No 13714, Friday 18 Nov 2022, Afterdak

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ACROSS

1   Health indicator puts strain on family (5,8) BLOOD PRESSURE {PRESSURE}<=>{BLOOD}

10 Pasta is tops (9) SPAGHETTI [DD]

11 Nobody has energy by 12 pm (2,3) NO ONE {NOON}{E}

12 Firm procured tool to fish (5) COHOE {CO}{HOE}

13 Doctor rents her cold platters (9) TRENCHERS {RENTS+HER+C}*

14 Son's club keeps badger (small) meat pieces (6) SCRAGS {S}{C}{RAG}{S}

16 God upset? No, on the contrary (4) EROS<=

19 Half of your field, in the middle area has fertilizer (4) UREA {yoUR}{fiEld}{A}

20 Leading ENT doctor provides oil cure for clots (6) EMBOLI {Ent}{MB}{OIL*}

25 School devised two methods to catch adult ticketless travellers (9) STOWAWAYS {S}{TWO*}{WAYS*} over {A}

26 Err leaving frontier in a haste, or else (2,3) IF NOT FrONTIer*

27 New York politician reaches hotel with siren (5) NYMPH {NY}{MP}{H}

28 Work hard with old Indians to catch snakes, perhaps (9) OPHIDIANS {OP}{H}{InDIANS} Old = Not new

29 Peace symbols with love? Victor surrounded by deceit, shoots (5,8) OLIVE BRANCHES {0}{LI{V}E} {BRANCHES}

DOWN

2   Pleat her saree covered by flannels, say (8) LEATHERS [T]

3   Colour of car has red etchings in the front (5) OCHRE Acrostic

4   Little bird after training got some egusi (6) PETITE {TIT}<=>{PE} and {Eg..i}

5   'Bisexuals are great' - Nurse Ecstasy Sierra (8) EPICENES {EPIC}{EN}{E}{S}

6   Boy! I'm at college holding ball - sound from the back, one produced by aircraft (5,4) SONIC BOOM {SON}{I}{C}{B}{MOO<=} 

7   Greek character gets guides halfway for colonist (6) RHODES {RHO}{guiDES}

8   Physics is terrible, first person leaving frightens (6) PSYCHS PHYSiCS*

9   Lecturer - it's mostly easy to maintain high discipline (5) LEASH {L}{EASy}{H}

15 First Golden Globe award, primarily given to rebel opposing Russian leader (9) GORBACHEV {Go...n}{ORB}{Aw..d}{CHE}{V}

17 Groom is following Tom at a vault (8) CATACOMB {COMB}<=>{CAT}{A}

18 Told to wait for bash time (8) POUNDAGE {POUND}{AGE} {wait ~ weight(POUND)

21 I quote a tweet at New York time for a kind of study (2,4) IQ TEST {I}{Q}{T}{EST}

22 Employing American in government (5) USING {US}{IN}{G}

23 German General's memorial desecrated after removing one article (6) ROMMEL MEMORiaL*

24 Condition of a small article chipped at the end found by mother (6) ASTHMA {A}{S}{THe}{MA}

26 A new director in charge; related to us (5) INDIC {1}{N}{D}{IC}

Reference List

Energy = E, Cold = C, Son = S, Club = C, Small = S, Area = A, School = S, Adult = A, Politician = MP, Hotel = H, Work = OP, Hard = H, Victor = V, Training = PE, Nurse = EN(Enrolled Nurse), Ecstasy = E, Sierra = S, College = C, Ball = B, Lecturer = L, High = H, Opposing = V, Quote in twitter = QT, New York Time = EST(Eastern Standard Time), Government = G, New = N, Director = D 

No 13713, Thursday 17 Nov 2022, Afterdark

Solution to 25A 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.

ACROSS

1   Done with a group of actors. They are dull (8) OVERCAST {OVER}|{CAST}

5   Disorganised tour peacekeepers participating is to terminate (3,3) RUN OUT {R{UN}OUT*}

9   Line at temple entrance upset boy; to get cooler takes a sip of Kool-Aid (8) TAILBACK {Te...e}{AIL}{B}{AC}{Ko...d}

10 Chilling account, totally exciting narration at the start of series, perhaps (6) CATENA Acrostic

11 Devices to remap areas around mountain (8) AERATORS {AERA{TOR}S*}

12 Jewellery at branch rented (6) ARMLET {ARM}{LET}

14 Wife or son? Cooler one will get an admirer (10) WORSHIPPER {W}{OR}{S}{HIPPER}

18 Time demands when there is no time? Does away with (10) ERADICATES {ERA}{DICtATES}

22 Indian from Nagaland border area at Virginia with sweetheart (6) NAVAJO {Na...d}{A}{VA}{JO}

23 One boards taxi to procure flour in Delhi to make bread (8) CIABATTA {C{1}AB}{ATTA}

24 Account concerning the dead... (6) RELATE {RE}{LATE}

25 ...almost enough, put in the moon by a foreigner (8) ?I?I?I?O (Addendum FILIPINO {FILl}{I{PIN}O} - See comments)

26 Pass away? Go (6) OUTRUN {OUT}{RUN}

27 Fighter's roar after gaining energy; he is shifting (8) EMIGRANT {MIG}{RANT}<=>{E}

DOWN

1   Budget is finished, take deposit (6) OUTLAY {OUT}{LAY}

2   I am back with police officer. It's concerning the expat (6) EMIGRE {ME<=}{IG}{RE}

3   Measure copper parts (6) CUBITS {CU}{BITS}

4   I, with two men, disengage from extraordinary melodramatics of priests. (10) SACERDOTAL {mELODRAmATiCS}*

6   Daring fraud, I with a new leader unravelled (8) UNAFRAID {FRAUD+I+A+New}*

7   Six deliveries, round first slip and covers (8) OVERLAPS {OVER}{LAP}{Slip}

8   Vehicles of thespians; Tesla right? It's written in the front (8) TRACTORS {ACTORS}<=}{T}{R}

13 Self control of a sect is magic, sacrificing silver; extraordinary (10) ASCETICISM {A+SECT+IS+MagIC}*

15 Managed to return to party after getting sign of painter (8) LEONARDO {RAN<=}{DO}<=>{LEO}

16 New valet lives (not lives) with a small seal (8) VALVELET {VALET+LiVEs}*

17 From the beginning Jack is under Japan's intense training, studying ultimate martial arts (8) JIUJITSU Acrostic

19 Being unwell, boy inside is weakening (6)  EBBING {EB{B}ING*}

20 Ancient Greek region is a dry, primarily inhabitable cold area (6) ATTICA {A}{TT}{In...e}{C}{A}

21 Game starting late? Exposed plan (3,3) LAY OUT {pLAY}{OUT}

Reference List

Peacekeepers = UN, Boy = B, Cooler = AC, Mountain = TOR, Wife = W, Son = S, Time = T, Area = A, Virginia = VA, Sweetheart = JO, Concerning = RE, Fighter = MIG, Energy = E, Men = M, Tesla = T, Right = R, Party = DO, Dry = TT