No 12473, Frdiay 16 Nov 2018, Arden

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ACROSS
1   Starts unloading cargo, so not going over and over the city (6) TUCSON {Un...g}{Ca..o}{So} in {NOT}<=
4   Cloak — fluff underneath will catch fire (8) BURNOOSE {BURN}{OOSE}

9   First Angelina meets Pitt, ending in marriage —  great would you say? (6) ABRADE {An...a}{BRAD}{m...gE} (~ grate)
10 Game makes even winners go through sticky situations (3,5) GIN RUMMY {G{wInNeRs}UMMY}
12 Way to encourage a swimmer (8) STURGEON {ST}{URGE ON}

13 Come to holy place, where one's banned from making some dough (6) PHYLLO {HOLY+PLace}* Thanks to Google
15 Count bars, it's to make sure you conform (4,8) PEER PRESSURE {PEER} {PRESSURE}
18 Afternoon time, remained free (4,8) ANTE MERIDIEM* Shouldn't that be before noon?
21 Reject electronic credit transfer in the beginning (6) ORIGIN {GIRO<=}{IN}
22 Rider arrived, as wind changed direction (8) CAMELEER {CAME}{REEL<=}
24 Propose, but Tom and Annie will refuse (8) NOMINATE {TOM+ANNIE}*
25 Bully makes school girl go back (6) HARASS {S}{SARAH}<=
26 It's cool, road winds round river (8) COLORADO*

27 Beginning a day, programme yet to start (6) ADVENT {A}{D}{eVENT}

DOWN
1   Patterns form in this part of church (8) TRANSEPT*
2   Vehicle takes bird on a joy ride (8) CAROUSEL {CAR}{OUSEL}
3   One's retired hurt alongside opener (3-3,9) OLD-AGE PENSIONER*
5   In short, join together as one (4) UNIT UNITe
6   Neither Rand nor pound can be exchanged here (8,7) NORTHERN IRELAND {NEITHER+RAND+NOR+L}*
7   Second left in our cuckoo clock (6) ORMOLU {OR{MO}{L}U*} Clock? Seems to be an error in the definition.
8   Origin of the word 'money' evolved over time (6) ETYMON {E{T}YMON*}
11 Man finds shade, is protected (7) COVERED {COVE}{RED}
14 One is climbing, takes a long time for a missile (7) ASSEGAI {A}{S{AGES<=}I<=}

16 Spoke on booze and breed (8) AIREDALE {AIRED}{ALE}

17 Shops in place for discerning people (5,3) SMART SET {S{MARTS}ET}
19 Charlie can go up and get a drink (6) COGNAC {C}{CAN+GO<=}
20 I'm sad, worried, low and disconsolate (6) DISMAL {IM+SAD}*{L}
23 Wayward students sent out by boss (4) STUD STUDents

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No 12472, Thursday 15 Nov 2018, Arden

ACROSS
1   Neat! A capital dish! (4,10) BEEF WELLINGTON {BEEF} {WELLINGTON}

10 Left tracking river bird (5) OUSEL {OUSE}{L}

11 Faces on some market players (9) OVERBEARS {OVER}{BEARS}
12 Backbone broken, got through years of intolerance (7) BIGOTRY {BI{GOT}R<=}{Y}
13 Model text exposed enough (7) EXAMPLE {tEXt}{AMPLE}
14 Belief in God keeps man on right side (5) DEISM {SIDE*}{M}
16 Law breaking, cheating, it's all coming out slowly (9) TRICKLING {TRICK{L}ING}
19 Designed for efficiency, so no rodents lack tail (9) ERGONOMIC {ERGO}{NO}{MICe}
20 Lob bomb in a corner to make it count, perhaps (5) NOBLE {LOB}* in {NE}
22 Space lift, nice to be in the middle of them all — so peaceful (7) PACIFIC {sPACe}{lIFt}{nICe}
25 Limited help in once set level (7) ECHELON {HELp} in {ONCE}*
27 Soldiers inland put back in position (9) REINSTATE {RE}{IN}{STATE}
28 Start with pygmy and a giant perhaps (5) PANDA {P}{AND}{A}
29 I add coriander into mix — it keeps things cool (3,11) AIR CONDITIONER {I+CORIANDER+INTO}*

DOWN
2   Duck soup is off, one's relaxed (4,5) EASY GOING {EASY} {GOING}
3   Extraordinary life, time to go under net (5) FILET {LIFE*}{T}

4   Comfortable inside, meets variety of flora and fauna in nature (9) ECOSYSTEM {E{COSY}STEM*}
5   Subject I took up in college, I like it (5) LIEGE [T<=]
6   Statesman makes banks earn (9) NEBRASKAN*
7   Current carrying transformer terminals on ship (5) TRAMP {Tr...eR}{AMP}
8   Teens go bananas over girls — to be kept aside (4,3) NEST EGG {TEENS*}{GG}
9   Stop to offer (6) FORBID {FOR}{BID}
15 Correct names if included to policy statement (9) MANIFESTO {NAMES+IF}*{TO}
17 Severe raise following change of sides — lying in fourth place... (9) INCLEMENT {INC(-r+l)LEMENT}
18 ...otherwise can I blame disparity? (9) IMBALANCE*
19 Shops catching cinematographic representation (7) EMPORIA cInEMatOgRAPhic* [CA]
21 It's essentially a tenner, bill is for nine (6) ENNEAD {tENNEr}{AD}
23 He broke the news all over the town (5) CRIER [CD]
24 Cold and frozen vegetable (5) CHARD {C}{HARD}

26 Animal in a river (5) HIPPO {HIP}{PO}

GRID