No 14615, Thursday 16 Oct 2025, Arden

Solution to 13A 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   Instrument starts transmitting info, most people are not informed (7) TIMPANI Acrostic

5   Transportation allowance is through, law reviewed about one (7) VIATICA {VIA}{AC{1}T<=}

9   Inner diameter of ring used to operate this lever (5) PEDAL {PE{D}AL}

10 Trendsetter on page one comes before God (9) PACEMAKER {P}{ACE}{MAKER}

11 Think about where — at sea or coast? (9) FREEWHEEL {F{WHERE*}EEL}

12 Push a girl in with nothing on (5) NUDGE {NUD{G}E}

13 List half a cycle (4) ?O?A (Addendum - ROTA ROTAtion - See comments)

15 Faculty agree to be housed in a cube, perhaps (8) EYESIGHT {E{YES}IGHT}

18 Discourage bottles — able to get an ornamental glass bottle (8) DECANTER {DE{CAN}TER}

19 Essentially run over the mountain in Sicily (4) ETNA cANTEr<=

22 Deny rejecting potato in any form (5) REBUT<=

24 Extremely sharp — top of crow bar set wrongly (9) CLEVEREST {Crow}{LEVER}{SET*}

26 Filling might assemble team (9) FORCEMEAT {FORCE}{TEAM*}

27 Two points for a girl to follow (5) ENSUE {E}{N}{SUE}

28 Feel sorry about offside — what is left? (7) RESIDUE {R{SIDE*}UE}

29 Longed for attention, in return refuse to give protection (7) YEARNED {DENY<=} over {EAR}

DOWN

1   Blunt warning? (3-3) TIP-OFF {TIP OFF}

2   Prepared a brief internal review on stone coral (9) MADREPORE {MAD{REPORt}E}

3   Eagle Town sans borders — looking very happy (5) AGLOW {eAGLe}{tOWn}

4   Instrument effect? (9) IMPLEMENT [DD]

5   Breaking love match — banish them for being talkative (5) VOCAL {LOVe+mAtCh}*

6   Trigger a land mine to get mineral (9) ALMANDINE*

7   Annoyed about one thousand loss (5) IRKED {1}{R{K}ED}

8   Old housing — soldier admitted (6) AGREED {AG{RE}ED}

14 A way to crush resistance and end up with discrimination (9) APARTHEID {A}{PA{R}TH}{DIE<=}

16 Too soon accepting to fit in seriously (9) EARNESTLY {EAR{NEST}LY}

17 Hire in two lots — the issue is with the minions (7-2) HANGERS-ON {H}{ANGER}{SON} Anno pending See comments

20 Pick proper sides and free movement (6) PREFER {Pr..eR}{FREE*}

21 Time to intervene at close, deal with it (6) ATTEND {AT}{T}{END}

23 The bard ignites (5) BURNS [DD]

24 Material content for mediocre people (5) CREPE [T]

25 Clyster's namesake, ask to go off for a purge (5) ENEMA NaMEsAkE*

Reference List

Diameter = D, Page = P, Girl = G, Points = E,N, Thousand = K, Soldier = RE(Royal Engineers), Resistance = R, Time = T