No 14150, Tuesday 16 Apr 2024, Pixie Dust

Solution to 17A 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   Vacation from extremely remote duty (6) RECESS {Re..tE}{CESS}

5   Mope, having had enough at first - It's a phase! (4,4) FULL MOON {MOON}<=>{FULL}

9   Designated spots for caregivers also accommodating chief doctor (8) BEDSIDES {BE{Do...r}SIDES}

10 Get me a cracked egg! (6) GAMETE*

11 Surprisingly pretty pics of document (10) TYPESCRIPT*

12 Nobody like Mother Teresa, say (4) NONE (~nun)

13 Indian State's leading man, heartlessly torments social-climbers (8) UPSTARTS {UP}{STAR}{To...tS}

16 Passionate engineer dotes on her, bites off nose sadly! (3,3) RED HOT {DOTes+on+HER}*

17 Tapestry of Hebrew Prophet (6) ?O?A?C (Addendum - MOSAIC [DD] - See comments)

19 Alternatively take cab around beginning of December to validate retrospectively (8) BACKDATE {TAKE+CAB}* over {De...r}

21 Quit going back for containers (4) POTS<=

22 Without break basically, tries to solve problems of bad weather conditions (10) RAINSTORMS bRAINSTORMS

25 Fabric made from hairs of Mustang or Appaloosa (6) ANGORA [T]

26 Agent Bean at sea, loses inclination essentially, to surrender (8) ABNEGATE {AGENT+BEAn}*

27 Prophet at church goes around street for a Roman coin (8) SESTERCE {SEER}{CE} over {ST}

28 One leg broken after trespass (6) SINGLE {LEG*}<=>{SIN}

DOWN

2   In case of emergency, people turn to the opposition (5) ENEMY {Em...{MEN<=}..cY}

3   France, US, Nepal hold back issue (5) ENSUE [T]

4   Lothario, say, rescued for a change! (7) SEDUCER*

5   Remains petrified, every second if boss is aimless? (7) FOSSILS {iF+bOsS+iS+aImLeSs}

6   Less heavier match (7) LIGHTER [DD]

7   Reverend's tongue-tied and furious guardians! (3,3,3) MUM AND DAD (~dumb and mad to mum and dad)

8   How's a donut perfect? (3,3,3) OUT AND OUT {A+DONUT}* [RA]

14 She substitutes for woman at church, say! (9) PRONOUNCE {PRONOUN}{CE}

15 Rant about entertainment in ship (9) TRANSPORT {RANT*}{SPORT}

18 Oh, My God! Special song for buccaneer (7) CORSAIR {COR}{S}{AIR}

19 Doctor's kidnapped by dangerous European Company (7) BRIGADE {B{RIG}AD}{E} 

20 Better places could always succeed in nurturing outstanding student leaders (7) CASINOS Acrostic

23 Mean agronomist has upset member (5) ORGAN [T<=]

24 Say, Iron Man and others (5) METAL {M}{ET AL}

Reference List

Church = CE, Street = ST, Special = SEuropean = E, Man = M