No 14133, Wednesday 27 Mar 2024, Hypatia

Solution to 5D 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   Medium hard soap beats ordinary cleanser (7) SHAMPOO {M+H+SOAP}*{O}

5   Relish a drop of honey in prune bringing back appetite (7) CHUTNEY {C{Ho..y}UT}{YEN<=}

9   Extended support? (7) ALIMONY [CD]

10 Runs after guy grows older (7) MANAGES {MAN}{AGES}

11 Tenant's smaller room initially taken by sweetheart (6) LESSEE LESSE(-r+e}E

12 Strangle target or choke (8) GARROTTE*

14 Secret language in unfinished Tagore novel (5) ARGOT TAGORe*

16 Made fun of free style clue in 1-Down (9) RIDICULED {RID}{1{CLUE*}D}

18 Testing an elector's patience (9) TOLERANCE*

19 Passage budding from love for boy in '70s Bollywood movie (5) LOBBY {(+l-b)LOBBY}

20 Regularly filtering info, basic data compiled has repetitive errors (8) FACTOIDS {inFo+bAsiC+daTa+cOmpIleD+haS}

22 Shopping deal ends during month in Amazon, say (6) JUNGLE {JUN{s...nG}{deaL}E}

26 Ready tea cakes and bread (7) CHAPATI {CHA{PAT}I}

27 Multiple images from East of USSR at a variance (7) AVATARS [T<=]

28 Second book released by gambling site (7) SETTING {S}{bETTING}

29 Woman grabbing warm blanket (7) SHEATHE {S{HEAT}HE}

DOWN

1   Trick disheartened model, taking everything (5) STALL {SiT}{ALL}

2   Lost American girl (5) AMISS {A}{MISS}

3   Assignment work? Essentially, it goes overhead often (9) PROJECTOR {PROJECT}{wORk}

4   Line in-between bull and African antelope (4) ORYX {O{RY}X}

5   Seize authoritatively, before Knight does? (10) C?M?A?D?E?  (Addendum - COMMANDEER {COMMA}{N}{DEER} - See comments)

6   Extremely useful article about radius (relating to a bone) (5) ULNAR {Us...uL}{AN<=}{R}

7   Place entertaining late comers? (9) NIGHTCLUB [CD]

8   The old criminal strayed in the past (9) YESTERDAY {YE}{STRAYED*}

13 Dingo's evil action (10) WRONGDOING {DINGO}* [RA]

14 Camera feature for a narcissist? (9) AUTOFOCUS [DD]

15 Australian city’s unfriendly spirit, per Spooner (4,5) GOLD COAST (~cold ghost to gold coast)

17 Reckon copper kidnapped by cold mobster's dead (9) CALCULATE {C}{AL}{CU}{LATE}

21 Animal chiselled in Ashoka pillar (5) OKAPI [T]

23 Reportedly plotted to shoot (5) GRAFT (~graphed)

24 Follow tennis? Sure - from time to time (5) ENSUE {tEnNiS+sUrE}

25 Major sporting event put up without access to podium (4) DAIS aSIAD<=

Reference List

Medium = M, Hard = H, Ordinary = O, Boy = B, Second = S, Book = B, American = A, Line = RY, Knight = N, Doe = DEER,  Radius = R, The old = YE, Cold = C, Mobster = AL