building to grab the job of a person developing contacts through social meetings (9) NETWORKER {NET{WORK}ER*}
18 Roadblock erected to smuggle in a storage compartment (6) LOCKER [T]
19 Light year alternative revealed by Charlie to get rid of the far right sentence analyzer (6) PARSEC PARSE(-r+c)C
21 Propose to make a stand (5) TABLE [DD]
25 North-bound German composer gets cut off by a taxi (3) CAB BACh<=

GRID

No 12525, Thursday 17 Jan 2019, Buzzer

ACROSS
1   Variety in clueing often is bending and bowing (12) GENUFLECTION*
8   Most of publisher's book description is smear (4) BLUR Anno pending (Addendum - BLURb - See comments)
9   Discover heavenly body with green light right away (4,2,4) COME TO KNOW {COMET}{OK}{NOW}
11 Up-to-date comedian a success (4-2) WITH-IT {WIT}{HIT}
12 Crazy about sell-off they have nothing in their possession (4,4) NULL SETS {NU{SELL*}TS}
14 Attributes of born-again Indian (4) NAGA [T]
16 English cricketer won good contest after batting with only tail (1,1,5) W G GRACE {W}{G}{b...nG}{RACE}

18 Sound from TV describing catch (7) TENABLE {TE{NAB}LE}
19 Foolish one dropping off in jacket (4) JERK JERKin
22 Custom length, about right for mini vehicle (5,3) MODEL CAR {MODEL}{CA}{R} (Correction - {MODE}{L} {CA}{R} - See comments)
23 Settling on a loveless endless routine (2,1,3) IN A RUT {RoUTINe}* over {A} &lit
24 Bowled with urgency finding an edge to dismiss (5,5) BRUSH ASIDE {B}{RUSH}{A}{SIDE}
26 Unit showing resistance to the end, hardly that's a surprise (2,2) OH MY {OHM}{h...lY}
27 Those with ticks kept at arm's length? (5,7) WRIST WATCHES [CD]

DOWN
2   Elements of fear, then war engulfing Terracotta? (11) EARTHENWARE [T]
3   Oh no, uncouth and rough (5) UNCUT UNCoUTh
4   Monsieur tends to embrace French city (2,4) LE MANS {LE{M}ANS}
5   To crack a clue got a checklist? (9) CATALOGUE*
6   Kind of dairy product needing no introduction (3) ILK mILK
7   Comprehensive career with neither start nor end in sight (3-2) ALL-IN {cALLINg}
10 Scientific study of light and time down to three subject matters (6) OPTICS (-t)OP(+t)TICS
13 Assume snappy attitude to speaker is unusual (6,1,4) STRIKE A POSE*
15 German antique figure found around a tourist city (4,5) GOLD COAST {G}{OLD}{CO{A}ST} Buzzer's residence
17 Take in with gusto Kapil of India (6) DEVOUR {DEV}{OUR}
20 Three upcoming art houses OK screening international (6) TROIKA {TR{O{I}K}A<=}
21 Singular card game like an intoxicating drink (5) RUMMY [DD]
23 Intestinal fortitude essentially on field leading to century (5) ILEAC {f..tIt..e}{LEA}{C}
25 Honorific sure is used frequently (3) SRI {SuRe+Is}

GRID