No 13270, Thursday 10 Jun 2021, Arden

Lockdown Day 43 of 47 Stay Safe at home

Solution to 28A 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   Make it wet, study current passing through (6) DAMPEN {D{AMP}EN}

4   In the tunnel cats bounce, going over the barrier (8) OBSTACLE [T<=]

10 Tries out, not good to squeeze bottom (9) POSTERIOR {PO{TRIES*}OR}

11 Trust us Sir, it all evens out for some of them in Africa (5) TUTSI {TrUsT+uS+sIr}

12 Tile set wrongly second time (7) TESSERA {SET*}{S}{ERA}

13 Drums tied on top, I’m carrying water in Rajasthan (7) TIMPANI {Tied}{IM}{PANI}

14 Tax overruns on the plant (5) CRESS {C{R}ESS}

15 Lead in, lead out, insert paper and leave only sides (8) PREAMBLE {P{REAM}B}{LeavE}

18 Ask, was it correct symbol? (8) SWASTIKA*

20 Villager loves to carry fodder on the way back (5) YAHOO {00}<=>{HAY<=}

23 Boost for a month, America replaced soldiers (7) AUGMENT {AUG(-us+men)MENT}

25 Ring out, ring in, I will get you the runs... (7) CALOMEL {CAL{O}{ME}L}

26 ... empty bag and a piece of cloth on the neck (5) SCRAG {SaC}{RAG}

27 Side wheels — not hard to make a bloomer (9) EDELWEISS {SIDE+WhEELS}*

28 Way ahead in Railway — is it so so? (8) M?D?R?T? (Addendum - MODERATE {Rail=RATE}<=>{Way=MODE} - See comments)

29 Movie called “Country” (6) GREECE (~grease)

DOWN

1   A level finder drops credit (8) DIPSTICK {DIPS}{TICK}

2   Wine in the making, bishopric worth watching (4-3) MUST-SEE {MUST}{SEE}

3   A number of regular steps after meal (9) ELEVENSES {ELEVEN}{StEpS}

5   Butchery that he set in motion, should we forget and forgive? (4,3,7) BURY THE HATCHET*

6   From Rome to Turin, going towards North Pole (5) TOTEM [T<=]

7   Nab everyone, not hard to say boo (7) CATCALL {CATCh}{ALL}

8   Rant about Chinese leader growing, maybe it’s the drink (6) ELIXIR {RI{XI}LE}<=

9   Regret troll post (14) DISAPPOINTMENT {DIS}{APPOINTMENT}

16 Ship carrying ex-PM over Thames, perhaps (9) MAYFLOWER {MAY}{FLOWER}

17 Business lease revised to include carbon in mix (8) COALESCE {CO}{ALES{C}E*}

19 Bet one’s embarrassed to support conduct (7) WAGERED {RED}<=>{WAGE}

21 Englishwomen tailored gowns? It will surely be below the knee (7) HEMLINE {ENgLIsHwoMEn}* [CA] Semi&lit

22 Resin adds mass to timber (6) BALSAM {BALSA}{M}

24 Keen to see the Queen over time (5) EAGER {E{AGE}R}

Reference List

Current = AMP, Second = S, Water in Rajasthani = PANI, Run = R, Lead = PB, Hard = H, Troll = DIS, Mass = M, Queen = ER