No 13726, Friday 02 Dec 2022, Gussalufz

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ACROSS

1   Father-and-son time, with a load of carbs (5) PASTA {PA}{S}{T}{A}

4   Composer snorts coke frequently on Scottish mountain where one's hard to notice (9) BACKBENCH {BA{CoKe}{BEN}CH}

9   Pulls a fast one on women going for feminine dresses (7) OUTFITS OUT(-w+f)FITS

10 Record one's energy intake measurement? Makes sense! (7)  LOGICAL {LOG}{1}{CAL}

11 In the morning, drink a spot of espresso over puzzle (6) ENIGMA {AM}{GIN}{Es...o}<+

12 Top players abandoned tour to join short excursion (8) VIRTUOSI {VI{TOUR*}SIt}

14 Perhaps pine after revenge regularly (4) TREE {afTer+RevEngE}

15 After a reorganization, ranger quit division (10) QUARTERING*

18 Tech worker supporting language restrictions on the radio (10) PROGRAMMER {PRO}{(~grammar)GRAMMER}

19 Characters shared by African, Mexican, and American? (4) INCA {afrICAN/mexICAN}*

22 Away from the centre of battle, overcome by frightful doubts, having lost a bit of blood (8) OUTWARDS {WAR} in {DOUbTS}*

24 Extremely childish clash about earliest place of worship (6) CHURCH {Ch...sH}{UR}{ClasH}

26 Grill Gussalufz about being controlled by coffee (7) LATTICE {LATT{I}{C}E}

27 Sweep off exes full of censure (7) EXPANSE {EX{PAN}SE*}

28 Loony to go after wealth-shielded king for a small food item (6,3) MONKEY NUT {NUT}<=>{MON{K}EY}

29 Subject of revolting mega new film: taking clothes off (5) LIEGE {mEGa+nEw+fILm}<=

DOWN

1   Crept up, bearing beverage and plan (7) PROJECT{PR{OJ}ECT*}

2   Burn half of late forties carelessly (3,4,2) SET FIRE TO {laTE+FORTIES}*

3   Principles of mathematics primarily described by X/Y, say (6) AXIOMS {AXI{Of}{Ma...s}S}

4   Captain of second-rate old ship (4) BOSS {B}{O}{SS}

5   Mining complexes with sillier eco code (10) COLLIERIES*

6   Produced appeal; ball tracking initially upheld catch (8) BEGOTTEN {BEG}{O}{Tr...g}{NET<=}

7   The Reverend's tea, no crunchy snack (5) NACHO (cha no to nacho)

8   Hesitant gangster goes through troubled night (7) HALTING {H{AL}TING*}

13 Malcontent corrupt guru conned them, then somehow disappeared (10) CURMUDGEON {GURU+CONnED+theM}*

16 Toss coin: anger or bliss? (9) IGNORANCE*

17 Make life less country-oriented (Benazir Bhutto's third reform) (8) URBANIZE {BENAZIR+bhUtto}*

18 Investigation implicates liberal magazine's first issue (7) PROBLEM {PROB{L}E}{Ma...e}

20 Marathoner, maybe allowed to wear two articles? (7) ATHLETE {A}{TH{LET}E}

21 24 hours in horrible place (6) CHAPEL {C{H}APEL*}

23 Tonight, finally, it's a new moon (5) TITAN {t...hT}{IT}{A}{N}

25 Trial ends in court, evidence was insufficient (4) TEST Tail Acrostic

Reference List

Father = PA, Son = S, Time = T, Scottish mountain = BEN, Women = W, Feminine = F, About = C, King = K, Beverage = OJ(Orange Juice), Second rate = B, Old = O, Ship = SS, Gangster = AL(Capone), Liberal = L, Hour = H, New = N

No 13725, Thursday 01 Dec 2022, WrdPlougher

Solution to 7A 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

6   Disconnected cables partially entangled around two knobs at the hub (5) LOOSE {cabLES}* over {knObs}{knObs}

7   Observant article about electronic currency (4-4) O?E?-E?E? (Addendum - OPEN-EYED  {OP{E YEN<=}ED - See comments)

10 Brahms and Liszt tuning crwth, essentially tightening screw (4,3) WING NUT {TUNING+crWth}* What is 'crwth'? See comments 

11 "Please speak about tight fist!"... (7) SATISFY {SA{FIST*}Y}

12 ... employees beginning to shout near busy emergency room, barging in (7)  EARNERS {Sh..t+NEAR}* over {ER} 

13 Temporary short-lived reputation (5-2) STAND-IN [CD] (Addendum - STANDINg See comments)

14 Ring this nicely, finally press this to find the point marking the door to a man's heart? (5,6) BELLY BUTTON {BELL}{n...lY}{BUTTON}

19 Allure of the French monsieur initially opting to wear inverted hairpiece in America (7) GLAMOUR {LA}{M}{Op...g} in {RUG<=}

21 Bend our crooked boomerang (7) REBOUND*

23 Topical dances for the eyes (7) OPTICAL*

25 A 'friend' primarily into fashionable western Italian composer (7) ROSSINI {ROSS}{Into}{IN<=}

26 Tuk-tuk nearly covering one mile, starting to behold a faraway place (8) TIMBUKTU {TUK+TUk}* over {1}{M}{Be...d}

27 Oil container, crude truck filled with energy for a thousand (5) CRUET {TRUC(-k+e)E}*

DOWN

1   Above stall, in conclusion, right place to store cereal (8) CORNCRIB {CRIB}<=>{iN}{COR}

2   Every other step except the first in dance party involving spirits (6) SEANCE {StEp}{dANCE}

3   Oracle's black ash — absurd hearsay without a bit of accuracy (10) SOOTHSAYER {SOOT}{HEARSaY}*

4   Date back origin of fossil to be in the lead for reward (4) FEES {SEE<=}<=>{Fo...l}

5   Learned as a poem (6) VERSED [DD}

6   Advocate raw honesty, finally inspired by real revolutionary (6) LAWYER {raW}{h...tY} in {REAL}*

8   Snippet of garbled text about unfinished race (7) EXTRACT {ECT{RACe}T*}

9   Striving, striving in the second half to grasp story's ending (5) VYING {striV{s..rY}ING}

13 Raw cabbage a Turk sure appreciates, primarily shredded (10) SAUERKRAUT {A+TURK+SURE+Ap...s}*

15 Swinging iron club — rough's first cut of Simba, perhaps... (4,3) LION CUB {IrON+CLUB}*

16 ... lush, trimmed — after putt essentially gets buried in green... finally, endless rain forming spiral-shaped water body? (8) NAUTILUS {LUSh}<=> {pUTt}in {g..eN}{rAIn} Clue as convoluted as the solution?

17 Silver, coarse and bright (5) AGLOW {AG}{LOW}

18 Air defence division at sea (6) ADRIFT {AD}{RIFT}

20 Ain't at sea at first, secure (6) ATTAIN {AINT}*<=>{AT}

22 Bites roughly, getting at first cut, cut (6) BISECT {BISE{Cut}T*}

24 Similar to social media icon (4) LIKE [DD]

Reference List

Emergency Room = ER, The in French = LA, Monsieur = M, Fashionable = IN, Mile = M, Energy = E, Thousand = K, Date = SEE, Air Defence = AD