No 13268, Tuesday 08 Jun 2021, Arden

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Solution to 13A 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   Do eat mushroom, take it (6) ACCEPT{AC{CEP}T}

4   Preserve ground for game (8) CANFIELD {CAN}{FIELD} 

9   Capital Lima — placed on both sides of delta (6) L?N?O? (Addendum - LONDON  {L}{ON}{D}{ON} - See comments)

10 Pay off in stages, it romanticises some of those returning (8) AMORTISE [T<=]

12 Soldiers involved in attack, lost one — it’s hard cheese (8) PARMESAN {P{ARMiES}AN}

13 No set back for world leaders surrounded by petals (6) ?T?M?N (Addendum - STAMEN STAtesMEN - See comments) 

15 Cars in the air, going around in this day and age (9,3) CHRISTIAN ERA*

18 Source of Ayn Rand’s work (12) FOUNTAINHEAD [DD]

21 Animals retreating are getting little coverage (6) LLAMAS {LLAM{A}S<=}

22 West loses nothing but gets a chance (8) ACCIDENT (-0+a)ACCIDENT

24 Jacket takes sheen off case hardening, perhaps (8) CARDIGAN {CAse+hARDenING}*

25 After emptying a barrel, German’s all sozzled (6) BLOTTO {Ba..eL}{OTTO}

26 Died unfortunately, any time it could blow up (8) DYNAMITE {D}{ANY+TIME}*

27 Remarks about fool catching fish (6) ASIDES {AS{IDE}S} 

DOWN

1   Special cocktail with a drop of lemon and myrtle pepper (8) ALLSPICE {A{Le..n}LSPICE*}

2   Central part in country isn't upper class — it’s the opposite (8) CONTRARY {COuNTR{pARt}Y}

3   Expertise to claim island is in Lake Michigan initially (15) PROFESSIONALISM {PROFESS}{IONA}{Lake}{IS}{Mi...n}

5   Automatic machine — covers are on top (4) ACME {Au...iC}{Ma...nE}

6   Basic facts: In the beginning, cricket tournament excluded royalty (5,10) FIRST PRINCIPLES {FIRST} {PRINC{IPL}ES}

7   A setter having a drink, raises a question (6) ENIGMA {A}{M{GIN}E}<=

8   Outstanding! Girl picked up an escort (6) DUENNA {DUE}{ANN<=}

11 Knowing with gear change, you get greasepaint (7) SAPIENT {greaSEPAINT}* [CA]

14 Popular supporter extremely cheeky at the beginning (7) INFANCY {IN}{FAN}{Ch..kY}

16 Agreed it’s fast in grass (8) RELENTED {RE{LENT}ED}

17 Volumes on crime, from top to bottom (8) EDITIONS (-s)EDITION(+s)S

19 I went for a point, kept calm (6) PLACID PLAC(-e+i)ID

20 Two boys find a well wisher (6) PATRON {PAT}{RON}

23 Flock right back (4) RAFT {R}{AFT}

Reference List

Mushroom = CEP, Lima = L, Delta = D, Are = A, Died = D, Upper class = U, Cricket tournament = IPL, Point = E, Right = R