No 10792, Thursday 06 Jun 13, Arden

As delightful as ever though a shade easier than yesterday. Liked 11A.

ACROSS

1   May be an issue forcing union (7,7) SHOTGUN WEDDING [CD]

I DO

10 Minister not quiet about crime (5) ARSON pARSON

11 Spiritual leader of a country brings a boy up (5,4) DALAI LAMA {DAL}{A}{I LAM}{A}<= My COD

12 Attack the girl and slip away (7) SLITHER {SLIT}{HER}

13 Search to find time-setter inside encampment (7) HUTMENT {HU{TME}NT} Anno for TME  not clear (Addendum - {HU{T}{ME}NT} - See comments)

14 Those people with English as a subject (5) THEME {THEM}{E}

16 Initially Mary Pierce is prepared to be off the mark (9) IMPRECISE {M+PIERCE+IS}*

19 Approve green design for one travelling (9) PASSENGER {PASS}{GREEN*}

20 Get a pirate to hold the beast (5) TAPIR [T]

22 Salesman gets his nosh and does it again (7) REPEATS {REP}{EATS}

25 Cold wind and fog – really odd (7) MISTRAL {MIST}{ReAlLy}

27 Money kept inside missing, so not drinking (9) ABSTINENT {ABS{TIN}ENT}

28 There is clamour for the odd NCO’s issues (5) NOISE {NcOs}{IsSuEs}

29 Perhaps rely on loony nut? No way! (3,2,4,5) NOT ON YOUR NELLY*

DOWN

2   Henry has some wine on the headland being in a hurry (9) HASTINESS {H}{ASTI}{NESS}

3   Show how to change name for a fish…. (5) TENCH {TE(-a+n)NCH}

4   … and beneath a fish is a bottle washer (9) UNDERLING {UNDER}{LING}

5   Cheat a Cambrian (5) WELSH [DD]

6   Most exquisite but is not in the end, by the way (9) DAINTIEST {D{AIN'T}IE}{ST}

7   Strange enigma, a nameless picture (5) IMAGE EnIGMA*

8   Given the rights he will somehow agree to accept the contract (7) GRANTEE {GRA{NT}EE*}

9   Dog born with virtue (6) BASSET {B}{ASSET}

15 Promotion gets the Spanish girl into trouble (9) ELEVATION {EL}{EVA}{INTO*}

17 A soldier to measure the characteristic factor (9) PARAMETER {PARA}{METER}

18 One distributed mail around the section being fair (9) IMPARTIAL {1}{M{PART}IAL*}

19 Belong to royalty protected by a French marshal (7) PERTAIN {PE{R}TAIN}

21 Banked on to rest in shade (6) RELIED {RE{LIE}D}

23 Assume as a fact that there is a river model (5) POSIT {PO}{SIT}

24 He or she might take notes by arrangement (5) STENO* &lit

26 Burn some of what KG basin generates (5) SINGE [T]

LINK TO SOLUTION