No 12629, Saturday 18 May 2019, Bruno

Across

5. Dangerous snafu! Building's close to collapse (6) UNSAFE {SNAFU*}{collapsE}
7. Minister gets air-conditioner first, correct? (8) ACCURATE {AC}{CURATE}
9. Component of education that's less serious and ribald (8) LITERACY {LITE}{RACY}
10. As one.. yet free? Requires reversal of heart (6) UNITED {UN(T<=>I)ED}
11. Armchair general's speciality: find flag unit & march it around (12) FAULTFINDING {FIND+FLAG+UNIT*}
13. Throughout success or calamity, retained Western perspective (6) ACROSS (T<=)
15. Samurai Soldiers Started Swinging Shiny Steel Sabres? (6) SWORDS (Rebus - S Words)
18. Selfish aim of most Indians: to get tax breaks — ensure top-tier income tax is avoided, bottom-tier's collected... (2,3,2,5) AN AXE TO GRIND {INDIANs+TO+GET+TAX-(Tier  IT)*}around {tieR}
21. Boy runs and gets ready (6) BRACES {B}{RACES}
22. Her Majesty's son put on Navy's ultimate vessel (8) LADYSHIP {LAD}{navY}{SHIP}
23. First Oriental soldier — Chinese dynasty's threatening (8) ONCOMING {Oriental}{NCO}{MING}
24. How to make something colourful... even endlessly positive (3-3) TIE-DYE {TIED}{YEs}

Down

1. Last battle in ol' war to crush Napoleon? (8) WATERLOO {battlE} in {OL+WAR+TO*} &lit
2. Benefit of man putting on weight is being reviewed (6) BEHALF {FLA{HE}B<=}
3. Is living in plutocracies difficult when alt-Right is not around? (8) OCCUPIES {PLUTOCRACIES-{ALT+R}*}
4. Drawing after drinking beer #4 is not easy (6) TRYING {T{beeR}YING}
6. Problem with subtlety is... it's hidden (8) NUISANCE {NU{IS}ANCE}
7. Somebody's article — there's epilogue at the end (6) ANYONE {AN}{YON}{epiloguE}
8. Level of stream's starting to die off on one side (4) TIER Anno not clear
12. I refuse to include fool's name (8) IDENTITY {I}{DEN{TIT}Y}
14. Covers king in warm garment (8) SEALSKIN {SEALS}{K}{IN}
16. Makes improvements after firing public relations monsters (8) OGRESSES {prOGRESSES}
17. Spooner's lease cut — that could cause sleeplessness (3,3) JET LAG {(+J-l)ET-(+L-j)AG}
18. Support from members of branch organisation (6) ANCHOR (T)
19. Original short poem and timeless song (6) ODDITY {ODe}{DItTY}
20. Elderly relative managed to put end of leg over head (4) GRAN {leG}{RAN}

Reference List

Air-conditioner=AC, Income Tax=IT, Boy=B, Soldier=NCO, Chinese dynasty=Ming
Man=He, Right=R, Article=An, King=K, Public Relations=PR, Time=T, Managed=Ran

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No 12628, Friday 17 May 2019, Hypatia

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ACROSS
9   Saw what happens when husband, in hurry loses to wife? (5,5,5) HASTE MAKES WASTE (-h+w)WASTE
10 Time lost by lying about in old society's comfy couches (3,4) DAY BEDS {DAt{BY<=}ED}{S}
11 Blood withdrawn and injected in right hand for regeneration (7) REBIRTH {R}{TRIBE<=}{H}
12 A dad or mom drinks them extremely flat (9) APARTMENT {A}{PAR{TheM}ENT}
14 Heat, athough a slow process, eventually melts (5) THAWS Tail Acrostic
17 Spooner's drone identifies drink containers (7) TEABAGS (bee tags to tea bags)
19 Can idiot be fired after missing a delivery? (7) DICTION {CaN+IDIOT}*
21 Where you could see a queen winking with knight? (5) CHESS (Queen wins king in Chess)
23 Recall Hypatia's turning in sincere anagrams (9) REMINISCE {RE{I'M<=}NISCE*}
25 Shrink's asylum (7) RETREAT [DD]
27 A tiger might have these priests worried (7) STRIPES*
30 No news, I say is without being subject to change (5,2,4,4) FIXED IN ONES WAYS {NO+NEWS+I+SAY}* [RA]

DOWN
1   Drum hit oddly boosted sound (4) THUD {DrUm+HiT}<=
2   Cyber Investigator's spot? (4) ESPY {E SPY}
3   Opening initially from nearest mobile (8) FENESTRA {From}{NEAREST*}
4   Rest arrested behind Scottish girl (6) LASSIE {L{ASS}IE}
5   Released what was concealed (8) SECRETED [DD]
6   Cheap hinge was damaged to begin with (3-3) TWO-BIT {TO+Begin+WITh} [CA]
7   Tyrant seen among Russian leaders (4) TSAR Acrostic &lit
8   Web bulletin Guru became husband (4) MESH MES(-sage+h)H
12 Public IT tax filing took-up storage space (5) ATTIC [T<=]
13 Gag a person keeping mouth open (5) AGAPE [T]
15 Wrong note's taken by fool (5) AMISS {A{MI}SS}
16 Notice stock exchange's early closing (5) SENSE SENSEx
18 Service industry strangely revised this inspection (8) SCRUTINY {serviCe+INdUSTRY}* [CA]
20 Compare if air-conditioning is as per agreement (8) CONTRAST CONTR(-ac+as)AST
22 Rates careers (6) SPEEDS [DD]
24 Stonewall workers? (6) MASONS [CD]
25 Prevalent fast in Puja, for instance? (4) RIFE RI(f as t)FE
26 Abstainer, getting old is content (4) TEXT {T{EX}T}
28 Fruit peel's picked up (4) PEAR (~pare)
29 Band begins with songs among super hits (4) SASH Acrostic

Reference List
Society = S, Hand = H, Husband = H, Note = MI, Old = EX, Puja = RITE

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