No 14271, Wednesday 04 Sep 2024, Arden

Solution to 28A 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   Occupy tent, inside is repulsive (7) ENGROSS {tENt}{GROSS}

5   Student made money being scholarly (7) LEARNED {L}{EARNED}

9   It shows approximately there is opportunity to admit fifty (5) TILDE {TI{L}DE}

10 With no help, ran away with this instrument (9) ALPENHORN*

11 Hair covering Indian deity, mostly it is metal (9) MANGANESE {MAN{GANESh}E}

12 Starts with ultra violet exposure around sensitive parts of the eye (5) UVEAS Acrostic

13 Constant current over the top (4) CAMP {C}{AMP}

15 Handle more, maybe cooler inside (8) MONICKER {MO{NICK}ER*}

18 Fee for the servant (8) RETAINER [DD]

19 Buttocks on a roll, to start with (4) REAR {RE}{A}{Roll}

22 Rejecting a block of wood (5) BALSA {A}{SLAB}<=

24 Stretched? Happy to take on penultimate challenge (9) ELONGATED {EL{ON}{c...nGe}ATED}

26 Criminal charge on a foreign port (9) ANCHORAGE*

27 Hobbles with fifty one representatives (5) LIMPS {LI}{MPS}

28 Certainly put or put off? (7) D?L?Y?D (Addendum - DELAYED {DE{LAY}ED} - See comments)

29 Monkey bit the tip off the fruit (7) TAMARIN TAMARINd

DOWN

1   Points to doctor, "lay to ground" (6) ENTOMB {E}{N}{TO}{MB}

2   "Ginger, it's too strong a wind to catch a fish" (9) GALINGALE {G{A}{LING}ALE}

3   Only game played, it's famous, watch (5) OMEGA {O}{GAME*}

4   De Gaulle, say/says operate later (9) STATESMAN {STATES}{MAN}

5   Please endlessly - mistake is a mistake (5) LAPSE PLEASe*

6   Girl followed by cat right behind host (9) ANNOUNCER {ANN}{OUNCE}{R}

7   Marriage gets a breather, filled with love (5) NOOSE {NO{O}SE}

8   Attractive girl picks one who is European (6) DANISH {D{AN}ISH}

14 Pacifying as the venue is restricted for a party (9) PLACATORY {PLACe}{A}{TORY}

16 Slenderest housing to store a missile (9) NARROWEST {N{ARROW}EST}

17 Least worried, adding more volatile chemical (9) ELASTOMER {LEAST*}{MORE*}

20 Sailor with a paddle meets bad end on the ship (6) ABOARD {AB}{OAR}{baD}

21 Strange issue, very likely to happen (4-2) ODDS-ON {ODD}{SON}

23 Neighbourhood bar (5) LOCAL [DD]

24 Animal's close to home ground (5) ELAND {homE}{LAND}

25 Automaton trying to seal the drum ends (5) GOLEM Tail acrostic

Reference List

Student = L, Fifty = L, Constant = C, Cooler = NICK, On = RE, Only = O, Cat = OUNCE, Right = R, Sailor = AB