No 14143, Monday 08 Apr 2024, Arden

Solution to 13A 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   Clueless about auto foundries? (3,3,2,5) RUN OUT OF IDEAS*

10 Feast well, both undress and stand (5) EASEL {fEASt}{wELl}

11 Appears to back public transport, so hurry up (4,5) LOOK SMART {LOOKS}{TRAM<=}

12 In other words: Ctrl+Esc, school makes major changes (9) REINVENTS {REIN}{VENT}{S}

13 Take off - after seconds it's gone! (5) S?O?F (Addendum -  SPOOF {S}{POOF} - See comments)

14 Correct regions that show Italian address (7) SIGNORE*

16 What a tyrant will do by stripping copy printer? (7) OPPRESS {cOPy}{PRESS}

18 Sit in grass, relaxed (7) REPOSED {RE{POSE}ED} There's an extra E in the fodder

20 Instrument reportedly for commutation of death penalty (7) DILATER (~die later) Die later is not a commutation. Is it?

22 Capital punishment and rigorous imprisonment, say for all leaders (5) PARIS Acrostic

24 Some amount of work at both ends - we accept the whole thing was a scandal (9) WATERGATE {AT}{ERGo}{AT} in {WE}

26 Oddly feel noun before a subject adds spice (9) FENUGREEK {FeEl}{NoUn}{GREEK}

27 Had vanquished sans the British (5) EATEN bEATEN

28 Chances that I turn off in opposite way (13) OPPORTUNITIES {OPPO{I+TURN*}ITIES*}

DOWN

2   Emergency power arm shows a growing trend (7)  UPSWING {UPS}{WING}

3   Plain clothes, 50% like to be in nirvana (9) OBLIVIOUS {OB{LIke}VIOUS}

4   Part of the capital, only used to grab (5) TALON [T]

5   Play golf, so used to a venture that's doomed to fail (5,4) FOOLS GOLD {GOLF+SO}{OLD}

6   Amounts to animals eating grass finally (5) DOSES {DO{g..sS}ES}

7   "One on the run", song in fashion (1,2,4) A LA MODE {A}{LAM}{ODE}

8   Criticize severely for profit abroad - in far east perhaps (4,1,5,3) TEAR A STRIP OFF {PROFIT}* in {FAR+EAST}*

9   Serviceman and service personnel - strange to go around base (5,8) STAFF SERGEANT {STAFF}{SERG{E}ANT*}

15 Fellowship in motion, tend to protect poor women (9) ENDOWMENT {END{WOMEN*}T*}

17 Extremely measly friend, one among others (9) PALTRIEST {PAL}T{R{1}EST} T from?

19 Under average - cut the root (7) PARSNIP {PAR}{SNIP}

21 To wine and dine, ending in a sandwich (7) TOASTIE {TOAST}I{dinE} I from? (Addendum - {TP}{ASTI}{dinE} - See comments)

23 Musical notation goes off around mid morning (5) SEGNO {SEG{morNing}O*}

25 Symbolic acceptance in 10 (5) TOKEN {T{OK}EN}

Reference List

Ctrl(Control) = REIN, Esc(Escape) = VENT, School = S, Seconds = S, British = B, Base = E