No 13889, Monday 12 Jun 2023, KrisKross

Solution to 19D 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.

Open for anyone to answer, if not solved by 1 PM.

ACROSS

1   Stop Germany's fight, eliminating resistance (6) DESIST {D}{rESIST}

4   Reportedly, a mark made to vote / check is the way to pick leaders here (8) ACROSTIC {(~ a cross tick}ACROSTIC}

10 Built clean home - one blending with nature (9) CHAMELEON*

11 Members crossing lake in ships (5) FLEET {F{L}EET}

12 Review play about novel read a long time ago (4,3) YEAR DOT {TOY<=} over {READ*}

13 Nobleman with title finds a place to hang ornaments (7) EARLOBE {EARL}{OBE}

14 Vessel carrying that man, about to become a leader (5) NEHRU {UR{HE}N}<=

15 Commends software programs having binary counter (8) APPLAUDS {APP{DUAL<=}S}

18 One offering marriage for model? (8) PROPOSER {PRO}{POSER}

20 Walk better after removing clothes (5) AMBLE gAMBLEr

23 Compliments come in a rush (7) ENCOMIA*

25 Understand concrete is base (7) REALISE {REAL}{IS}{E}

26 Support parade (5) STRUT [DD]

27 Correspondent from India let off outside capital of China (9) IDENTICAL {INDIA+LET}* over {Ch..a}

28 Taking stock of damage to fish (8) RUSTLING {RUST}{LING}

29 Author is inexperienced, they say (6) GREENE (~green)

DOWN

1   Blaming removal of water around Earth's crust, primarily (8) DECRYING {D{Ea..h}{Cr..t}RYING}

2   Doctor has crush for rabbi's assistant (7) SHAMASH {HAS*}{MASH}

3   Oceans rising, bad tempest...essentially it slows your progress (5,4) SPEED BUMP {DEEPS<=}{BUM}{temPest}

5   Peers at emperor's icon, puzzled (14) CONTEMPORARIES*

6   Bid for new clothes, extremely fashionable (5) OFFER {FOR}* over {Fa...lE}

7   Slight advantage of tool ordered by Spooner (7) TOEHOLD (hoe told to toehold)

8   Quotes describing India's towns like Salem, Belgaum (6) CITIES {CIT{I}ES}

9   Attention! Cars left abandoned in old Chennai landmark (7,7) CENTRAL STATION {ATTENTION+CARS+L}*

16 A dog-flower could be white (9) ALABASTER {A}{LAB}{ASTER}

17 Woman stops cycling, more sick - it's a wake-up call (8) REVEILLE {EVE} in {(+r)RILLE(-r)}

19 They take less time to get rewritten (7) R?C?R?S (Addendum - RECORDS [CD] - See comments)

21 Cheese covering egg and Switzerland's bread (7) BRIOCHE {BRI{0}{CH}E}

22 Some hate a serious, tough question (6) TEASER [T]

24 Perhaps lead in KrisKross' short story (5) METAL {ME}{TALe}

Reference List

Germany = D(Deutschland), Resistance = R, Lake = L, Title = OBE, Base = E, India = I, Left = L, Dog = LAB, Switzerland = CH