Across
1 Posh turnout and reply in business centre (4,7) SHOP* COUNTER
9 Sheds last one gingerly (4-3) LEAN-TOs*
10 Beg Rex to give way for daughter and collapse (7) IMPLO(-R)(+D)E
11 Twin game (5) MATCH
12 Controlling device to be taken by soldier (9) REGULATOR
13 Money for animal (5) RHINO
15 The case for a list of securities held? (9) PORTFOLIO
18 Deceptive statement — fifty per cent of it must be false (4-5) HALF-TRUTH
21 Senseless and cruel not to sing (5) INANE
22 One to lose sleep over anything (9) INSOMNIAC
24 Hundred to save crumbling dens (5) C(AVES*)
26 City boy, entirely (7) TO(RON)TO
27 Workman Tsarina trained (7) ARTISAN*
28 Dwelling of a mathematician? Not exactly! (11) SUMMER HOUSE
Down
1 Sailor spoils hour in Rann of Kutch, maybe (4,5) SALT MARS H
2 Circle section in picture of illusion (2,3) O(P ART)
3 Sort of razor for three players (3-6) CUT-THROAT
4 Puritans leaving one to let go and loosen (7) UNSTRAP*(-I)
5 Smart German launch (7) TRIG GER
6 Fend off the agent giving finishing touches to the deal (5) REP EL
7 Wrong? I will fetch a Mexican dish (8) TORT I'LL A
8 Fellow-listener in panic (4) F EAR
14 Badly going through American alternative that is deceptive (8) ILL US OR Y
16 Responsible fishing practice? Not exactly! (4,5) FAIR CATCH
17 Attitude of respect for revised Seneca bio (9) OBEISANCE*
19 Schoolchildren are all the same in this (7) UNIFORM
20 Cat's wandering in this place — a big tract (7) HE(CTA*)RE
22 Spot rise of A B C D E F G H I (4) IOTA
23 Makes breath fresheners (5) MINTS
25 Six quiet about university festival in India (5) VI SH U
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6 Fend off the agent giving finishing touches to the deal (5) REP EL
Here 'finishing touches to the deal' yield EL from "thE deaL", not as indicated above.
Thanks, Vasi Sir! And you're being kind by just pointing out one instance, Gridman got me at couple other places too :(
So, the lesson is - attempt Gridman in a hurry at your own peril :)
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