No 14243, Friday 02 Aug 2024, Arden

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ACROSS

1   Perhaps teach English to a Goddess (6) HECATE {TEACH+E}*

4  Contract for a short dress wearing attractive girl (8) DIMINISH {DI{MINI}SH}

10 "Damages the garden tool", did you say? It just wears out (5,4) BRAKE SHOE (~ breaks hoe}

11 Part of the mercurial Pope's court (5) CURIA [T]

12 Forgetfulness - crazy since the morning before (7) AMNESIC {SINCE}*<=>{AM}

13 Any different? Search over for Americans (7) YANKEES {ANY*}{SEEK<=}

14 Suffer a loss, some of it over ''free power'' (5) SOLAR [T<=]

15 Rinse and use, treat bed-wetting (8) ENURESIS*

18 God, carrier of supreme power (8) LORDSHIP {LORD}{SHIP}

20 Concentrate, cut both sides off and get some more (5) EXTRA EXTRAct 

23 Reject say, butter and cheese material (7) TAFFETA {FAT<=}{FETA}

25 Soldiers have no time for rigorous training (7) REGIMEN REGIMENt

26 Steward of the manor on the day before (5) REEVE {RE}{EVE}

27 Prime minister Major regularly is seen in school (9) TAOISEACH {T{mAjOr}{IS}EACH}

28 Save to resolve a dispute (3,5) PUT ASIDE*

29 Steps to chop the head off the snakes (6) ADDERS lADDERS

DOWN

1   Language expert - he is on support, it's arranged (8) HEBRAIST {HE}{BRA}{ITS*}

2   Sorting out each length covering news agency (7) CHANNEL {EACH+L}* over {NN}

3   Walk around - confident it's highly valued (9) TREASURED {TREA{SURE}D}

5   Cross boundary rope, interesting - both sides come again? (1,3,4,6) I BEG YOUR PARDON {BOUNDARY+ROPE+In...nG}*

6   Old empire still preserved (5) INCAN {IN CAN}

7   Indian serial made on this subject (7) ISRAELI {I}SERIAL*}

8   Vehicle for those who are late (6) HEARSE [CD]

9   I check there and whole thing becomes yellow (7-7) CHICKEN-HEARTED*

16 Sergie's gone finally, full of beans (9) ENERGISED {EN{SERGIE*}D}

17 Starts with a drop of alcohol during meals (8) LAUNCHES {L{Al...l}UNCHES}

19 Not on the usual route - that's strange (7) OFFBEAT {OFF}{BEAT}

21 Story about one doctor and one pair of drums (7) TIMBALE {T{1}{MB}ALE}

22 Foot rest isn't right, so cause trouble (4,2) STIR UP STIrRUP

24 Number from top to bottom levels (5) EVENS (-s)EVEN(+s)S

Reference List

English = E, Time = T, On = RE, Support = BRA, Length = L, News = NN, Indian = I, Right = R

No 14242, Thursday 01 Aug 2024, 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.

Open for anyone to answer, if not solved by 1 PM.

ACROSS

9   Rest may be found in a reference book briefly on field strength (7) OERSTED {OE{REST*}D}

10 Fun city, loves to host Republican state (7) ORLANDO {O{R}{LAND}O}

11 Beginning with one point rise (7) NASCENT {N}{ASCENT}

12 Abnormal reduction, gets through (7) D?V?A?T (Addendum - DEVIANT {DE{VIA}NT} - See comments)

13 Her warnings were treated as canards (9) CASSANDRA* &lit

15 Board game involving some lethal manoeuvres (5) HALMA [T] 

16 A good time to go in and surprise (7) ASTOUND {A}{S{T}OUND}

19 Candidate gets work, for there is a measure of uncertainty (7) ENTROPY {ENTR{OP}Y}

20 Vivacious girl - one comes in after nine in private banks (5) PIXIE {Priv{IX}{1}atE}

21 Strike a guy and there ends the joke (9) PUNCHLINE {PUNCH}{LINE}

25 Distiller must apply to get in (7) REFINER {REF{IN}ER}

26 Replenish supply, he goes to get a beer (7) PILSNER REPLeNISh*

28 Girl with International protection in parts of Northern Israel (7) GALILEE {GAL}{I}{LEE}

29 Entry in general is for a beneficiary (7) LEGATEE {LE{GATE}E}

DOWN

1   Charlie can go up for a drink (6) COGNAC {C}{CAN GO<=}

2   Takes it easy, that said, takes it by force (6) WRESTS (~rests)

3   Worst years, some of them painful (4) STYE [T] Semi&lit

4   It's indeed rough, polished (6) EDITED {ED{IT}ED*}

5   Valiant to confront thick heavy set character (8) BOLDFACE {BOLD}{FACE}

6   Split? Problem is the temporary tie-up (5,5) CLOVE HITCH {CLOVE}{HITCH}

7   Toiling at sea, retrieves a sunken design (8) INTAGLIO {INT{A}GLIO*}

8   Herb's my co-star, perhaps (8) COSTMARY*

14 A beautiful fish, less than right in a way (5,5) ACUTE ANGLE {A}{CUTE}{ANGLE}

16 Current map drawn and two times overlapped (8) AMPERAGE {MAP*}{ER(A)GE}

17 Turn left and exit - used for storage of information (4,4) TEXT FILE* 

18 Sent away? Left in the middle of work (8) DEPORTED {DE{PORT}ED}

22 Bomb, one picked up by hand (6) NAPALM {AN<=}{PALM}

23 Coal if left out will catch fire (6) IGNITE lIGNITE

24 Won a point and Arden lost (6) EARNED {E}ARDEN*}

27 Blocks head of government entering house of a star (4) LEGO {LE{Go...t}O}

Reference List

Republican = R, Point = N, Time = T, Work = OP, International = I, Charlie = C, Left = L, Point = E