No 13267, Monday 07 Jun 2021, Arden

Lockdown Day 40 of 47 Stay Safe at home

Solution to 10A 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   Party and drink, they infuriate one showing obstructionist attitude (3,2,3,6) DOG IN THE MANGER {DO}{GIN}{THEM}{ANGER}

10 Unpacked chatter machine (5) L?T?E (Addendum - LATHE {bLATHEr} - See comments)

11 What the parliamentarians do when support is dead and gone (9) LEGISLATE {LEG}{IS}{LATE}

12 Plant starts operating in America, taking a chance... (7) OPUNTIA {Op...g}{In}{Am...a} over {PUNT}

13 ... oddly their people get open platform (7) TERRACE {ThEiR}{RACE}

14 Fitted with small pipes over the opening (5) DEBUT<=

16 One on relapse with clean drug (5,4) ANGEL DUST  {AN}{LEG<=}{DUST}

19 Invitation to carry fish and chips, perhaps (9) CARPENTER {ENTER}<=>{CARP}

20 Longed to join soldiers on top, got there (5) ACHED reACHED

22 Channel to disembark in the east midlands of Britain (7) RUTLAND {RUT}{LAND}

25 Material to oppose the structure, essentially (7) BUCKRAM {BUCK}{fRAMe}

27 Shock over Jack losing final point in rating (9) APPRAISAL {APP{RAISe}AL}

28 Relationship with a model in port (5) RATIO {R{A}{T}IO}

29 Control disease, doctor refuses (14) RECONSOLIDATES*

DOWN

2   Put to sleep by anesthesiologist — will get one better? (9) OUTNUMBER {OUT}{NUMBER}

3   Turnover not very sluggish (5) INERT INvERT

4   Perhaps William’s on a roll as they say, can you differentiate? (4,5) TELL APART {TELL}{A}{PART}(roll~role=part)

5   Goitre — lack of Iodine may lead to this disease (5) ERGOT GOiTRE*

6   Country with actual borders in another country (9) AUSTRALIA {AUSTR{Ac..aL}IA}

7   Country song heard in North India (5) GHANA (~gana)

8   Dance — pick second half or pick again (7) REELECT {REEL}{selECT}

9   He left homeland wandering — must be a nut (6) ALMOND {hOMeLAND}*

15 On the other hand, the horse gets in a tangle (4,5) THEN AGAIN {THE}{NAG}{IN+A}*

17 One wearing costume laid out for an Italian nationalist (9) GARIBALDI {GAR{1}B}{LAID*}

18 She does show people their place (9) USHERETTE [CD]

19 Pirate ship? (7) CORSAIR [DD]

21 Boy carrying bananas, came up with another fruit (6) DAMSON {SON}<=}{MAD<=}

23 For artful deception, need a subject (5) TOPIC deCePTIOn* [CA]

24 Dispute? No way after party (5) DISCO DISCOrd

26 Dog with tail up in the centre of a gathering (5) CURIA {CUR}{tAIl<=}

Reference List

On = LEG, Point = E, Model = T, Very = V, Way = RD