No 13470, Thursday 03 Feb 2022, Afterdark

Solution to 24D 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

9   By changing sides, devotion can fetch commission (7) ROYALTY (-l+r)ROYALTY

10 Good call to arrest skinhead with tee and skimpy clothing (1-6) G-STRING {G}{RING} over {Sk...d}{T}

11 Overwork obese police officer — skips rules often (7) FATIGUE {FAT}{IG}{rUlEs}

12 Source of fuel is frequently social issue (3,4) OIL WELL {sOcIaL}{WELL}

13 City’s tavern’s clean, scrubbed, nothing inside (9) BARCELONA {BAR}{CEL{0}NA*}

15 Dark girl can get married (5) GLOOM {G}{LOO}{M}

16 Agent perhaps is peerless, but footloose and crazy (7) SLEEPER PEERLESs*

19 Heartless teacher, one at school, is to divide by three (7) TRISECT {Te...eR}{1}{SECT}

20 Pancake recipe, one released to cook (5) CREPE RECiPE*

21 Editorial about media crushed (9) OPPRESSED {OP{PRESS}ED}

25 Mob fury about missing flower (7) BLOSSOM {B{LOSS}OM*}

26 Reverse rule, somehow play around with a barrier of free reading (7) PAYWALL {PAY{LAW<=}L*}

28 City tried to regroup... (7) DETROIT*

29 ... will be able to join farewell with musical composition (7) CANTATA {CAN}{TATA}

DOWN

1   Lead without fear, organise a structure perhaps (6) PREFAB {P{FEAR*}B}

2   Marine creature in new store, unknown, gets coverage (6) OYSTER {O{Y}STER*}

3   Small delay getting ore residue (4) SLAG {S}{LAG}

4   Selection of crazy decor and a type of music (6) ZYDECO [T]

5   First person to pass over northern storm was blind (8) IGNORANT {I}{G{N}O}{RANT}

6   Mineral deposit found at POW camp, a small amount (10) STALAGMITE {STALAG}{MITE}

7   A strobile is long figure (4,4) PINE CONE {PINE}{CONE}

8   Let’s say 21, recently been in the news (3,5) AGE LIMIT [CD/GK]

14 Delivery of old iron fetches excellent returns (10) EXPRESSION {EX}{PRESS}{NO 1<=}

16 Angry boy Edward gets sick to begin with and found in hospital (8) SICKBEDS {SICK}{B}{ED}{Sick}

17 Boy, steel could be used for mechanical fasteners (8) EYEBOLTS*

18 Frenchmen had an Australian animal earlier as co-resident perhaps (8) ROOMMATE {M}{M}{ATE}<=>{ROO}

22 Government at Vatican in the past paid 50% by currency without substance (6) PAPACY {PAst}{PAid}{Cu...cY}

23 Each in command of vessel’s progress... (6) SEAWAY {S{EA}WAY}

24 ... stop missing cycle for German money (6) D?L?A? (Addendum DOLLAR (-c+d)DOLLAR - See comments)

27 Pull animal across pole (4) YANK {YA{N}K}

Reference List

Good = G, Tee = T, Girl = G, Can = LOO, Married = M, Lead = PB, Unknown = Y, Small = S, Northern = N, Old = EX, Frenchman = M, Each = EA, Cycle = C, German = D(Deutsche), Pole = N