No 14087, Friday 02 Feb 2024, Arden

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ACROSS

1   United States Democrat briefly had become a recluse (6) SADDHU {US+De...t+HAD}*

4   Male singer, to survive eats fixed ration (8) BARITONE {B{RATION*}E}

10 Bar exit on both sides, it means drunk can enter (9) ESTAMINET {ExiT} over {IT+MEANS}*

11 Filthy lucre makes one heartless (5) CRUEL*

12 Agreement with leading college on line... (7) CONCORD {Co...e}{ON}{CORD}

13 ...seconds later he ran out of control (7) HARNESS {SS}+{HE+RAN}*

14 Reversing a game, next some of them will give you the runs (5) ENEMA [T<=]

15 "with steam it's working!"- give a false account... (8) MISSTATE*

18 ...later in some part of the world there is lack of energy (8) ASTHENIA {AS{THEN}IA}

20 Dance to odd, not even beat (5) RUMBA {RUM}{BeAt}

23 While in Bangalore, leisurely she used to sing (7) LORELEI*

25 During war Damascus evacuated, facing the centre (7) INWARDS {IN}{WARD}{Da...uS}

26 Fill contents in, but it has to be erected (5) BUILT {BU{fILl}T}

27 Necessarily want completely at the back (9) NEEDFULLY {NEED}{FULLY}

28 Greek Aristocrat getting refuge finally in French city (8) GRENOBLE {GR}{NOBLE} over {r...gE}

29 In test, a tussle to get a rank (6) STATUS [T]

DOWN

1   Draws small boats (8) SKETCHES {S}{KETCHES}

2   Dog breed essentially to maintain peace (7) DETENTE {DETENT}{brEed}

3   Nothing comes in - in way of a healer (9) HOMEOPATH {HOME}{O}{PATH}

5   "Against his order", it means these drugs will fight allergies (14) ANTIHISTAMINES {ANTI}{HIS}{IT+MEANS}*

6   Pay for keeping dog behind home (5) INCUR {CUR}<=>{IN}

7   "Not possible to stop the whimper" - that's rich! (7) OPULENT {{O{PULE}NT*}

8   Sign up for silent shot (6) ENLIST*

9   Misplaced idealism, no one accepts new line, perhaps (3-11) ONE-DIMENSIONAL {IDEALISM+NO+ONE}* over {N}

16 Became very angry to see criminal art thief drinking whisky (5,1,3) THREW A FIT {ART+THIEF}* over {W}

17 It's a kind of shirt, in case OK, will shine in the dark (4,4) CATS EYES {CA{T}SE}{YES}

19 Starters salami and Ravioli, later eat fish (7) SARDINE {Sa...i}{And}{Ra...i}{DINE}

21 Arm twisting and conspiracy, he will spoil everything (7) MARPLOT {ARM*}{PLOT}

22 Go bald, perhaps a ugly woman (3,3) OLD BAG*

24 Abandon final project, construction in bits and pieces all around (3,2) LET GO {p...cT} in {LEGO}

Reference List

Second = S, Greek = GR, Small = S, In = HOME, New = N, Whisky = W, Kind of shirt = T