No 13700, Wednesday 02 Nov 2022, WrdPlougher

Solution to 21D 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.

Poor Grid construction at 14 & 22 Across.

ACROSS

1   Sully actor's name, after some time, giving credit... (6) THANKS {HANKS}<=>{Time}

4   ... to review without newspaper's approval (6) PRAISE apPRAISE Newspaper/AP?

9   Reservoir collapse (4) TANK [DD]

10 Connecting spiritual force within hearts of hatha yogis (5) TYING {haTha}{YIN}{yoGis}

11 Bankrupted player every game (4) PREY {Pl..eR}{EverY}

12 Endlessly look around, always intense (6) SEVERE {S{EVER}Ee}

13 Deep, albeit containing gold (8) THOROUGH {TH{OR}OUGH}

14 Care about land, measure (4) ACRE*

16 Grains found in deserts and beaches (4) SAND [T] Semi&lit

17 Flying brides out of earth - not Supermen... not planes...? (5) BIRDS BRIDeS*

18 Held down squirming mouse, finally devoured (5) OWNED {OWN{m..sE}D*}

20 Pays the price for unearned runs behind the wicket, caught (4) BUYS (~byes)

22 Horse falling back, getting first advantage (4) GAIN {NA{1}G<=}

24 Places for cooking Spooner's birds (8) KITCHENS (~chickens to kitchens) Is this spoonerism correct?

25 One found lazing on a couch or in middle of hot controversy? (6) POTATO [D&CD]

28 Hit badly by recessions - in the end, a near thing! (4) THIS {HIT*}{r...nS}Definition not understood!!

29 Objects here, ripping sheet (5) THESE*

30 Measures sticks (4) BARS [DD]

31 Abruptly get rid of options, determinedly chasing dinar, pounds (6) DASHES ASHES<=>{D} Anno pending

32 Sleeve cut, torn around opening of loose layers (6) LEVELS {SLEEVe}* over {Lo..e}

DOWN

1   Urge cartographers to display North-oriented chart (5) TRACE [T]

2   Joint smokers (molly essentially) cracking - sane, losing head (5) ANKLE {sAN{smoKers}{moLly}E}

3   Rough skin covering dry bit of excrement and cat litter? (7) KITTENS {KI{TT}{Ex...t}NS*}

5   Ignore abandoned land (6) REGION*

6   Prankster on the move, advancing (9) IMPROVING {IMP}{ROVING}

7   Came out, met online? (7) EMERGED {E}{MERGED}

8   Noble dead, princess consort in focus to replace former wife (13) DISTINGUISHED (di+conSort-ex)DISTINGUISHED 

15 Works out problems (9) EXERCISES [DD]

19 From behind the stump mic, Aussie wicketkeeper entertained (7) WEIGHED (~wade)

21 Boss, one of 17 high-flying candidates - in short, the greatest (7) S?P?E?E ()

23 Container of fish that might be messy or different? (6) KETTLE [C&DD]

26 Submit chart (5) TABLE [DD]

27 Tries at first, triumphs over trophies in Australia or England? (5) TURNS {Tr...s}{URNS} The trophy is ASHES and not URNS!!

Reference List

Gold = OR, Earth = E, Dinar = D, Dry = TT, Online = E, Princess = DI

No 13699, Tuesday 01 Nov 2022, Hypatia

Solution to 22D 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   Spooner's present behind back door of delivery truck (4,4) LIFT GATE (~gift late to lift gate)

5   Swimmer wears Speedo initially at sea (6) WRASSE {WEARS+Sp...o}*

10 Brainy Indian's first exotic rice dish (7) BIRYANI {BRAINY+In...n}*

11 Transport organ (7) VEHICLE [DD]

12 Essence of poppadum - a mild, distinct flavour (5) UMAMI [T]

13 Elon's tips (nothing outrageous) for becoming generous (9) ENNOBLING {EloN}{NO}{BLING}

14 Avoids modelling before easy targets (7,5) SITTING DUCKS {DUCKS}<=>{SITTING}

18 Dad's rant for excellence (4,8) HIGH STANDARD {DADS+RANT}* [RA]

21 Resistance from naughty child touching electronic ball (9) IMPEDANCE {IMP}{E}{DANCE}

23 Supply vehicle stopped by flat tyre at rear (5) CATER {CA{flaT}{tyrE}}R}

24 Boy and girl entertained by a new Disney movie (7) ALADDIN {A}{LAD}{DI}{N}

25 Small company near one old sign (7) SCORPIO {S}{CORP}{1}{O}

26 Taxes the French bonds (6) DUTIES {DU}{TIES} DU in French is 'from'?

27 State of equilibrium? Anyhow it's say, very boring (8) ISOSTASY {ITS+SAY}* over {SO}

DOWN

1   Work of Harry or Balu (6) LABOUR*

2   Section of roof or matching structure (6) FORMAT [T]

3   Group of seals delights (9) GRATIFIES {G}{RATIFIES}

4   Teaching kids to go inside? (6-8) TOILET-TRAINING [CD]

6   "About a Boy" includes Hugh's first therapy (5) REHAB {RE}{Hugh}{A}{B}

7   Short cuts lost without carbon copy at home (8) SUCCINCT {CUTS}* over {CC}{IN}

8   Introduction to English novel genres inspiring one to perk up (8) ENERGISE {En...h}{NERG{1}SE*}

9   Stressed out losing time after ironing gowns (7,7)  EVENING DRESSES {StRESSED}*<=>{EVENING}

15 Board members out of Patna procrastinated terribly (9) DIRECTORS  pROCRaStInaTED*

16 Country dog biting husband too (8) THAILAND {T{H}AIL}{AND}

17 Encourage putting time around plot for vegetable (8) EGGPLANT {EGG} with {T}<=>{PLAN}

19 Regularly picked up troops in an ideal location (6) UTOPIA {Up+TrOoPs+In+An}

20 Turn weak in drudgery, exhausted and sagging (6) DROOPY {POOR}<= in {Dr,,,rY}

22 Steer clear of displacement in cybercurrency, briefly (5) D?D?E (Addendum - DODGE {DO{D}GE} - See comments)

Reference List

Electronic = E, Girl = DI, New = N, Small = S, Old = O, Very = SO, Group = G, About = RE, Boy = B, Carbon copy = CC, at home = IN, Time = T, Husband = H, Time = T