No 13554, Thursday 12 May 2022, Arden

Solution to 5D 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   Beer drinking — want barriers placed before a plant (5,6) ADAMS NEEDLE {ALE} over {NEED}<=>{DAMS}

7   Pouch in case some of them return (3) SAC [T<=]

9   Heard about a quarrel? (5) ARROW (~a row) Definition not clear (Addendum - (a bout = a row)  - See comments)

10 Sad, gloomy, yet it gives you the origin of a word (9) ETYMOLOGY*

11 Instrument to disown every other grant before (9) ACCORDION {dIsOwN}<=>{ACCORD}

12 Sign says “flip inside the cups” (5) LIBRA {fLIp}{BRA}

13 Lock jaw’s regular tweet before a sunrise (7) TETANUS {TwEeT}{A}{SUN<=}

15 Pitcher of the Queen welcoming us (4) EWER {E{WE}R}

18 Accelerates, going west, it’s warm (4) SNUG<=

20 Stirring oration in Canada (7) ONTARIO*

23 Bug in PA system, top missing (5) ANNOY tANNOY

24 Feeling queasy — starts neatly arranging upright in the chair (9) NAUSEATED {Ne...y}{Ar...g}{Up...t}{SEATED}

26 Tom Nelson becoming drowsy... (9) SOMNOLENT*

27 ... in between Yanks find a plant (5) ERICA amERICAns

28 Crazy to overturn a container (3) TUN<=

29 Inside story — a hassle to transform a state capital (11) TALLAHASSEE {TAL{A+HASSLE}*E}

DOWN

1   Bill of fare — what the French automobile consumed overall (1,2,5) A LA CARTE {A{LA}{CAR}TE}

2   Keeping half the troops in an urban setting is a shocking thing to do (8) ATROCITY {A}{TROops}{CITY}

3   Ditch seconds before 15 (5) SEWER {S}{EWER}

4   Watch closer, guards finally give double protection (7) EYELIDS {EYE}{LID}{g...dS}

5   She tops her class, agreed to invest money (7) D?Y?N?E (Addendum - DOYENNE {DO{YEN}NE} - See comments) 

6   Pacifying left and right — going through book from bottom to top (9) EMOLLIENT {EMO{L}{LIEN}T<=}

7   Cry over name, by being arrogant (6) SNOBBY {S{N}OB}{BY}

8   Able to get back the girl in the Caribbean (6) CAYMAN {CA{AMY<=}N}

14 Girl in the city got to keep a farm animal (9) NANNYGOAT {N{ANN}Y}{GO{A}T}

16 For youngsters, it’s said, they should be part of their diet (8) PROTEINS (~pro teens}Semi&lit

17 Street violence is never ending, read about Goa, sadly (4,4) ROAD RAGE {n..eR}{READ+GOA}*

19 Setter had come in briefly, was well-mannered (7) GENTEEL {G{ENTEr}EL}

20 A unit formed to support work at the plant (7) OPUNTIA {A+UNIT}*<=>{OP}

21 Chance taking fool goes on a hunt (6) BASSET {B{ASS}ET} 

22 From midnight to midday, cover minute part of the sun dial (6) GNOMON {niGht}{NO{M}ON}

25 Two measures taken before a purge (5) ENEMA {EN}{EM}{A}

Reference List

Queen = ER, The in French = LA, Seconds = S, Left = L, Right = LIEN, Name = N, Minute = M, Measures = EN, EM