AFR Cryptic (16/11/2024) Solution

Across Answers and Clues Explanations
1 MAKE TRACKS
Leave market without right storage units (4,6) MA(r)KET + RACKS
6 PASS
Free ticket is nearly out-of-date (4) PASS(e)
10 TUNER
Fish heard device that analyses and interprets waves (5) Sounds like TUNA
11 SARGASSUM
Problem surrounding a form of grass and seaweed (9) SUM outside (A + anagram of GRASS)
12 ARMOUR
Shield leader of rebellion involved in secret love-affair (6) (R)ebellion inside AMOUR
13 CLEANSE
Purify one greater than medium in weird seance (7) L(arge) inside anagram of SEANCE
15 OLDISH
Oil used oddly with food is not really fresh (6) (O)i(L) + DISH
16 TIME SLOT
Items rescheduled before set’s allocated interval (4,4) Anagram of ITEMS + LOT
17 TOP-GRADE
Superior dental scan used in business (3-5) (OPG) inside TRADE
20 CONDOM
Rubber, on occasion, listed in centimetres (6) (ON + DO) inside CM
23 SARACEN
Old Arab race found buried in sand mostly (7) RACE inside (SAN)d
24 ICEBOX
Cooler that is filled with cold punch (6) IE outside C + BOX
26 ABATEMENT
Team implicated in a fraudulent mitigation (9) Anagram of TEAM inside (A + BENT)
27 RODEO
Lad kicked out of El Dorado organised cowboy show (5) Anagram of EL DORADO minus LAD
28 TA-TA
Farewell members of regiment at attention (2-2) regimenT AT Ateention
29 UNDER SIEGE
Head of union, seeing red, wrongly is opposed by everyone (5,5) (U)nion + anagram of SEEING RED
 Down  Answers and Clues Explanations
1 MUTE
Silent vehicle parked underneath motorway (4) UTE after M
2 KINDRED
Class embarrassed a group of relatives (7) KIND + RED
3 TERROR-STRICKEN
Kid, following mistakes found in number, is very frightened (6-8) (TRICK after ERROR) inside TEN
4 ASSURE
Guarantee, for instance, user messed up (6) AS + anagram of USER
5 KARACHI
King rebuilt arch, one south of a Pakistani city (7) K + [(anagram of ARCH + I) after A]
7 ARSENAL
Are unfinished roads fixed up for ammunition dump? (7) AR(e) + (LANES reversed)
8 SUMMERTIME
Adder found next to shed, back in a warm spell (10) SUMMER + (EMIT reversed)
9 PATE DE FOIE GRAS
Fat geese dip or a cooked appetiser, perhaps? (4,2,4,4) Anagram of FAT GEESE DIP OR A
14 CONTESTANT
Candidate from broadcast sat inside quietly happy (10) Anagram of SAT inside CONTENT
16 TIE
Secure bank closing down early (3) TIE(r)
18 PARFAIT
Usual ingredient primarily found in rich, frozen dessert (7) PAR + (I)ngredient inside FAT
19 DUNGEON
Waste a long time in prison (7) DUNG + EON
21 DO-OR-DIE
Desperate detective that is stationed behind access point (2-2-3) (D + IE) after DOOR
22 TIPTOE
Walk carefully through dump to gate at the back (6) TIP + TO + gat(E)
25 DOZE
Take a nap a bit before twelve? (4) (DOZE)n

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