No 14582, Saturday 6 September 2025, Arden

 ACROSS
9 Order ready to retreat - that was a long time back (4,3) YEAR DOT {READY}*{TO<}
10 Country gets bulk organic neem - regularly ordered (7) UKRAINE bUlK oRgAnIc NeEm
11 Runs into drug addict to pocket some money illegally (7) TROUSER {T{R}O}{USER}
12 Pressure to continue taking order (7) DRAGOON {DRAG O{O}N}
13 Lots to follow after Jerry, say, gets romantic (9) CANOODLES {OODLES}<=>{CAN}
15 Starts flowing into reservoir - small trickles initially (5) FIRST [Acrostic]
16 Track yen with vigour (7) PANACHE {PAN}{ACHE}
19 Ring me in - ring for a cathartic (7) CALOMEL {CAL{O}{ME}L}
20 Set free including soldier (5) RIGID {RI{GI}D}
21 Point check over comfortable environment (9) ECOSYSTEM {COSY} in {E}{STEM}

25 Essentially those with a girl praise the Lord (7) HOSANNA {tHOSe}{ANNA}
26 Industry supremo occasionally comes in - creates a mess (7) TURMOIL {sUpReMo} in {TOIL}
28 The disadvantage of following a domain-specific language is that it's cumbersome (7) AWKWARD {DRAW<}<=>{AWK} disadvantage=drawback
29 Scientist's equipment initially could be stored outside (7) OERSTED {STORED}* outside {Equipment}

DOWN

1 God! It's back to Catholic saint (6) MYSTIC {MY!}{IT'S<}{C}
2 Drill book - a blessing (6) BABOON {B}{A}{BOON}

3 Chances of Democrats getting very big coverage (4) ODDS {O{D}{D}S}
4 Way stories come up about a chemical (6) STEROL {ST}{LORE<}
5 Could lose ring - cover up leads to nowhere (3,2,3) CUL DE SAC {CoULD}{CASE<}
6 Frightfully bad end - go through from cover to cover (10) DREADFULLY {baD}{READ FULLY}
7 Weight mark up as I log in (8) KILOGRAM {I LOG} in {MARK<}
8 New born melody queen's ascent under light (8) NEONATAL {LATA<}<=>{NEON}
14 Western production - do cancel it (10) OCCIDENTAL*
16 Share greeting with one from ancient kingdom (8) PARTHIAN {PART}{HI}{AN}
17 City with a tragic past - ask again to rebuild (8) NAGASAKI*
18 A visual feast to look at Charlie with Andrew (3,5) EYE CANDY {EYE}{C}{ANDY}
22 Not even once the vessel briefly raised a duty (6) OCTROI {OnCe}{IORTa<} iorta or aorta?
23 Liked someone? It's alright overall (4,2) TOOK TO {TO{OK}TO} overall=in toto
24 Complaint by a boy in setter's custody (6) MALADY {M{A LAD}Y}
27 Unusual - it's close to four and time's up (4) RARE {fouR}{ERA<}

REFERENCE LIST

Runs=R, Order=O, Soldier=GI, Point=E (Compass point, East), Catholic=C, Very Big=OS(outsize), Book=B, Democrat=D, Ring=O, One=An, Charlie=C, Andrew=Andy, Setter's=My.