No 14403, Saturday 8 Feb 2025, Arden

 ACROSS
1 That is fed to rams to form partnerships (3-3) TIE-UPS {T{IE}UPS}
4 Exchange rate starts fluctuating - American currency today is man made (8) ARTEFACT {RATE*}{Fl.........g}{Am.....n}{Cu.....y}{To..y}
10 Current passing through magnetic flux is hard to understand (9) ENIGMATIC {I inside MAGNETIC*}
11 In the beginning, some are cartilages, rest are bones (5) SACRA [Acrostic]

12 Gunfire by gunners in force (7) BARRAGE {BAR{RA}GE}
13 Broken at last - one eager to get some material (7) NANKEEN {brokeN}{AN}{KEEN}
14 Time to follow the bard (5) ERATO {ERA}{TO}
15 Unfinished job - details on vertebrates (8) CHORDATA {CHORe}{DATA}
18 British ex-prime minister died - had a national following (8) DISRAELI {D}{ISRAELI}
20 Many kinds of high flyers (5) MYNAH {MANY*}{H}
23 Works wearing the boot in police station (3,4) COP SHOP {C{OPS}HOP}
25 Star workers are inside (7) ANTARES {ANT{ARE}S}

26 Countryside right on a mountain range (5) RURAL {R}{URAL}
27 They offer a shortest way to change resistance (9) RHEOSTATS* Semi &Lit

 28 Papal edict from the Vatican perhaps covers an unknown target (5,3) BULL'S EYE {BULL}{SE{Y}E}
29 Latest - we are back in the house (6) NEWEST {N{WE<}EST}

DOWN
1 Three times greater over central Denmark - run from an earthquake (8) TREMBLER {TRE{denMark}BLE}{R}
2 Retire abroad supported by a country (7) ERITREA {RETIRE*}{A}

3 Display a surly hairstyle (9) POMPADOUR {POMP}{A}{DOUR}

5 Recombines as castor oil needs transport (14) RECONSOLIDATES*
6 German city providing 50% of basic necessities (5) ESSEN {ESSENtials}
7 Old worker having nice appliance (7) ANCIENT {ANT over NICE*}
8 Coaches //are a part of these (6) TRAINS [D & CD]
9 Extend escalator on both sides - do they carry the sick and the injured? (9,5) STRETCHER PARTY {STRETCH}{EscalatoR}{PARTY}

16 Give up position and wealth, no time for a cup of coffee (9) DEMITASSE {DEMIT}{ASSEt}

17 Men on board battle it out here (5,3) CHESS SET [CD]
19 Drive over - intermittent rain is risk (7) IMPERIL {IMPE{RaIn}L}
21 Talk about the dubious warrantee we relinquished (7) NARRATE {wARRANTEe}*
22 Swedish car maker half-heartedly introduces car like beetle (6) SCARAB {SaAB over CAR}
24 Manages borders around Arunachal, finally (5) HELMS {HE{arunachaL}MS}

REFERENCE LIST

That is= I.E. (id est), Current=I, Gunners=RA(Royal Artillery), One=An, Died=D, Work=Op, Right, Run=R, Time=T.