No 14456, Friday 11 Apr 2025, Arden

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ACROSS

1   Thirty seconds to channel port - thing is to show will power (4,4,6) MIND OVER MATTER {MIN}{DOVER}{MATTER}

10 Force horse - regularly show such colour (5) OCHRE {fOrCe+HoRsE}

11 Following the flock - sick man always smoked a cigar (9) CHURCHILL {CHURCH}{ILL}

12 Girl and her family may land in a pickle (7) GHERKIN {G}{HER}{KIN}

13 Calculating outside the shop neatly (7) SMARTLY {S{MART}LY}

14 First of all, let it mix inside totally - check (5) LIMIT Acrostic

16 I condemn a poor capital (9) ISLAMABAD {I}{SLAM}{A}{BAD}

19 Retainers return fare without irritation (7-2) HANGERS-ON {NOSH<=} over {ANGER}

20 Music record is concealed inside (5) DISCO [T]

22 In the style of an ex-president not only in a Southern state (7) ALABAMA {ALA}{oBAMA}

25 One not going against the ultimate stripper (7) ACETONE {ACE}{NOT<=}{thE}

27 Call again - lost interest over tense vixen? (9) TERMAGANT {TERM}{AGAiN}{T}

28 Is having limited scope for these famous universities (5) IVIES {IS} over {VIEw}

29 Way to get into more debt - democrats egg on perversely (6,8) SECOND MORTGAGE {DENOCRATS ON EGG}*

DOWN

2   Strange menu, 80% in China love cooked mongoose (9) ICHNEUMON* {MENU+CHINa+0}*

3   Ultimately joker can cut all other cards - that's rubbish (5) DRECK {D{j..eR}ECK}

4   Perhaps, I can enter rocky caves - there are openings (9) VACANCIES {I+CAN}* in {CAVES}*

5   Wins after close to four dismissals (5) ROUTS {fouR}{OUTS}

6   One gets hold of diamonds that are highly valued (9) ACCLAIMED {AC{CLAIM}E}{D}

7   Oliver's wind (5) TWIST [DD]

8   Conveyed air seeps in a rush (7) RELAYED {RE{LAY}ED}

9   Head of government in one long race (6) MONGOL {MON{Go...t}O}{L}

15 On the other hand, the 27 gets a home (4,5) THEN AGAIN {THE}{NAG}{A}{IN}

17 Ancestral building in the city? (9) LANCASTER*

18 According to place in existence (9) BESTOWING {BE{STOW}ING}

19 Henry wearing a suit even in very hot places (7) HEARTHS {HEART{H}S}

21 Implied threat over essential site evacuations (2,4) OR ELSE {OveR}{Es...aL}{SitE}

23 Maurice has a heart, perhaps of gold (5) AURIC [T]

24 A large gun causing panic (5) ALARM {A}{L}{ARM}

26 For example, protecting family by being frugal with supplies (5) EKING {E{KIN}G}

Reference List

Girl = G, In the style of = ALA, Interest = I, Tense = T, Diamonds = D, Long = L, Henry = H, Large = L