No 12635, Saturday 25 May 2019, Arden

Across

1. Can I accept a resolution, get the ability to hold charge? (11) CAPACITANCE {CAN+I+ACCEPT+A*}
7. River settlement, mostly (3) CAM {CAMp}
9. Look and pick out good weapon (5) LANCE {gLANCE}
10. Cumbersome procedure to set up — Mumbai suburb's close to office... (9) RIGMAROLE {RIG}{MAROL}{officE}
11. ...another suburb's riot affected, not very elegant... (9) MALADROIT {MALAD}{RIOT*}
12. ...bar // Mumbai's lifeline (5) LOCAL (DD)
13. Drunk will flip over top (7) TOSSPOT {TOSS}{TOP<=}
15. Meet // girlfriend (4) DATE (DD)
18. Stopping half the group (4) BLOC {BLOCking}
20. Last page in newspaper, only on herb (7) OREGANO {OR{pagE}GAN}{O}
23. Puzzle for a soldier's coach (5) REBUS {RE}{BUS}
24. Too small to know communist revolution was at a dacha, perhaps (9) WEEKENDER {WEE}{KEN}{RED<=}
26. Prongs seen in retreat, showing meanness (9) PETTINESS {STEP<=} around {TINES} Retreat=Step back
27. Game and set — plays a part in reproduction (5) GONAD {GO}{AND*}
28. Men abandoned young woman, help! (3) AID {mAID}
29. Shifting below, agrees it's hard work (5,6) ELBOW GREASE {BELOW+AGRESS*}

Down

1. Disaster when they are emptied under the palms (8) CALAMITY {CALAMI}{TheY}
2. Yen write-off makes him an incurable optimist (8) PANGLOSS {PANG}{LOSS}
3. Faith could start, rush underneath (5) CREED {Could}{REED}
4. Gathering praise for retaining the ashes (7) TURNOUT {T{URN}OUT}
5. Require return ticket to enter, so refused (7) NEGATED {NE{TAG<=}ED}
6. The last boy better exposed, gets a stripe (9) EPAULETTE {thE}{PAUL}{bETTEr}
7. Squat on crossbar on either side, it hurts! (6) CROUCH {CrossbaR}{OUCH}
8. Breakfast for us — lime, bananas and nuts (6) MUESLI {US+LIME*}
14. Scoring penalties in an area of conflict (9) PALESTINE {PENALTIES*}
16. Ring girl to get a piece of cloth (8) BANDANNA {BAND}{ANNA}
17. Grope around to get free food (8) PORRIDGE {GROPE*} around {RID}
19. In Moscow, her beau got her some flowers (7) COWHERB (T)
20. Finished by saying 'supervised' (7) OVERSAW {OVER}{SAW}
21. Drink made of 67% grapes and 33% papaya (6) GRAPPA {GRAPes}{PApaya}
22. Centrally stable status, credit has reduced (6) ABATED {stABle}{stATus}{crEDit}
25. Keen to see some of the bronze age relics (5) EAGER (T)

Reference List

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