No 13677, Tuesday 04 Oct 2022, Arden

Artwork by Prasanna

 

Rangoli by Gowri

Solution to 8D 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   Moral aspects of changing the electronic circuits (6) ETHICS {THE*}{IC'S}

4   Most importantly, a trip takes limited period (5,3) AFTER ALL {A}{F{TERm}ALL}

10 Bet inland, like 23 (9) BANTERING {B{ANTE}RING}

11 Island partly across a moat (5) SAMOA [T]

12 After small drink make some paint marks (7) STIPPLE {S}{TIPPLE}

13 Fruit to get some divine intervention (7) TANGELO {T{ANGEL}O}

14 Fungus? Return to work first (5) ERGOT {TO<=}<=>{ERG}

15 Anguish over defeat, but he is optimistic (8) PANGLOSS {PANG}{LOSS}

18 Ecstatic drunk cries outside a bar briefly (8) SERAPHIC {SER{A}{PH}IC*}

20 Minute changes, one goes unachieved (5) UNMET MiNUTE*

23 Man.Utd midfielder goes from extreme left to extreme right, just joking (7) RIBBING (-g)RIBBIN(+g)G

25 Ordering mandarin orange, managers arranged metal support (7) ANDIRON {ANDIRON+MANAGER=MANDARIN ORANGE} [CA] 

26 Hilton perhaps is under average (5) PARIS {IS}<=>{PAR}

27 Band of soldiers on both sides guarding the box (9) ORCHESTRA {OR}{CHEST}{RA}

28 Tomato salad - taking on a little cupid (8) AMORETTO {AMO{RE}TTO*}

29 Land to the east, say (6) ESTATE {E}{STATE}

DOWN

1   Laid out some beds and stamped (8) EMBOSSED*

2   Suspended sentence? (7) HANGING [DD]

3   Queen's place to travel on road, occasionally (9) CLEOPATRA {PLACE+TO}*{RoAd}

5   War's a gamble, but there is a possibility of success (8,6) FIGHTING CHANCE {FIGHTING}{CHANCE}

6   Basics - 50% found in German city (5) ESSEN ESSENtials

7   Like to cross miles, perhaps it's pointless (7) AIMLESS {A{MILES*}S}

8   Force to lease both sides immediately (4,2) L?A? O? (Addendum - LEAN ON {LeasE}{ANON} - See comments)

9   Surrender to the spirit, stop working (4-2,3,5) GIVE-UP THE GHOST {GIVE UP}{THE}{GHOST}

16 Left one bare, otherwise she has loads to work on (9) LAUNDRESS {L}{A}{UNDRESS} Why otherwise?

17 Step one accepted long time ago (5,3) STONE AGE {ST{ONE}AGE}

19 Regular team game, has to stop-stop (7) EMBARGO {tEaM}{GO} over {BAR}

21 Western woman embraces an Indian warrior (7) MARATHA {MAR{A}THA}

22 Wine supplier's a bit short, paid 50% for the drink (6) GRAPPA {GRAPe}{PAid}

24 Child is with the girl (5) ISSUE {IS}{SUE}

Reference List

Small = S, Bar = PH(Public House), Soldier = OR,RA, On = RE, East = E, Left = L, One = A, An = A