No 14477, Tuesday 06 May 2025, Arden

Solution to 23D 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 solve, if not solved by 1 PM.

ACROSS

1   Immensely burdensome, yea, disconcerting (6,7) BEYOND MEASURE* 

10 She is working daily (5) LYDIA*

11 Male gets pulled in, oddly by a female Canadian representative (5-4) MAPLE-LEAF {MA{PuLlEd}LE}{A}{F}

12 Negotiates - vain to negotiate with a billionaire (9) NAVIGATES {VAIN*}{GATES}

13 Subject of border within the borders (5) THEME {Th{HEM}E}

14 Not hard to collect tax on drug (7) ECSTASY {E{CST}ASY}

16 Below one pound, rate varies here in Canada (7) ALBERTA {A}LB}{RATE*}

18 One wearing police badge - top leadership is very important (3,4) BIG DEAL {I} in {BADGE*}{Le...p}

20 Land reclaimed partly as Agra is in Uttar Pradesh (7) TUNISIA [T<=]

22 Starts showing off military medals earned in this battle (5) SOMME Acrostic

24 Boiled potatoes - hard to get a kneader (9) OSTEOPATH {POTATOES+H}*

26 Setter flips on a race issue (9) EMANATION {ME<=}{A}{NATION}

27 Leave with family - fly away, my friend (5) AMIGO {GO+fAMIly}*

28 Loathe daggers used for fighting (2,11) AT LOGGERHEADS* 

DOWN

2   I've cut the top and bottom of these leafy vegetables (7) ENDIVES {END{IVE}S}

3   Song about variety and a drink (9) ORANGEADE {O{RANGE}{A}DE}

4   Synchronised to come up and quit (5) DEMIT <=

5   Move with European banks, approve a short contract (2,7) EN PASSANT {Eu...aN}{PASS}{A}{NT}

6   Change of heart - hardly any smell (5) SCENT SC(-a+e)ENT

7   Horned animal regularly groomed over grass (3,4) ROE DEER {gRoOmEd}{REED<=}

8   Mistake vehicles for old guns (13) BLUNDERBUSSES {BLUNDER}{BUSSES}

9   Haifa seafront bombed somehow (5,1,7) AFTER A FASHION*

15 Showing signs of age - call outstanding (9) YELLOWING {YELL}{OWING}

17 Bye-bye to the subject covering very novel yoga (3,6) BON VOYAGE {BON{V}{YOGA*}E}

19 Many changes in tax for an athlete (7) GYMNAST {G{MANY*}ST} 

21 Perhaps braised a guillemot (7) SEABIRD*

23 Time to support the bard (5) E?A?O (Addendum - ERATO {ERA}{TO} - See comments)

25 Often ordered to suppress the voice (5) TENOR [T]

Reference List

Female = F, Pound = LB, Hard = H, Short Contract = NT(No Trumps), Very = V