No 13907, Monday 03 Jul 2023, Arden

Rangoli by Gowri

Artwork by Prasanna

Solution to 3D 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

9   Difficult one - wake up in short (7) ONEROUS {ONE}{ROUSe}

10 One model and one stripper (7) ACETONE {ACE}{T}{ONE}

11 Small drink, mark it with dots (7) STIPPLE {S}{TIPPLE}

12 Call for defensive position as grenade goes off (2,5) EN GARDE*

13 Change of title, I'm for a recurrent theme (9) LEITMOTIF {OF+TITLE+IM}*

15 Discharge as he's wallowing in drink (5) RHEUM {R{HE}UM}

16 Called it lawless, criminal stronghold (7) CITADEL CALlED+IT}*

19 Media platform, most of the time backs the fool (7) TWITTER {TERm}<=>{TWIT}

20 With both games here, essentially he rules (5) AMEER {gAMEs}{hERe}

21 Hound as such looks lovely (9) PERSECUTE {PER SE}{CUTE}

25 They may conduct current under turbulent stream (7) MAESTRI {I}<=>{STREAM}*

26 Half the clan, covered plenty of rubbish (7) FLOTSAM {F{LOTS}AMily}

28 Right at the top, therefore setter's bad (7) NOISOME {NO 1}{SO}{ME}

29 Oriental flower, evenly seen all around (7) EASTERN {ASTER} in {sEeN}

DOWN

1   Bit of code and law (6) MORSEL {MORSE}{L}

2   House of jewellery in India (6) GEMINI {GEM}{IN}{I}

3   Show first man entering - Bang! (4) ?O?P (Addendum - POMP {PO{Man}P} - See comments)

4   Look, there is pressure within a group (6) ASPECT {A}{S{P}ECT}

5   Get very angry to see greeting taken in bad faith (4,1,3) HAVE A FIT {H{AVE}AFIT*}

6   Needle girl about a musical notation (6,4) LEDGER LINE*

7   Socrates upset, was extremely rude (8) COARSEST*

8   Wine and dine, finally it's mere waste - does he recover? (8) REDEEMER {RED}{dinE}{MERE*}

14 Maybe iota in latest control (10) MODERATION {MODER{IOTA*}N}

16 Another claim, one finds energy source (4,4) COAL MINE {CLAIM+ONE}*

17 Sleek outside, just brought up an instrument (8) THEREMIN {TH{MERE<=}IN}

18 Uneven and terribly spoiled, getting close to Hyderabad (8) LOPSIDED {SPOILED}*{h...aD}

22 One to support the roof and run later (6) RAFTER {R}{AFTER}

23 Foreign rule blocking way in N.Ireland (6) ULSTER {UL{ST}ER*}

24 Queen's claim of ownership of expensive coat (6) ERMINE {ER}{MINE}

27 Agreed to accept writing on a city in wilderness (4) OMSK {O{MS}K}

Reference List

One = ACE, Model = T, Small = S, Law = L, Current = I, India = I, Pressure = P, Run = R, Queen = ER, Writing = MS