No 13203, Wednesday 24 Mar 2021, Arden

Solution to 23D 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   Gas not even cool when compressed (6,8) CARBON MONOXIDE [CD?] (Addendum - CoOl - See comments)

10 Laws protect, even conceal a resident (5) LOCAL {L{cOnCeAl}L}

11 Dispatched outside — bad scene, being old (9) SENESCENT {SE{SCENE*}NT}

12 Language of money (7) GUARANI [DD]

13 Maybe Minneapolis lost its main character (7) EPSILON minNEaPOLIS*

14 Cat’s finally falling in step (5) TIGER {TI{f...nG}ER}

16 Explain cryptic clue on ‘Indian fruit’ (9) ELUCIDATE {CLUE*}{I}{DATE}

19 One plays around island or many islands in one place? (9) POLYNESIA {ONE+PLAYS}* over {I}

20 Tailor only new material (5) NYLON {ONLY+N}*

22 Announcer assumes Rechabite is an animal (7) CRITTER {CRI{TT}ER}

25 Block in later version covers very short distance (7) TRAMMEL {TRA{MM}EL*} 

27 Different rationale for one who cedes ownership rights (9) ALIENATOR*

28 Inverse part? (5) CANTO [CD]

29 Avoids name in supplement, playboys play a childish game (5,3,6) DUCKS AND DRAKES {DUCKS}{A{N}DD}{RAKES}

DOWN

2   Perhaps Michael originally made a switch to enter both sides (9) ARCHANGEL {A}{R}{CHANGE}{L}

3   Lift a chunk of wood (5) BALSA {A}{SLAB}<=

4   New wine kept overhead shows unsavouriness (9) NASTINESS {N}{ASTI}{NESS}

5   Cat under pressure will jump (5) OUNCE pOUNCE

6   Doubt at regular intervals before sitting — that’s the thing (9) OBSESSION {dOuBt}{SESSION}

7   Perfect to hide a long time inside (5) IDEAL [T]

8   Understanding how to divide thirty into three equal parts, essentially (7) ENTENTE Anno pending (Addendum - tEN TEN TEn - See comments)

9   Promise pickle or jam (6) PLIGHT [DD]

15 Replace inspector general or replace those who call your attention (9) RINGTONES {INSpecTOr+GeNERal}* [CA]

17 May be unrelated but stiil same (9) UNALTERED*

18 Everyone will ask daughter to leave before the last dance (9) ALLEMANDE {ALL}{dEMAND}{thE}

19 It’s daily incase of a bird (7) POCHARD {PO{CHAR}D}

21 Hold light to cover left side primarily (6) NELSON {NE{Left}{Side}ON}

23 One line clue at the very top about a bone (5) I?I?C (Addendum - ILIAC {1}{L}{1A}{C} - See comments)

24 Managed to stay in and inform (3,2) RAT ON {RA{TO}N}

26 Capital account — one that supports credit (5) ACCRA {AC}{CR}{A}

Reference List

Law = L, Indian = I, Island = I, Name = N, New = N, Pressure = P. Daughter = D