No 13108, Wednesday 02 Dec 2020, Vulcan

Solution to 4D 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   Device that’s arresting the curling (12) STRAIGHTENER* &lit

10 Having wine before light show (7) PORTRAY {PORT}{RAY}

11 Relative, after losing heart, has broken free (7) UNLEASH {UNcLE}{HAS*}

12 Team frequently dealt with No. 2! (6) ELEVEN {dEaLt}{EVEN}

13 Doctor has to remain in Island city (8) SHANGHAI {S{HANG}HA*}{I}

15 Get old men to build a place to stay (9) LODGEMENT*

16 Should be 0 - N (5) OUGHT nOUGHT

17 Permitted in felicitations (5) LICIT [T]

19 Artist is experienced — emptied and converted gold into cash (9) MONETISED {MONET}{IS}{Ex...eD}

22 The gutted North American town shows resolve (8) TENACITY {ThE}{NA}{CITY}

24 Detector said to be cut (6) CENSOR (~senser)

26 Go from a Mediterranean Island (7) EXCRETE {EX}{CRETE}

27 Say, grow old and mean (7) AVERAGE {AVER}{AGE}

28 Having been around for a while, it’s horrible — landing’s not good (4-8) LONG-STANDING {LANDINGS+NOT+G}*

DOWN

2   Plant poorly watered (7) TARWEED*

3   One to address people during settlement (9) AGREEMENT {A}{GREE{MEN}T}

4   Men in fashion, say (4) G?Y? (Addendum - GUYS (~guise) - See comments)

5   Standard type of telephone around South (10) TOUCHSTONE {TOUCH}{S}{TONE} (Correction {TOUCH{S}TONE) - See comments)

6   Many Londoners wearing this material (5) NYLON [T]

7   Motorist runs over a dog outside hospital (4,3) ROAD HOG {R}{O}{A}{D{H}OG}

8   Request from a British politician as reported (6) APPEAL {A}{PPEAL}(~ peel)

9   Article is starting to transform a believer (6) THEIST {THE}{IS}{Tr...m}

14 Joint strain for sewer (10) SEAMSTRESS {SEAM}{STRESS}

16 Bad month — need improving (2,3,4) ON THE MEND*

17 Message left by Vulcan after commencement (6) LETTER {L}{sETTER}

18 Conservative leader in lacy clothes? Looking back, it’s ironic (7) CYNICAL {Co...e}{Y{NI}CAL<=}

20 Soil surrounding us giving support (7) SUSTAIN {S{US}TAIN}

21 Old marathoner finally entered and ran (6) DARTED {DA{m...eR}TED}

23 Fresh, cold and low in fat (5) CLEAN {C}{LEAN}

25 Jabber about a story (4) SAGA {GAS<=}{A}

Reference List

Island = I, Good = G, South = S, Runs = R, Over = O, Hospital = H, Left = L, Cold = C