No 13780, Saturday 04 Feb 2023, Arden

ACROSS

1   With sales force arranged in a straight line (2,3,4,5)  AS THE CROW FLIES*

10 Upset with loss of 150 (5) RILED RILlED

11 Look suggestively over one, it is French county (9) LEICESTER {LE{I}{CEST}ER}

12 Starts with incoming delivery and gone - out for a duck (7) WIDGEON {With}{In...g}{De...y}{GONE*}

13 Last horse, not hard to back (7) ENDORSE {END}{hORSE}

14 Animal died after dash... (5) ELAND {D}<=>{ELAN}

16 ...in turn ace became erratic (9) UNCERTAIN*

19 Auditors are very careful - it can't take off (9) CASSOWARY {CAS}{SO}{WARY}

20 Clear, clear around midnight (5) PURGE {PUR{niGht}E}

22 Abnormally moist, is it because of cell division? (7) MITOSIS*

25 She's probably nearing old age (7) GRANNIE* Semi&lit

27 Papyrus paper for a music maker (4,5) REED ORGAN {REED}{ORGAN}

28 Overhaul for a top guard at a Soviet security agency (5) GULAG {LUG<=}{A}{Gu..d}

29 Present story evokes very little interest (7,7) CURRENT ACCOUNT {CURRENT}{ACCOUNT}

DOWN

2   Youth gets up since lady's invited a lawyer (5,4) SALAD DAYS {AS<=}{LA{DA}DYS}

3   High on the rim, don't take chances (5) HEDGE {H}{EDGE}

4   Cryptic clue - a land for a plant (9) CALENDULA*

5   Separate OBE for an oil producer? (5) OLIVE {O}{LIVE}

6   Fall underground to gain firsthand knowledge (5,4) FIELD TRIP {TRIP}<=>{FIELD}

7   Trainee not new to a football club (5) INTER INTERn

8   Issue about egg for a theatre professional (7) SURGEON {S{URGE}ON}

9   Fights to stop live study (6) BROWSE {B{ROWS}E}

15 Completed procuring assorted crops - something to eat (4,5) DROP SCONE {D{CROPS*}ONE}

17 Keen to see movie go up, it's extremely cold (9) CRYOGENIC {CRY}{CINE+GO<=}

18 Somehow nail Arden, that will give you a high (9) ADRENALIN*

19 Arrived with building block, ends in shortage of material (7) CAMBRIC {CAMe}{BRICk}

21 Go, sweetheart find some work in a big city (6) ENERGY {swEet}{N{ERG}Y}

23 Article on individual right belongs to them (5) THEIR {THE}{I}{R}

24 See, when it's dark you change partner (5) SIGHT (-n+s)SIGHT

26 A horse starts running off, showing violent behaviour (5) AGGRO {A}{GG}{Ru...g}{Off}

Reference List

150 = One 50 = One L, It is in French = CEST, Hard = H, Died = D, Lawyer = DA, High = H, Be = LIVE, New = N, Individual = I, Right = R, Partners = N,S, Horse = GG(GeeGee)