No 13175, Friday 19 Feb 2021, Gridman

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ACROSS

1   Boy lover’s primarily defective command that cannot be obeyed (3,5) BAD ORDER {B}{ADOR{D}ER} 

5   Go to sort out mixed-up socks (6) REPAIR [C&DD]

9   Too well established on place (7) OVERSET {OVER}{SET}

10 Coax daughter in revolution to end game (7) WHEEDLE {WHEE{D}L}{gamE}

11 I, with saint, right in local — relocated and isolated (9) CLOISTRAL {I}{ST}{R} in {LOCAL}*

12 Brief section of winter setting (5) TERSE [T]

13 First start, then finish and transmit (4) SEND {St..t}{END}

14 Scheming chap’s beginning to recommend chaps’ model paper (9) PARCHMENT {CHAP+Re...d}*{MEN}{T}

17 Logic a heavy drinker won’t like, apparently (9) RATIONALE {RATION}{ALE}

19 Reject short needle (4) SPUR SPURn

23 Some worried over old animal (5) MOOSE {MO{O}SE*}

24 Been looking over chef cutting up right plant (5,4) BEECH FERN {BEE{CHEF*}{R}N}

25 Inigo left the middle with totally opposite result (7) OUTCOME (INiGO opposte is OUT COME)

26 Quick redound: visa served to the sage (7) TAPASVI {PAT<=}{VISA*}

27 Agreement calls for celebration by party at last (6) TREATY {TREAT}{p..tY}

28 I had oldies pampered over and held dear (8) IDOLISED {I'D}{OLDIES*}

DOWN

1   What policemen might do in a furniture showroom (4,4) BOOK CASE [DD]

2   Yearn to have a drink and fade away (3,4) DIE DOWN {DIE}{DOWN}

3    Among others, one's up to oppose (6) RESIST {RE{1'S<=}ST}

4    Such a person can indeed be amused by a show (13) ENTERTAINABLE {ENTERTAIN}{ABLE} Semi&lit

6   Sprinting contest I’m beginning to explore (8) EVENTIME {EVENT}{I'M}{Ex...e} 

7   Woman embracing girl right in front of firedog (7) ANDIRON {AN{DI}{R}{Of}N}

8   Reportedly did — did smell badly (6) REEKED (~wreaked)

10 We will be calm — such specimens are sure to be in a good museum (4-9) WELL-COLLECTED {WE'LL}{COLLECTED}

15 Eliminated with one dope administered just regularly (5,3) WIPED OUT {W}{1}{DOPE*}{jUsT}

16 French denizen (not new) is excited, wildly excited (8) FRENZIED {FR}{DENIZEn}*

18 A piece of advice by the French teacher (7) APOSTLE {A}{POST}{LE}

20 Urges newspapers (7) PRESSES [DD]

21 I am left with what’s brought in (6) IMPORT {I'M}{PORT}

22 By hope all keep certain heads up at this disaster site (6) BHOPAL {By}{HOPe}{ALl}

Reference List

Boy = B, Daughter = D, Saint = ST, Right = R, Model = T, Old = O, With = W, New = N, The in French = LE