No 14427, Tuesday 11 Mar 2025, Arden

Solution to 23A 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 solve, if not solved by 1 PM.

ACROSS

1   Blame a metropolis for all the greed (8) RAPACITY {RAP}{A}{CITY}

5   Announced country's development, primarily (6) STATED {STATE}{De...t}

10 Just follow an ex-PM to this place in London (7) MAYFAIR {FAIR}<=>{MAY}

11 Foreign trade - company follows modern-style architecture (3,4) ART DECO {TRADE*}{CO}

12 Current doctor provided initial treatment (5) DRIFT {DR}{IF}{Tr...t}

13 Avoid routes meant for Arctic air transport (3-6) SKI-PLANES {SKIP}{LANES}

14 One with money has orderly routine to follow, it's too small to notice (12) ANTINEUTRINO {AN}{TIN}{ROUTINE*}

18 Could be shifted - room to detect small stuff (5,7) CLOUD CHAMBER {COULD*}{CHAMBER}

21 Grown up, essentially very, very immoral person (9) ADULTERER {ADULT}{vERy}{vERy}

23 She is surrounded by us in this location (5) W?E?E ()

24 Well-built side - detailed nourishment for the sick (4,3) BEEF TEA {BEEFy TEAm}

25 Bar those who are antidemocratic, antinational at heart (7) CANTINA [T]

26 Mob went crazy as women left for Bury (6) ENTOMB {MOB+wENT}*

27 Willing to stop being in debt (8) ENDOWING {END}{OWING}

DOWN

1   I'm ready to go out - not a solution (6) REMEDY {ME} in {REaDY}*

2   First person, one among many maybe a heathen (6) PAYNIM {Pe,,,n}{YAN{1}M*}

3   Tense working in an African country - is subdued (9) CHASTENED {CHA{TENSE*}D}

4   Professional dancer to perform - panic in Rocherster, perhaps (14) TERPSCICHOREAN {PANIC+ROCHESTER}* Typo in Rochester

6   Complete selling oil in France (5) TOTAL Anno not clear

7   Dog houses - born and brought up as a wooden peg (8) TREENAIL {TR{NEE<=}AIL}

8   Comes down fuming - see it played in court (4,4) DROP SHOT {DROPS}{HOT}

9   To remain an active revolutionary, one has to be in a way, brave (6,8) NATIVE AMERICAN*

15 Take down criminal, only by unarmed combat (3,4,2) TAE KWON DO {TAKE+DOWN}*{O}

16 Extremely symbolic gathering for a game (8) SCRABBLE {Sy...iC}{RABBLE}

17 Parthenon, say, captures Greek character in a jiffy (8) MONUMENT {MO{NU}MENT}

19 House with a small car below empty garage (6) GEMINI {MINI}<=>{Ga..gE}

20 Nostalgia grips even outsiders in this Asian city (6) PENANG {P{EveN}ANG}

22 Starting to temporarily accommodate a pole (5) TOTEM [T]

Reference List

Money = TIN, Women = W, Born = NEE, Only = O

No 14426, Monday 10 Mar 2025, Arden

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. 

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

ACROSS

1   Provide support before it takes wings (11) CATERPILLAR {CATER}{PILLAR}

7   Reduce men, provide guns (3) A?M (Addendum - ARM ARMy - See comments)

9   Reject appeal to include single colour (5) LILAC {CAL{1}L<=}

10 I've agents working, they need to be developed (9) NEGATIVES*

11 Wild bears have some distance to cover, look grumpy (9) MISERABLE {MI{BEARS*}LE} 

12 Disposed in June, Judge recused showing malaise (5) ENNUI {IN+jUNE}*

13 Ascertain money is enough to start with (7) REALISE {REAL}{IS}{En...h}

15 The turf laid on top of a mineral... (4) SODA {SOD}{A}

18 ...on the morning of the festival (4) ONAM {ON}{AM}

20 Fighter in rear action for a nobleman carrying weapons (7) ARMIGER {{MIG} in {REAR*}

23 Sovereign rights - invested Guilder regularly (5) RULER {R}{gUiLdEr}{R}

24 Italian bard took the London underground back - it was sort of first outing for her (9) DEBUTANTE {D{TUBE<=}ANTE}

26 Don Juan has more knowledge about a country (9) WOMANISER {W{OMAN}ISER}

27 Capital has to be invested in American city (5) LHASA {L{HAS}A}

28 Mine in North India, millions extracted (3) ERA mERA Where's the Definition?

29 Ireland applied all remedies (7,4) EMERALD ISLE*

DOWN

1   It's local - a marina to catch some seafood (8) CALAMARI [T]

2   Charm is in being embraced by a towering male, no novice (8) TALISMAN {TALl}{IS}{MAN}

3   Expert in a fancy car? (5) RACER {R{ACE}R} &lit

4   Base count supporting - extremely interesting (7) IGNOBLE {NOBLE}<=>{In...nG}

5   On the French ship there is nothing to stand on (7) LEGLESS {LE}{SS}<=>{LEG}(Correction - {LEG}{LE}{SS})

6   Rigid aluminium frames to trap furry creature in port (9) ROTTERDAM {RigiD}{Al...uM} over {OTTER}

7   Beginning a day passage (6) ADVENT {A}{D}{VENT}

8   Said to be big mountainous region (6) MASSIF (~massive)

14 Not knowing or caring about one, perhaps (9) IGNORANCE {CARING+ONE}*

16 Africans and guns - inviting a revolution (8) UGANDANS {AND+GUNS+A}*

17 Near east turmoil, it's toxic stuff (8) ARSENATE*

19 Cook made use of jellyfish (7) MEDUSAE*

20 Canadian province could be ratable (7) ALBERTA*

21 Have a look at things above your eyes and tip of the nose (6) BROWSE {BROWS}{nosE}

22 Old student found mineral lacking Iodine (6) ALUMNA ALUMiNA

25 Fastened around the length and surface covered (5) TILED {TI{L}ED}

Reference List

Judge = J, Right = R, Novice = L, Fancy car = RR, On = LEG, The in French = LE, Ship = SS, Day = D, Length = L