No 13135, Saturday 02 Jan 2021, Afterdark

 

Across

1 Perhaps where hair is //  being too difficult to comprehend (5,4,4) ABOVE ONES HEAD (DD)
10 Gets together again? Sure, fine I am unhappy (9) REUNIFIES {SURE+FINE+I*}
11 Can be at a corner untied... (5) LOOSE {LOO}{SE}
12 ... push to western corner (5) WEDGE {W}{EDGE}
13A long part — Bible without preamble is hard to read (9) ILLEGIBLE {I}{L}{LEG}{bIBLE}
14 By this document, take clear honey and fill it with freshly brewed beer (6) HEREBY {Hone{BEER*}Y}
16 Take to good cake counter... (4) GRAB {G}{BAR<=}
19 ... longing to stock, skipping first course (4) ACHE {cACHE}
20 Sleeve sun’s heat, hard covering (6) SHEATH (T)
25 Napoleon is alone within a radius, say (9) BONAPARTE {BON{APART}E}

26 Spike mark over one’s stomach (5) PITON {PIT}{O}{oNe}
27 Darling princess is back; cool (5) TEPID {DI}{PET}<=  Wordplay seems to lead to {PET}{DI}<=
28 Slob, you should develop and get very independent without doubt (9) OBVIOUSLY {SLOB+YOU*} around {V}{I}
29 Maybe to build a house one has to plan, lay roof, build, following father in retrospective (5,3,1,4) APPLY FOR A LOAN {PA<=}{PLAN+LAY+ROOF*}

Down

2 Heading to take a run, needlessly at the end, it’s perhaps a four (8) BOUNDARY {BOUND}{A}{R}{needlesslY}
3 Fabric made from olive... (5) VOILE {OLIVE*}
4 ... ironing caused damage, hole in the centre at the start (6) ORIGIN {IROnING*}
5 To preserve fodder, use saline, gets good with age ultimately (8) ENSILAGE {SALINE*}{G}{agE}
6 Handwritten manuscript on table, beneath his head, pupil wearing glasses (9) HOLOGRAPH {His}{O{L}O}{GRAPH}
7 Organism found on a broken beam; give oxygen (6) AMOEBA {A}{BEAM*} around {O}
8 Great, worth rewriting to get advance (6) GROWTH {G}{WORTH*}
9 Break off with Ambrose, very obsessive (5) SEVER (T)
15 Retreat from workplace counter, it’s overpacked, chaotic (9) BACKPEDAL {LAB<=} around {PACKED*}
17 Rates and leaves in a hurry (5,3) TEARS OFF {RATES*} Reverse Anagram
18 Musical composition from fine saint struggling in a support group (8) FANTASIA {F}{A{SAINT*}A}
21 SI units to get unknown resistance countered by birds flying around (6) HENRYS {HEN{{Y}{R}<=}S}
22 A boy had been slow (5) ABATE {A}{B}{ATE}
23 Quickly acquire pups and cut the tail to shape (4,2) SNAP UP {PUPS+ANd*}
24 Beau very short, could be a rodent (6) BEAVER {BEAu}{VERy}

26 Bird needs power on the wings upfront to hunt (5) PROWL {PoweR}{OWL}

Reference List

 

Can=Loo, Corner=SE, Western=W, A=I (A=One=I), Long=L, Good=G, Over=O, Darling=Pet, Princess=Di, Very=V, Independent=I, Father=Pa
Pupil=L, Glasses=OO, Oxygen=O, Great=G, Fine=F, Support Group=AA (Alcoholics Anonymous), Unknown=Y, Resistance=R, Boy=B

 

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Definition, Solution, Component letters, Embedded links, Theme word,  Anagram Indicator, C/C indicator, Reversal Indicator, Hidden word Indicator, Letter Pick indicator, Deletion Indicator, Homophone Indicator, Movement Indicator, Positional Indicator, Substitution, Indicator, Opposite indicator, Link/Connector, Extraneous