No 14297, Friday 04 Oct 2024, Arden

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ACROSS

1   Finally, petition followed (6) ENSUED {EN{SUE}D}

4   Debated about protecting a waster (8) DEADBEAT {DEBATED}* over {A}

10 Busy? Get me out and do as you please (2,2,5) BE MY GUEST*

11 Idea of you formally getting married (5) THEME {THE{M}E}

12 African country follows plan, well done! (3,2,2) WAY TO GO {TOGO}<=>{WAY}

13 Butter a bit, get a secure place (7) RAMPART  {RAM}{PART}

14 Tragic send-off forces out joints (5) NODES {SEND+Off}*

15 Two of them combined to protect eastern border, it's a big thing (8) BEHEMOTH {B{E}{HEM}OTH}

18 Finished cutting the rope and isolated (8) CORDONED {COR{DONE}D}

20 Leading lady in game set to shine (5) GLEAM {G{Lady}EAM*}

23 Charge with gunners in a ring at sea (7) ARRAIGN {RA} in {A+RING}*

25 Firm at grabbing union territory (7) ADAMANT {A{DAMAN}T}

26 Synchronized to come back and resign (5) TIMED<=

27 This animal roamed all over the place in arid surroundings (9) DROMEDARY {D{ROAMED*}RY} Semi&lit

28 Democrat wearing crazy coloured pieces of cloth round his neck (8) BANDANAS {BAN{D}ANAS}

29 Pastry without sugar at the top - leave it (6) DESERT DESsERT

DOWN

1   Pushing below frantically in gravity (8) ELBOWING {BELOW*}{IN}{G}

2   Maybe someday get this breed of dog (7) SAMOYED*

3   Big in France, English finally are preoccupied (9) ENGROSSED {EN{GROSS}{E}D}

5   Come in with the pull over for the movie (5,3,6) ENTER THE DRAGON {ENTER}{THE}{DRAG}{ON}

6   Mother protecting, thank you after vacating the base (5) DATUM {DA{Thank yoU}M}

7   Stylish and neat way to cover a stump (7) ELEGANT {E{LEG}ANT*}

8   Score - after he left they went in (6) TWENTY {TheY} over {WENT}

9   Altered Gene sequences - used tonic brand name (11,3) RECOMBINANT DNA*

16 Mary somehow managed to bring in the French (9) MAGDALENE {MAGDA{LE}NE*}

17 Building stately homes, don't lose the stone (8) AMETHYST +LOSE=STATELY HOMES [CA] 

19 Some ran away as they had a row (7) OARSMEN*

21 Issue as the man ate some of it (7) EMANATE [T]

22 Degree from Cambridge, able to get Bill's support (6) CANTAB {CAN}{TAB}

24 Ones leaving from one country to another country (5) INDIA {IND{ONES}IA}

Reference List

Married = M, Force = F, Eastern = E, Gunners = RA(Royal Artillery), Democrat = D, Gravity = G, English = E, The in French = LE, Bill = TAB