No 14298, Saturday 05 Oct 2024, Arden

ACROSS

1   Forfeits a part to weave carpet (4,1,5,3) TEAR A STRIP OFF*

10 Rule for keeping some money with Mike (5) REALM {REAL}{M}

11 Sweet finish, getting attention (9) ENDEARING {END}{'EARING} No indicator for deletion of H or  homophone? (Correction {END{EAR}ING} - See comments)

12 Soft rock - Abba's "Not born in change" (9) ALABASTER {AL{ABbAS}TER}

13 Plant review - some of it timeless (5) ELEMI [T<=]

14 Views heard, choose a bartender's tool (7) ICEPICK {(~eyes)ICE}{PICK}

16 Against taking note - a severe learning disability (7) AMENTIA {A{ME}NTI}{A}

18 A dagger mistakenly left in the car port (7) GARAGED*

20 Tended to walk over the sides (7) TREATED {TREA{ThE}D}

22 Essentially dog and cat, did try broadcasting (2,3) ON AIR {dOg+aNd+cAt+dId+tRy}

24 One with knowledge in a branch gets activation (9) AWAKENING {A}{KEN} in {A}{WING}

26 Club of sorts to spread things on grass (9) NIGHTSPOT {THINGS}*{POT}

27 His cook introduces American to a Japanese dish (5) SUSHI {S{US}HI*}

28 Drag maybe uniform during transit (5-8) CROSS-DRESSING {CROSS{DRESS}ING}

DOWN

2   Oriental guy had issue (7) EMANATE {E}{MAN}{ATE}

3   Furious about current charging (9) RAMPAGING {R{AMP}AGING}

4   Fish raised a stink (5) SMELT [DD]

5   Pause to have bread roll - one is a frequent flyer (9) REDBREAST {RE{BREAD*}ST}

6   Extremely passive, one is quiet (5) PEACE {Pa...vE}{ACE}

7   Music during a special event - most even-handed (7) FAIREST {F{AIR}EST}

8   No tip for the moment of reckoning (8,5) BREAKING-POINT {NO+TIP}* [RA]

9   Indian gang shuffling top cards in a game, repeatedly (5,3,5) AGAIN AND AGAIN {INDIAN+GANG+A+A+A}*  

15 Crime committed as child slept (9) KIDNAPPED {KID}{NAPPED}

17 In addition school gets even break (9) ELEVENSES {EL{EVEN}SE}{S} 

19 Mineral from a larger rock (7) REALGAR*

21 Abnormal rise in weight - checks whether it fits (5,2) TRIES ON {T{RISE*}ON}

23 Deserves to be included for a test (5) RATES [T]

25 Starts at nine, the road enters a cave (5) ANTRE Acrostic

Reference List

Mike = M, Born = B, Note = ME, Knowledge = KEN, Grass = POT, Oriental = E, School = S