No 13573, Friday 03 Jun 2022, Arden

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ACROSS

1   Name a painter in Japan (6) NAGOYA {N}{A}{GOYA}

4   Like the cream, most in the middle may be dangerous to handle (8) ASBESTOS {AS}{BEST}{mOSt}

10 What the Twitterati did about the credit (9) CHITTERED*

11 In the middle of ‘Great Escape’ it happened (5) EVENT {grEat}{VENT}

12 Ancient deity had swallowed the Sun, perhaps (7) ASTARTE {A{STAR}TE}

13 A gunshot rings and there is an African (7) UGANDAN {A+GUN}* over {AND}

14 Dog reared in Big Rock, Virginia (5) CORGI [T<=]

15 After a short round, approval to get flower (8) CYCLAMEN {CYCLe}{AMEN}

18 “It’s amusing to have some booze”, you hear this before an important announcement (4,4) DRUM ROLL {D{RUM}ROLL}

20 Native said “start with fifty, not five” (5) LOCAL (-v+l)LOCAL

23 Capital is large, perhaps (7) ALGIERS*

25 Collect butter and gin, back in defensive position (7) RAMPART {RAM}{TRAP<=}

26 Showing interest in additional wavy patterns... (5) MOIRE {MO{I}RE}

27 ...or hop around home rule (9) ORDINANCE {OR}{D{IN}ANCE}

28 Minister briefly cut down to four lines of satire (8) CLERIHEW {CLERIc}{HEW}

Sir Henry Rider Haggard
Was completely staggered
When his bride-to-be
Announced, "I am She!"

29 Land, building and some money, they will remain after he goes (6) REALTY {REAL}{TheY}

DOWN

1   Can keep husband in, once free will go around — not possible (2,6) NO CHANCE {NO{C{H}AN}CE*}

2   After midnight refuse to shine (7) GLITTER {niGht}{LITTER}

3   Element of delight expressed turns bitter within (9) YTTERBIUM {Y{BITTER*}UM}

5   Pinnacle, not long but short compound (6,8) SODIUM CHLORIDE pinNACLe 

6   Clyster's close to one, voice of approval grows (5) ENEMA {onE}{AMEN<=}

7   Old sewing machine operator let off without study (7) TREADLE {T{READ}LE*}

8   It represents change in Thailand (6) SATANG {SA}{TANG}

9   Frank Rogers concedes these rules are for pedestrian safety (5,5,4) GREEN CROSS CODE*

16 The French man in lead, perhaps for a formal dance (9) ALLEMANDE {AL{LE}{MAN}DE*}

17 Smooth attempt to get energy from soft soap (8) FLATTERY {FLAT}{T{E}RY}

19 Boy engulfed by passion for music (7) RAGTIME {RAG{TIM}E}

21 Ghastly child, learn to reform (7) CHARNEL {CH}{LEARN*}

22 Hard surface, indeed roughly demarcated (6) TARMAC {TARMAC}* in {DEED} 

24 Extract tapped up from lime/lemon trees (5) ELEMI [T<=]

Reference List

Name = N, Fifty = L, Five = V, Interest = I, Husband = H, IT = SA(Sex appeal), The in French = LE, Energy = E, Child = CH