No 13605, Monday 11 Jul 2022, Lightning

Solution to 5A 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   Brave person covering a prohibition — it could be hot (8) HABANERO {H{A}{BAN}ERO}

5   Orderly structure of felted cloth (6) ?A?R?C (Addendum - FABRIC [CD] - See comments))

9   Damage elbow clutching spot of heating tube (8) BLOWPIPE {BLOW{PIP}E*}

10 At home returning help with new person from our country (6) INDIAN {IN}{AID<=}{N}

12 Alcoholic beverage daughter exchanged with ace at the present time (5) TODAY TOD(-d+a)AY

13 Contract curtailed — Italy upset inordinately (9) STIPULATE {ITALy+UPSET}*

14 Perhaps crane that is one below par (6) BIRDIE [DD] (Addendum - {BIRD}{IE} - See comments)

16 Draw a gun beside opening to pilot's seat (7) COCKPIT {COCK}{PIT}

19 A month with movement to be free of germs (7) ASEPTIC {A}{SEP}{TIC}

21 Resistance to replace national talk for trade (6) BARTER BA(-n+r)RTER

23 Fabricate unpleasant (not grand) catalogue (9) INVENTORY {INVENT}{gORY}

25 Decrease gold furnishings (5) DECOR {DEC}{OR}

26 Beliefs of a number of aliens (6) TENETS {TEN}{ETS}

27 Luring hospital department with unnecessary addition (8) ENTICING {ENT}{ICING}

28 Comment about old Germany currency (6) REMARK {RE}{MARK}

29 One skilled with knives catching primarily tropical fish (8) STURGEON {S{Tr...l}URGEON}

DOWN

1   Traits of sailor participating in strikes (6) HABITS {H{AB}ITS}

2   Ancestry — it's essential to life by the way (9) BLOODLINE {BLOOD}{LINE}

3   Nail puppy regularly threw away is cold (5) NIPPY {NaIl+PuPpY}

4   Sharp reply by king and emperor published for the most part (7) RIPOSTE {R}{I}{POSTEd} I/Emperor? (Addendum - {RI}{POSTEd} - See comments)

6   Can one urn be turned for a person calling plays? (9) ANNOUNCER*

7   Downpour falling short thanks to dish (5) RAITA {RAIn}{TA}

8   Mostly present teetotaller with one celebratory artifact (8) CONFETTI {CONFEr}{TT}{1}

11 Does it seem compact primarily? (4) DISC Acrostic &lit

15 Dare not to reset explosive device (9) DETONATOR*

17 Recommend beer — crisp blend (9) PRESCRIBE*

18 Mexican is terribly smuggling container (8) CANISTER [T]

20 Caught large number with lump of material (4) CLOT {C}{LOT}

21 Run through opening by old mesh (7) BAYONET {BAY}{O}{NET}

22 Dominating person to pull individual nearly (6) DRAGON {DRAG}{ONe}

24 Have no mercy showcasing spitefulness (5) VENOM [T]

25 Appliance is a small cube without right resistance (5) DRIER {D{R}IE}{R}

Reference List

New = N, Daughter = D, Ace = A, Resistance = R, National = N, Grand = G, Gold = OR, Alien = ET, About = RE, Sailor = AB, King Emperor = RI(Rex Imperator), Thanks = TA, Teetotaller = TT, Caught = C, Old = O, Right = R, Resistance = R