No 13254, Saturday 22 May 2021, Vulcan

Lockdown Day 24 of 40 Stay Safe

Across

1 Narrated what turned out to be an order endorsing capital punishment (5,7) DEATH WARRANT {NARRATED+WHAT*}
10 A student carrying guns — shocked (7) ALARMED {A}{L}{ARMED}
11 Settled down and I consumed stuff (7) SATIATE {SAT}{I}{ATE}
12 Working in a group that has no leader (6)  ACTION {fACTION}
13 Replace petitioner after one leaves (8) SUPPLANT {SUPPLiANT}
15 A medical college starting to become famous (9) ACCLAIMED {A+MEDICAL+College*}
16 Budget everything ahead of overtime (5) ALLOT {ALL}{OT}
17 Filthy neighbourhood, basically a pigpen (5) NASTY {Neighbourhood}{A}{STY}
19 They are not the winners and they are not losers either (7-2) RUNNERS-UP (CD)
22 It is a rum used for dessert (8) TIRAMISU {IT+IS+A+RUM*}
24 Trouble about a US soldier being slow (6) ADAGIO {AD{A}{GI}O}
26 Topic in church that’s more appropriate? (7) CHAPTER {CH}{APTER}
27 Card/note perhaps for a flammable liquid (7) ACETONE {ACE}{NOTE*}
28 Preferring a particular group playing in the concert (12) ETHNOCENTRIC {IN+THE+CONCERT*}

Down

2 It stretches, expands, primarily — first off, flexible (7) ELASTIC {Expands}{pLASTIC}
3 Brief time, special, cut short before the end of holiday (9) TEMPORARY {TEMPO}{RARe}{holidaY}
4 Some new ideas — comprehensive (4) WIDE (T)
5 Huge echoing (10) RESOUNDING (DD)
6 Misbehave in a Northern state — caught (3,2) ACT UP {A{CT} UP}
7 Pursue a victory through hard work (7) TRAVAIL {TR{A}{V}AIL}
8 A section of Anaheim, an amazing city (6) MANAMA (T)
9 Popular song to remain at the top of Indian chart finally (4,2) BEAT IT {BEAT}{I}{charT}

14 Producer, one working in Paris and Rome (10) IMPRESARIO {I}{PARIS+ROME*}
16 Addition of a couple of guys around daytime (9) AMENDMENT {A}{MEN}{D}{MEN}{T}
17 Fine collection of books in review (6) NOTICE {N{OT}ICE}
18 Browse one side (7) SURFACE {SURF}{ACE}
20 Italian men of different origins (7) SIGNORI {ORIGINS*}
21 Accepted right after professional training (6) PROPER {PRO}{PE}{R}
23 Rival pair (5) MATCH (DD)
25 Price is reasonable, say (4) FARE {~FAIR}

Reference List

Student=L, One=I, Overtime=OT, US Soldier=GI, Church=Ch
Northern state=UP, Caught=Ct, Victory=V, Indian=I, One=I, Day=D, Time=T, Books=OT, One=Ace, Right=R. Professional=Pro, Training=PE

Colour/Font Scheme

Definition, Solution, Component letters, Embedded links, Theme word,  Reference list 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