No 13162, Thursday 04 Feb 2021, Vulcan

Solution to 21D 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   Clairvoyant old prophet eventually perceiving something different (12) PRECOGNITIVE {O+p...eT+PERCEIVING}*

10 One hears/heard rumours in part (7) EARDRUM [T]

11 A condition mostly intrinsic — extremely unstable (7) ASTATIC {A}{STATe}{In...iC}

12 Protein in excess ends in excretion (6) GLUTEN {GLUT}{Ex...oN}

13 ID American men are using (8) USERNAME {US}{MEN+ARE}*

15 On second thoughts, the horse isn’t tailless (4,5) THEN AGAIN {THE}{NAG}{AINt}

16 Right caption (5) TITLE [DD]

17 Write about English coins (5) PENCE {PEN}{C}{E}

19 City reelects corrupt one in (9) LEICESTER {REELECTS}* over {1}

22 Left with pain, weaken (8) LANGUISH {L}{ANGUISH}

24 Time to wear a fatigue dress (6) ATTIRE {A}{T}{TIRE}

26 It joints, it cuts and it’s soft on the inside (7) SPLICER {S{P}LICER}

27 It’s in one friend’s copy (7) IMITATE {1}{M{IT}ATE}

28 Influence from others to leak reports initially to the media — not quite certain (4,8) PEER PRESSURE {PEE}{Re...s}{PRESs}{SURE}

DOWN

2   Change direction by error — endlessly travelling further at regular intervals (7) REROUTE {ERROr*}{fUrThEr}

3   Match later turned around in the middle (9) CORRELATE {COR{LATER*}E}

4   Lame activity (4) GAME [DD]

5   A bit insane at work while not present (2,8) IN ABSENTIA*

6   Soccer team going through main terminal (5) INTER [T]

7   Obtain essence (7) EXTRACT [DD]

8   Power to stop, say (6) WEIGHT (~wait)

9   School’s toppers in every mechanical engineering program (6) SCHEME {SCH}{Ev..y}{Me...l}{En...g}

14 Pear, plums and yogurt basically mixed with sweet liquid (5,5) MAPLE SYRUP {PEAR+PLUMS+Yo...t}*

16 Drama created by the racist (9)  THEATRICS*

17 European style (6) POLISH [DD]

18 New working position providing security (3-4) NON-SLIP {N}{ON}{SLIP}

20 One will not be seen here (4,3) THIN AIR [CD]

21 Transfer energy inside a conveyance (6) R?E?E? (Addendum - REEFER {RE{E}FER} - See comments)

23 Relative is hesitant to leave Arkansas (5) UNCLE UNCLEar

25 Resort city in scenic environment (4) NICE [T]

Reference List

Old = O, About = C, English = E, Left = L, Time = T, Soft = P, New = N, Energy = E