No 13574, Saturday 04 Jun 2022, Arden

ACROSS

1   Table and armrests designed to suit Sachin Tendulkar, perhaps (6,7)  MASTER BLASTER*

10 When two of them are up, it's OK (5) THUMB [CD]

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11 Daughter is back, housed in better one-room accommodation (9) BEDSITTER {BE{D}{IS<=}TTER}

12 Talk with ease, you got it coming (9) ADDRESSEE {ADDRESS}{EE}

13 Fear of limited choice grips one (5) PANIC {P{AN}ICk} 

14 Sharing fancy dress (7) GARNISH*

16 Separate drill, essentially to make hole in stone (7) ISOLATE {drIll}{S{O}LATE}

18 Hybrid variety of fruit to lure in an investor (7) TANGELO {T{ANGEL}O}

20 Tug on hire possibly for a folk singer (7) GUTHRIE {TUG+HIRE}*

22 In the middle of March we see some patch of clouds (5) ARCUS {mARCh}{US}

24 Passive smoke? (5,4) PEACE PIPE [CD]

26 Yogi Agnesh briefly got agitated, later relaxed (4,5) EASY GOING {YOGI+AGNESh}*

27 A man who gets commission (5) AGENT {A}{GENT} Semi&lit

28 Prepared ham often and felt he should tend to his flock (3,2,3,5) MAN OF THE CLOTH {HAM+OFTEN}*{CLOTH}

DOWN

2   Like below in two (7) ASUNDER {AS UNDER}

3   Breaking wind, accomplished — this can go with the food (5,4) TABLE WINE {T{ABLE}WINE}

4   Representation on transport (5) REBUS {RE}{BUS}

5   Investment technique like fish eating snake (9) LADDERING {L{ADDER}ING}

6   Jump over first man, can you do without? (5) SKIMP {SKI{Man}P}

7   Red sea takes it on — free country (7) ESTONIA {SEA}* over {IT+ON}*

8   Looking serious at mobile — charged it fast (8-5) STRAIGHT FACED*

9   Copy components that show low concentration (5,8) TRACE ELEMENTS {TRACE}{ELEMENTS}

15 Spooner's confirmation — clue to what a tracker looks for (9) HOOFPRINT (~proof hint to hoofprint)

17 Anthelion decoded at once (2,3,4) ON THE NAIL*

19 Capital one invested in working casino (7) NICOSIA {N{1}COSIA*}

21 End covered with torn clothing (7) RAIMENT {R{AIM}ENT}

23 Goes wrong incorporating new musical notation (5) SEGNO {SEG{N}O*}

25 Fish hangs in the centre (5) ANGLE dANGLEs

Reference List

Ease = EE, Stone = SLATE, Felt = CLOTH 

On = RE, End = AIM, Torn = RENT, New = N, Hangs = DANGLES

Colour/Font Scheme

Definition, Solution, Component letters, Embedded links, Theme word,  Reference list word, Anagram Indicator, C/C indicator, Reversal Indicator, Hidden word Indicator, Letter Pick indicator, Deletion Indicator, Homophone Indicator, Movement Indicator, Positional Indicator, Substitution Indicator, Opposite indicator, Link/Connector, Extraneous

No 13573, Friday 03 Jun 2022, Arden

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ACROSS

1   Name a painter in Japan (6) NAGOYA {N}{A}{GOYA}

4   Like the cream, most in the middle may be dangerous to handle (8) ASBESTOS {AS}{BEST}{mOSt}

10 What the Twitterati did about the credit (9) CHITTERED*

11 In the middle of ‘Great Escape’ it happened (5) EVENT {grEat}{VENT}

12 Ancient deity had swallowed the Sun, perhaps (7) ASTARTE {A{STAR}TE}

13 A gunshot rings and there is an African (7) UGANDAN {A+GUN}* over {AND}

14 Dog reared in Big Rock, Virginia (5) CORGI [T<=]

15 After a short round, approval to get flower (8) CYCLAMEN {CYCLe}{AMEN}

18 “It’s amusing to have some booze”, you hear this before an important announcement (4,4) DRUM ROLL {D{RUM}ROLL}

20 Native said “start with fifty, not five” (5) LOCAL (-v+l)LOCAL

23 Capital is large, perhaps (7) ALGIERS*

25 Collect butter and gin, back in defensive position (7) RAMPART {RAM}{TRAP<=}

26 Showing interest in additional wavy patterns... (5) MOIRE {MO{I}RE}

27 ...or hop around home rule (9) ORDINANCE {OR}{D{IN}ANCE}

28 Minister briefly cut down to four lines of satire (8) CLERIHEW {CLERIc}{HEW}

Sir Henry Rider Haggard
Was completely staggered
When his bride-to-be
Announced, "I am She!"

29 Land, building and some money, they will remain after he goes (6) REALTY {REAL}{TheY}

DOWN

1   Can keep husband in, once free will go around — not possible (2,6) NO CHANCE {NO{C{H}AN}CE*}

2   After midnight refuse to shine (7) GLITTER {niGht}{LITTER}

3   Element of delight expressed turns bitter within (9) YTTERBIUM {Y{BITTER*}UM}

5   Pinnacle, not long but short compound (6,8) SODIUM CHLORIDE pinNACLe 

6   Clyster's close to one, voice of approval grows (5) ENEMA {onE}{AMEN<=}

7   Old sewing machine operator let off without study (7) TREADLE {T{READ}LE*}

8   It represents change in Thailand (6) SATANG {SA}{TANG}

9   Frank Rogers concedes these rules are for pedestrian safety (5,5,4) GREEN CROSS CODE*

16 The French man in lead, perhaps for a formal dance (9) ALLEMANDE {AL{LE}{MAN}DE*}

17 Smooth attempt to get energy from soft soap (8) FLATTERY {FLAT}{T{E}RY}

19 Boy engulfed by passion for music (7) RAGTIME {RAG{TIM}E}

21 Ghastly child, learn to reform (7) CHARNEL {CH}{LEARN*}

22 Hard surface, indeed roughly demarcated (6) TARMAC {TARMAC}* in {DEED} 

24 Extract tapped up from lime/lemon trees (5) ELEMI [T<=]

Reference List

Name = N, Fifty = L, Five = V, Interest = I, Husband = H, IT = SA(Sex appeal), The in French = LE, Energy = E, Child = CH