No 13513, Friday 25 Mar 2022, Arden

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ACROSS

1   Love income to play (7) COMPETE {COM{PET}E}

5   Arrow or row? (7) QUARREL [DD]

9   “Place to dry out” — she reviews a book (5) REHAB {HER<=}{A}{B}

10 Premier lab in Asia making more of this chemical (9) ELASTOMER {E{Lab}AST{MORE*}

11 For fair value, get Tesla in Texas (4,5) FORT WORTH {FOR}{T}{WORTH}

12 Exercise without consent — he gets the money (5) PAYEE {P{AYE}E}

13 Capital is restricted as part of affirmative action (4) OSLO gOSLOw

15 Fake bill’s self introduction (8) IMPOSTER {I'M POSTER}

18 Doesn’t normally react to fancy ringtone (8) NITROGEN*

19 Spy won’t try popular search engine (4) OGLE goOGLE

22 Hang decapitated fish (5) ANGLE dANGLE

24 Enter after some time if you're one (4-5) LATE-COMER {LATE{COME}R} &lit

26 Writer’s objective to suppress inner drive, somehow (4,5) GORE VIDAL {GO{DRIVE*}AL}

27 Problem is with the girl... (5) ISSUE {IS}{SUE}

28 ... tramples over kin (7) STEPSON {STEPS}{ON}

29 Royal grant — takes a leaf out of one (7) APANAGE {A}{P{AN}AGE}

DOWN

1   Container for holding a service in church (6) CARAFE {C{A}{RAF}E}

2   Shariah interpreted in a way by a holy man (9) MAHARISHI {M{SHARIAH*}1}

3   Half-hearted shake up at the joint (5) ELBOW WOBbLE<=

4   Future of pedagogy in general will be transformed (1-8) E-LEARNING*

5   End of game — seconds lost (5) QUASH sQUASH

6   Course not for history only (9) ANTIPASTO {ANTI}{PAST}{O}

7   Strange game (5) RUMMY [DD]

8   I almost got in between sides where fat is accumulated (6) LARDER {L}{ARDEn}{R}

14 Resolve us, resolve us (9) OURSELVES*

16 Smoke with one stuck in the bone (9) PANATELLA {P{AN}ATELLA}

17 Complaint raised — one that is without braces (9) ECLAMPSIA {A}{I{CLAMPS}E}<=

20 Hordes hoarding last of jasmine flower (6) GANGES {GANG{j...nE}S}

21 Heard of movie land? (6) GREECE (~grease)

23 Last of morning rose, exotic plant (5) GORSE {m...nG}{ROSE*}

24 Bin is stuffed (5) LADEN [DD]

25 Church evacuated in a country (5) CHINA {Ch..cH}{IN}{A}

Reference List

Book = B, Tesla = T, Exercise = PE, Service = RAF(Royal Air Force), Church = CE, Way = M1, Seconds = S, Only = O 

No 13512, Thursday 24 Mar 2022, Arden

Solution to 12A 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.

ACROSS

1   They keep spectators extremely busy, one is ready (6,2) STANDS BY {STANDS}{BusY}

5   Ease to cut through, daughter ran away (6) ELOPED {E{LOP}E}{D}

10 Hope he goes — question is, does he object? (7) OPPOSER {hOPe}{POSER}

11 Learn about second admission from hospital helper (7) ALMONER {AL{MO}NER*}

12 Way to check a game and mate (5) A?I?O (Addendum - AMIGO {A}{M1}{GO} - See comments))

13 Frank Sinatra protected a maiden, he was kind hearted (9) SAMARITAN {S{A}{M}ARITAN*}

14 For money links accept one of those with deep knowledge (12) PROFUNDITIES {PRO}{FUND}{1}{TIES}

18 Men only event essentially, and game finetuned to one’s advantage (5-7) STAGE-MANAGED {STAG}{evEnt}{AND+GAME}*

21 Nude characters without clothes (9) UNDRESSED {UN{DRESS}ED*} &lit

23 Vessel had port stay in between all this (5) AORTA {hAd+pORt+sTAy}

24 Chinese city depending on new leader to go for billions (7) NANKING {-b+n)NANKING

25 Separate taxi — perhaps is able to follow, See? (7) VATICAN VATI{CAN}Anno not clear (Addendum - {VAT}{I}{CAN} - See comments)

26 The oil used to make ancient stone tool (6) EOLITH*

27 Green light to summon the King, head of clan comes first (3-5) ALL-CLEAR {(-c)ALL(+c)C}{LEAR}

DOWN

1   Tag line: “Poles have shifted goal” (6) SLOGAN {S}{GOAL*}{N}

2   She babysits, gets Paul undressed by two (2,4) AU PAIR {pAUl}{PAIR}

3   Music and dance sure to follow dialogue (9) DISCOURSE {DISCO}{SURE*}

4   Forbids unorthodox movement of nomads (5,2,7) BIRDS OF PASSAGE {FORBIDS}* [RA] (Addendum - {FORBIDS*}{PASSAGE} - See comments)

6   Primate putting hands around a bird (5) LEMUR {L}{EMU}{R}

7   You won’t see any pilot sporting this hairdo (8) PONYTAIL*

8   Hector sends boat in the night (8) DARKNESS {D{ARK}NESS*}

9   Fantastic stamina, one lived up to be a carnivore (9,5) TASMANIAN DEVIL {STAMINA}*{AN}{LIVED<=}

15 Building castle in air, losing cover, being too rigid (9) INELASTIC {CASTLE+IN+aIr}*

16 Can freely emerge outside with this act of making things available (8) ISSUANCE {ISSU{CAN*}E}

17 He was perhaps clad in a robe, initially (8) CARDINAL {CLAD+IN+Robe}*

19 Nothing clear about the voice (6) ORACLE {0}{CLEAR*}

20 One to stop or help get publicity... (6) BANNER [DD]

22 ... no publicity to divine rule (5) EDICT prEDICT

Reference List

Ease = E,E, Daughter = D, Way = M1, Game = GO, Second = MO, Maiden = M, Billions = B, Tax = VAT,  Poles = N,S, Hands = L,R, Publicity = PR

No 13459, Friday 21 Jan 2022, WrdPlougher

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ACROSS

6   Damage ozone layer? Cut back emissions firstly, crave less — small input (7) POLLUTE {LOP<=}{Em...s} over {LUsT}

7   Submit book released for new theory of behavioral science? (5) NUDGE (-b+n)NUDGE 

9   Wayward son taking up some responsibility (4) ONUS {ON{U}S*}

10 Vulgar rascal — immature lout — to get small punishment aboard ship (10) SCURRILOUS {S{CUR}{RI}{LOUt}S}

11 Secretary has staff at home in Singapore to prepare statement (8) PHRASING {P{HR}A}{S{IN}G} HR/Staff

13 Fortnight of eleventh month not applicable for ancient Christian Navratri? (6) NOVENA {NOVE}{NA} 

15 Reject skimpy incentive (4) SPUR SPURn

17 Rope length hard to measure, not quite easy (5) LEASH {L}{H} over {EASy}

18 Ten in ten returning, and coming up (4) NEXT {NE{X}T<=}

19 Program, interrupted by commercial, to follow (6) SHADOW {SH{AD}OW}

20 Elaborate chase in action (8) DETAILED {DE{TAIL}ED}

23 Unfinished BBQ boxes in cooler (Kelvin), vessel returned again to cold storage? (4,6) BACK BURNER {B{AC}{K}Bq}{URN}{RE<=}

26 Yugoslav Marshal adapted to it (4) TITO*

27 Putin unusually gives piece of advice (5) INPUT*

28 Save organ, donate heart away in advance (7) DELIVER {LIVER}<=>{Do..tE}

DOWN

1   I was a heroine memorising lines — pathetic (3-7) ILL-STARRED {I}{STARRED} over {LL}

2   Fresh limes you finally squeezed for breakfast? (6) MUESLI {LIMES+yoU}*

3   Sweetheart heard fiddle (4) BEAU (~bow)

4   Satisfy queen missing man without grand advances — to get royal seat (8) ENTRENCH {quENCH<=>{gENT} over {R}

5   Israeli movement — specialist Portal to begin leveraging icon (4) IDOL {IDO}{Le...e} 

6   Tendulkar, basically failing to keep chin up, blunders in tough situation (5) PINCH {CHIN+uP}*

8   Flustered TT quits, not quite active on the 10th, Mar 21 or Sep 23? (7) EQUINOX {NOt+QUItE}*{X} That should be Mar 20 and not 21

12 Great Russian-born American novelist dies, having just begun epic (5) GRAND Acrostic

14 Roughly evict Vin Diesel prematurely, throwing out modified lease heartlessly — cruel! (10) VINDICTIVE  {EVICT+VIN+DIesel}*

16 Iranian dynasty VIP doubtfully taking my word with penultimate pinch of salt (7) PAHLAVI {VIP}* over {AH{saLt}A}

17 Gangster returning with models, holding up court proceedings (8) LAWSUITS  {AL<=}{W}{S{U}ITS}

21 When upset, one turns this? (6) TURTLE [CD]

22 Register before writing NEET, doctor (5) ENTER {R}<=>{NEET}*

24 Observed movement of pet chasing tail of buck (4) KEPT {PET}*<=>{bucK}

25 Knot undone? Done (4) NODE*

Reference List

Small = S, Book = B, New = N, Up = U, Punishment = RI, Ship = S, Singapore = SG, Length = L, Hard = H, Commercial = AD, Kelvin = K, Again = RE, Line = L, Queen = QU, Grand = G, Royal = R, Gangster = AL, With = W, Writing = R

No 13458, Thursday 20 Jan 2022, Dr. X

Solution to 27A 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.

ACROSS

1   Kind son taken in by sponges and wimps (8) MILKSOPS {M{ILK}{S}OPS}

5   Cabins with bags filled with heroin (6) SHACKS {S{H}ACKS}

10 Chance to check equipment in warship (7) FRIGATE {F{RIG}ATE}

11 Lies about receiving small sum of money, mostly as commission (7) LICENSE {LI{CENt}SE*}

12 Use specialist to eliminate president (5) EXERT EXpERT

13 Criminal outside bar meets man getting dope (9) BLOCKHEAD {B{LOCK}{HE}AD}

14 Disfigurement perhaps left permanently in bacterial disease (7,5) SCARLET FEVER {SCAR}{LEFT*}{EVER}

18 Running fast is exercise giving pleasure (12) SATISFACTION {FAST+IS}*{ACTION} 

21 Hot exotic dancer in bar (9) HINDRANCE {H}{DANCER+IN}*

23 Vacation from endless work (5) LEAVE {LEAVEn}

24 Sumo is tense, drinking water (7) MOISTEN [T]

25 Hissing from oxygen canister in corner (7) HOOTING {HO{O}{TIN}G}

26 Pirates, heartily cheerful after capturing grand merchant ship (6) ARGOSY {pirAtes}{R{G}OSY}

27 Ebullient copper nailed by spirited punch (8) ?P?E?C?T (Addendum - UPPERCUT {UP}{PER{CU}T} - See comments)

DOWN

1   Spoiled by money, female enters silly feud (6) MUFFED {M}{UF{F}ED*}

2   Partner needs a bit of Viagra to have sex, causing delay (6) LOITER LO(-v+it)ITER

3   Gladiator in fight cuts vigorously, crushing head of adversary (9) SPARTACUS {SPAR{T{Ad...y}CUS*}

4   Agonising to keep solving algebra, agreeing to a lesser punishment (4,10) PLEA BARGAINING {P{ALGEBRA*}AINING}

6   Slash over E is diacritical mark (5) HACEK {HAC{E}K} 

7   Maintain firm resolution to stay sober primarily (8) CONSERVE {CO}{N{So..r}ERVE}

8   They pay out money, manipulating press to secure objective (8) SPENDERS {SP{END}ERS*}

9   Where merchandise might be displayed in a disorganised state (3,4,3,4) ALL OVER THE SHOP [DD]

15 Unattached fellow, very uplifted by love, enthralled by miss (9) FOOTLOOSE {F}{TOO<=}{LO{O}SE}

16 It primarily leads to myocardial infarction, embodied by terrible aches (8) ISCHEMIA {It}{SCHE{My...l}{In...n}A*} &lit

17 Model basking outside is gorgeous (8) STUNNING {S{T}UNNING}

19 American goes berserk without hesitation in‘Psycho’ (6) MANIAC AMerICAN*

20 Hot moment after wife removed top (6) HEIGHT {H}{wEIGHT}

22 Somewhat clever at escaping taxes (5) RATES [T]

Reference List

Son = S, Heroin = H, President = P, Hot = H, Grand = G, Female = F, Sex = IT, Fellow = F, Model = T, Wife = W