No 13486, Tuesday 22 Feb 2022, Arden

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Solution to 2D 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   Devious behaviour — her grandmother gains, anyway (11) SHENANIGANS {SHE}{NAN}{GAINS*}

7   She’ll take you to court (3) SUE [C&DD]

9   Happen to release pressure within — that’s a complaint (5) CROUP CROp UP

10 Change creeps in, time to be visionary (9) PRESCIENT*

11 Factory under loss — accepting men essentially are from Mars (3,6) RED PLANET {PLAN{mEn}T}<=>{RED}

12 Camp razed, the contents will surprise (5) AMAZE {cAMp}{rAZEd}

13 That may be found in church, left as personal property (7) CHATTEL {C{THAT*}E}{L}

15 Back among people, only for Christmas (4) NOEL [T<=]

18 Bound to be correct diet (4) TIED*

20 Bird on rail, how to measure the concentration? (7) TITRATE {TIT}{RATE}

23 Measures taken before a purge (5) ENEMA {EN}{EM}{A}

24 After bathing, nothing changes, I remain warmer, perhaps (4-5) BAIN-MARIE {BAthing}{I+REMAIN}*

26 The card represented a large place of worship (9) CATHEDRAL {THE+CARD}*{A}{L}

27 Quoted a month back, it went in (5) CITED {C{IT}ED<=}

28 When I left it had nothing (3) NIL [T]

29 Abroad, choose foreign articles — that’ll give you the depth (4,7) ECHO SOUNDER {CHOOSE}*{UN}{DER}

DOWN

1   Fire people, it’s an event (4,4) SACK RACE {SACK}{RACE}

2   What everyone wants to be — finally the aim is to catch fish (3,5) E?O ?D?A? (Addendum - EGO IDEAL {thE}{GO{IDE}AL} - See comments

3   Dismay when a friend keeps quiet (5) APPAL {A}{P}{PAL}

4   Prepare a list of jury members — one comes in to force (7) IMPANEL {IMP{AN}EL}

5   Match covered in one language (7) AVESTAN {A{VESTA}N}

6   A religious symbol conveyed without a study (9) SACRAMENT {S{A}{CRAM}ENT}

7   Observes a woman go up and down (6) SEESAW {SEES}{A}{W}

8   Count every second verse before you get together (6) ESTEEM {vErSe}{MEET<=}

14 Wait a second, in short, need detailed composition of the subject (9) TAIWANESE {WAIT+A+S+NEEd}*

16 Kept repeating nonsense, cut off from outside (8) PARROTED {PAR{ROT}ED}

17 Back end in bow? (8) DEFENDER {DEF{END}ER}

19 She finds it difficult to take order from below (7) DEBORAH {HAR{OBE}D}<=

20 Attempts to cross the floor, they don’t mean much (7) TRIFLES {TRI{FL}ES}

21 Light advice to take up crime (6) BEACON {BE A CON}

22 Pulse is fast and wild, when exposed (6) LENTIL {LENT}{wILd}

25 Most are Chinese, and usually leaders like to gamble here (5) MACAU Acrostic Semi&lit

Reference List

Pressure = P, Time = T, Church = CE, Left = L, Measures = EN, EM, Large = L, Foreign articles = UN, DER, Quiet = P, Woman = W, Second = S, Order = OBE