No 14169, Wednesday 08 May 2024, Arden

Solution to 9A 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   Dubious income, middleman gets compliments (7) ENCOMIA {INCOME}*}{mAn}

5   Material, money and God (7) BUCKRAM {BUCK}{RAM}

9   Money gets woman or two (5) T?R?N (Addendum - TURIN - Error in clue, see comments)

10 Saga, regularly being turned into a hotbed of trouble (9) EPICENTRE {EPIC}{bEiNg+TuRnEd}

11 Stop team sport and win the game (9) CHECKMATE {CHECK}{TEAM*} 

12 Mushroom with lemon on top - I hear a noise from my empty stomach (5) GROWL {GROW}{Le..n}

13 Mount to withdraw a bet (4) ETNA<=

15 American shot, no one allowed in the courtroom (2,6) IN CAMERA*

18 Fear about hospital wing makes one conk out (8) DROPDEAD {DR{OPD}EAD}

19 No regular wash for a boatman (4) NOAH {NO}{wAsH}

22 No whiskey in season, keep it underground (5) INTER wINTER

24 Ultimate in music, song about festival is a mess (9) CAFETERIA {m..iC}{A{FETE}RIA}

26 Rejected players, a team supports them (4,5) CAST ASIDE {CAST}{A}{SIDE}

27 No going into depression - wine maker's pick (5) PINOT {PI{NO}T}

28 Opposite sides protect rubber ring, top end is plastic (7) STYRENE {S}{TYRE}{N}{End}

29 Issue over eBay supplied food stuff (7) SOYBEAN {SO{EBAY*}N}

DOWN

1   Cajole to be part of the training (6) ENTICE Anno pending (Addendum - apprENTICEship See comments)

2   Enclosure around ex-president Bush, in Australia, perhaps (9) CARPENTER {CAR{PEN}TER}

3   Kolinsky takes head of state to the capital (5) MINSK {MIN{St..e}K}

4   Chemical - one made it explode (9) ACETAMIDE {ACE}{MADE+IT}*

5   Salt water injected right into the plant stem (5) BRINE {B{R}INE}

6   Extremely controversial, Germany replaced minister (9) CLERGYMAN {Co...aL}{GERMANY*}

7   Relationship with a model in port (5) RATIO {R{A}{T}IO}

8   Travelling miles to eat universal breakfast in Geneva (6) MUESLI {M{U}ESLI*}

14 Like a bit before Arden, that's sweet! (9) ASPARTAME {AS} and {A}<=>{PART} with {ME}

16 Fish fries - perhaps bring in Indian law makers (9) CODIFIERS  {COD}{FRIES}* over {I}

17 Shift and cover under bum (9) REARRANGE {RANGE}<=>{REAR}

20 Mostly talk about an Olympic event (6) DISCUS DISCUSs

21 Able to cover the rear wearing this? (6) CAFTAN {C{AFT}AN} Semi&lit

23 The United States typically gets cranky (5) TESTY [T]

24 Took refuge in church, gets censure (5) CHIDE {C{HID}E}

25 High points by day's end (5) TIPSY {TIPS}{daY}

Reference List

Whiskey = W, Opposite sides = S,N, Right = R, Model = T, Universal = U, Indian = I, Church = CE