No 14059, Saturday 30 Dec 2023, Vidwan

ACROSS

1   Small and neat drinks, 500 left (6) TIDDLY {TID{D}{L}Y}

5   Unearth fragment of T.Rex humerus (6) EXHUME [T]

10 Senselessly Annie danced and lay exhausted (7) INANELY {ANNIE}*{LaY}

11 Leader of Maldives is more modest, less hard and one who speaks softy but not clearly (7) MUMBLER {Ma...s}{hUMBLER}

12 Had returned with half exposed blossom (6) DAHLIA {HAD<=}{LIAble}

15 Champion's one in operating 'gear' on the ground (6) HEROIN {HERO}{O{1}N} There's an extra O in the fodder

16 Pet's frolicking around one with the tag (7) EPITHET {EP{1}{THE}T*}

17 Work's gone! Rent's gone! (4) DEED {DEED+RENT}* = TENDERED Not sure of anno (Correction - DE{LET}ED} - See comments)

18 Where a sea bears calmness? (4) EASE [T]

19 Arab legend partly developed this subject (7) ALGEBRA {ARAB+LEGend}*

20 Dead decay right away, turning into earth (4) DUST {D}{rUST}

22 Supplies a right girl (4) ARMS {A}{R}{MS}

25 Immortal eagles flying around edge of skies (7) AGELESS {EAGLES}*{Sk..s}

27 Cross those left inside borders of Germany (6) GRUMPY RUMP in {Ge...nY} 

28 Tremble! Run! He is very evil! (6) SHIVER {R+HE+IS+V}*

31 Last part of sex! Tremendous! (7) EXTREME [T]

32 First woman priest, also part seer (7) PANDORA {P}{AND}{ORAcle}

33 A to Z and basics of English language baffling a fundamentalist (6) ZEALOT {A+TO+Z+En...h+La...e}*

34 Bird like crow or raven basically with very primitive subconsciousness (6) CORVID {Crow}{Or}{Ra..n}{V}{ID}

DOWN

2   Oh! Naive nomadic Knight! (7) IVANHOE*

3   Occasionally we help in long 3-D movie (6) DEEPIE {D{wE+hElP}IE}

4   Toy timelessly, repeatedly bounces back (2-2) YO-YO {tOY}{tOY}<= &lit

5   A meme mostly about a novel (4) EMMA {A+MEMe}*

6   Essentially the charm, you reportedly pulled out for a troubled prince (6) HAMLET {tHe}{AMuLET}

7   State of fungi eggs (7) MOLDOVA {MOLD}{OVA}

8   Decorated soldier piloted over Germany (6) GILDED {GI}{L{D}ED}

9   Lord's claw almost clasps Herod's heart (6) PRINCE {P{heRod}INCEr}

13 A swimming pool guy's vacuous defence (7) APOLOGY {A}{POOL*}{GuY}

14 Moor's suffering inside, too badly! (7) OTHELLO {OT{HELL}O*}

15 She is partly sure about being a beneficiary (7) HEIRESS {SHE+IS+suRE}*

20 New grid includes for example retrogressive word of miner (6) DIGGER {DIG{EG<=}R*}

21 Run and ruin (7) SCUTTLE [DD]

23 Partly enchanted by oil in a pickle and pasta (7) RAVIOLI {RAVIshed}{OIL*} 

24 Band set to rule Europe and Korea initially (6) STREAK Acrostic

25 A soft plea, perhaps (6) APPEAL {A}{P}{PEAL*} &lit

26 Mackerel or some fish in Erie (6) SHINER [T]

29 Good kind of doctor and a refined man (4) GENT {G}{ENT}

30 Unending piece about Odyssey, say (4) EPIC PIECe*

Reference List

500 = D, Left = L, Hard = H, Right = R, Run = R, Very = V, Priest = P, Germany = D, Soft = P, Good = G