No 13192, Thursday 11 Mar 2021, Afterdark

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.

No enumerations given in the online edition!!

ACROSS

1   Somehow stable people touring a school get hot and tense with the authorities (13) ESTABLISHMENT {STABLE*}{1}{S}{H}{MEN}{T}

10 So article before bishop released without reading (9) THEREFORE {THE}{bEFORE*} over {R}

11 Relatives are burdens; scratching head (5) AUNTS dAUNTS

12 Stranger loitering around team, standing at the front gates (5) EXITS {E{XI}T}{St...g}

13 Once in Berlin House, Edward was knocked out (9) EXHAUSTED {EX}{HAUS}{TED}

14 Fellow’s free, away halfway day before weekend (6) FRIDAY {F}{RID}{awAY}

16 Indian queen moving ahead north to shower... (4) RAIN RA(-n)I(+n)N

19 ... always? Not at all, not north (4) EVER nEVER

20 Disregard Mr. Italy, primarily shameless to leave to England (6) IGNORE {sIGNOR}{E}

25 Despatched confidential informant to infiltrate a society holding Tesla or someone like him (9) SCIENTIST {S{CI}ENT}{1}{S}{T}

26 Influences outcomes at Britain, leading from the front (5) BENDS {ENDS}<=>{B}

27 New text, Raja hid (5) EXTRA [T]

28 Scene in country scary to begin with? Point (9) LANDSCAPE {LAND}{Sc..y}{CAPE}

29 Somehow enduring, taking stance with awareness (13) UNDERSTANDING {UNDER{STAND}ING*}

DOWN

2   Description provided to a college in particular (8) SPECIFIC {SPEC}{IF}{I}{C}

3   States’ roads are empty after a vehicle got gutted (5) AVERS {RoadS}<=>{A}{Ve...lE}

4   Saw little, nothing’s approved (6) L?O?E? (Addendum - LOOKED {L}[0}{OK'ED} - See comments)

5   That woman puts pressure on crush, a guide (8) SHEPHERD {SHE}{P}{HERD}

6   Evaluating me? Promising not to keep top secret? (9) MEASURING {ME}{ASsURING}

7   10 short of a ton, yet in nerves primarily, jittery (6) NINETY {YET+IN+Ne...s}*

8   Felt is used, used to emphasise something (6) ITSELF*

9   Has ideas inside privately (5) ASIDE [T]

15 A key position offering superiority and edge (9) ADVANTAGE {A}{D}{VANTAGE}

17 Stories in bits without a beginning (8) ARTICLES pARTICLES

18 Jet on a hill, female takes over from man (8) FOUNTAIN (-m+f)FOUNTAIN

21 More manageable at sea; at sea? That’s right (6) EASIER {SEA*}{IE}{R}

22 Demanded job, starting off with journalist (5) ASKED {tASK}{ED}

23 Attend programme with dean regularly (6) LISTEN {LIST}{dEaN}

24 Sunday Times has articles about New Zealand with a verse (6) STANZA {S}{T}{A}{NZ}{A}

26 Like to be in bed, rested (5) BASED {B{AS}ED}

Reference List

School = S, Hot = H, Tense = T, Bishop = B, Reading = R, House in German = HAUS, Fellow = F, North = N, England = E, Confidential = C, Informant = I, Society = S, Tesla = T, Britian = B, College = C, Little = l, Pressure = P, Key = D, Female = F, Man = M, Right = R, Journalist = ED, Sunday = S, Time = T