No 14142, Saturday 06 Apr 2024, Arden

ACROSS

1   Name without a name - in short "Oriental flower" (6) DANUBE {D{A}{Name}UB}{E}

4   Regular army leads each time in current spending (8) AMPERAGE {ArMy}{PER}{AGE}

10 Boy gets into running train, it protects him from rain (9) TARPAULIN {TAR{PAUL}IN*}

11 "Move in large numbers" several military leaders describe war (5) SWARM {Se...l}{WAR}{Mi...y}

12 He is caught in kind of mania, here in California (7) ANAHEIM {ANA{HE}IM*}

13 Cotton at last! One's eager to get this material (7) NANKEEN {c...oN}{AN}{KEEN}

14 Let inside circle, a second later... (5) LEASE [T]

15 ...and others are outside, here it's lovely (8) ETHEREAL {ET{HERE}AL}

18 After bad start, helps some players (8) BASSISTS {Bad}{ASSISTS}

20 Elected leaders fear election results, what do you make of that? (5) INFER {IN}{Fear}{El...n}{Re...s}

23 Broadcasting about private banks outdoors (4-3) OPEN-AIR {O{Pr...tE}N AIR}

25 Here Sir Harry gets them back to work (7) REHIRES*

26 Calling acceptable, hard to get in (5) NICHE {NIC{H}E}

27 Pick Rodney briefly, the last conductor (9) ELECTRODE {ELECT}{RODney}{thE}

28 A way to halve prices of apples (8) COSTARDS {A}{RD}<=>{COST} Halve or Have? (Correction - {COST{A}{RD}S} - See comments)

29 Doctor anaesthetising, Einstein left confounded (6) AGHAST AnAeSTHetisinG*

DOWN

1   Be dealt with a model suitable for a romantic outing (8) DATEABLE {BE+DEALT+A}*

2   Vehicle caught in pouring rain, blissfully unaware (7) NIRVANA {NIR{VAN}A*}

3   Praise for giving shelter to weak - cannot be faulted (9) BLAMELESS {B{LAME}LESS}

5   The average Joe hates internment, perhaps (3,2,3,6) MAN IN THE STREET* Extra N in the fodder

6   Los Angeles - sensational part of this city (5) ESSEN [T]

7   Made a compromise accepting central plan for a tree lined promenade (7) ALAMEDA {MADE+A}* over {pLAn}

8   Half a minute to go in before a weasel (6) ERMINE {ER{MINute}E}

9   Second thoughts on buddy pushing timber plank in to help clear blockage (8,6) PLUMBERS FRIEND {PS}{FRIEND} over {LUMBER}

16 Abnormal charges, it is in Berlin (9) REICHSTAG*

17 "Extremely pushy" - dare devil gets excellent coverage (8) BRASHEST {B{RASH}EST}

19 Copy right on music, finally America provides some insights (7) APERCUS {APE}{R}{m..iC}{US}

21 For "leading metal oxide semiconductors" - article on Taiwan, perhaps (7) FORMOSA {FOR}{Me..l}{Ox..e}{Se...r}{A}

22 Drink cold - able to rise? (6) COGNAC {C}{CAN GO<=}

24 Locality gets new stadium (5) ARENA {ARE{N}A}

Reference List

Oriental = E, and others = ET AL, Elected = IN, Hard = H, Way = RD, Before = ERE, Second thoughts = PS, Right = R, Cold = C, New = N