No 13201, Monday 22 Mar 2021, Arden

Solution to 2D 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   European film — one creating controversy... (8) POLEMIST {POLE}{MIST}

5   ... as Polish movie is spread (6) BUFFET {BUFF}{ET}

10 Study church in front, about a metre (7) CADENCE {DEN}{CE}<={CA}

11 Short stretch tough for a cavalryman (7) DRAGOON {DRAw}{GOON}

12 English sovereign is living frugally (5) EKING {E}{KING}

13 Original sound, nine implications (9) INNUENDOS*

14 Hair care product is too good in the end (12) BRILLIANTINE {BRILLIANT}{IN}{thE}

18 It has wings on both sides — turn and fly around over the hill (9,3) BUTTERFLY NUT {TURN+FLY}*<=>{BUTTE}

21 Finally get bed readymade for a toy (5,4) TEDDY BEAR {geT+BED+READY}*

23 Forget again to pick up some hard material (5) AGATE [T<=]

24 Managed to go through pending work from top to bottom — it smelt (7) ODORANT {RAN} in (-t)ODO(+t)T

25 Part of FBI agents in place (7) SEGMENT {SE{G MEN}T}

26 Hate to have dispatched it all over again (6) RESENT [DD]

27 Seafood consignment stored inside — is in Marseille (8) ESCARGOT {CARGO} in {EST}*

DOWN

1   Strike is appropriate as one goes for zero (6) PICKET P(-o+i)ICKET

2   Lounge has to include youth (6) L?D?I? (Addendum - LADDIE {L{ADD}IE} - See comments)

3   People get old, hiding growing resentment — like all the animals (9) MENAGERIE {MEN}{AG{IRE<=}E}

4   Visual tricks used to get particular results (7,7) SPECIAL EFFECTS {SPECIAL}{EFFECTS}

6   Consumption in America for example, goes up (5) USAGE {USA}{EG<=}

7   Lot of water drunk to make it look dazzling (8) FLOODLIT {FLOOD}{LIT}

8   Spoken languages — to catch up, it’s very hard (8) TUNGSTEN (~tounges){TUNGS}{NET<=}

9   Period of uncertainty and confusion — city insiders have it sorted out (8,6) IDENTITY CRISIS {CITY+INSIDERS+IT}*

15 Shifting angularities — it’s a pain (9) NEURALGIA ANGULARitIEs* [CA]

16 Switch to it — a stopover at a slaughterhouse? (8) ABATTOIR {A}{BA{TO+IT}*R}

17 ‘Stallions’ has three vowels — that’s academic (8) STUDIOUS {STUD{I}{O}{U}S}

19 Plead with girl to accept Bill — maybe he’s not a nice person (3,3) BAD EGG {B{AD}{EG}{G}

20 Let it stand, accept record by a musical group (6) SEPTET {S{EP}TET}

22 Long, but all are unalterably set (5) YEARN uNAltERablY [CA]

Reference List

Church = CE, About = CA, English = E, Is in French = EST, Girl = G, Bill = AD, Record = EP

Special, Sunday 21 Mar 2021, Saral

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