Good one from Lightning.
ACROSS
1 "14 12" and "11 8" has altered our understanding of all that exists (8) UNIVERSE [CD]
5 Fearful of a head-on, forceful attack (6) AFRAID {A}{F}{RAID}
9 Skillfully completed and thoroughly cooked (4,4) WELL DONE [DD]
10 Push for training by student (6) PROPEL {PRO}{PE}{L}
12 Key, perhaps to science's primary rate of progress? (5) SPACE {S}{PACE}
13 Lamenting blunder in arrangement (9) ALIGNMENT*
14 Twisted villain initially interrupting treatment with some deviousness (6) CURVED {CUR{V}E}{D}
16 The Spanish firm admits oddly
garbed renaissance painter (2,5)
EL GRECO {EL} {G
aR
bE
d}{C}
19 Dexterity of the Parisian introduced in show (7) SLEIGHT {S{LE}IGHT}
21 Right away, share the magic medicine (6) POTION POrTION
25
Faint after a shortwhile outside
work (5)
SWOON {S{W}OON}
26 Unsatisfactory conclusion to cause displeasure (6) OFFEND {OFF}{END}
27 Ultimate belief in a utopian system (8) IDEALISM [E]
28 Late to get back, quietly slipped in and ran (6) DASHED {DA{SH}ED<=}
29
Critical analysis of
sex,
is gee, disturbing! (8)
EXEGESIS*
DOWN
1 Foolish one going after a French woman on the banks of Seine (6) UNWISE {UN}{W}{1}{SeinE}
2 Irritable disposition from unhealthy environment (3,6) ILL NATURE {ILL} {NATURE}
3 Invest excessive energy to supplant union leader (5) ENDUE (-u+e)ENDUE
4 Twenty per cent of supernovas are pulled back towards our brightest star (7) SUNWARD {SUpernovas}{WARD<=}
6 Keep defender, say, for a couple of weeks (9) FORTNIGHT {FORT}{NIGHT}(~knight)
7 Newton's inspiration is big in New York (5) APPLE [DD]
8 Lengthy discussion on cover-up of measure to release Carbon (8) DILATION {DIL<=}{AcTION}
11 Release overturned for now, perhaps? (4) TIME <=
15 Questionable,
leaving it to a
self-appointed policeman (9)
VIGILANTE*
17 Regularly choose income to be distributed for financial considerations (9) ECONOMICS {ChOoSe + INCOME}*
18
Minor planet,
star-shaped, circling around
earth is half-barren (8)
ASTEROID {AST{E}R*}{
devOID}
20, 21 Double contradiction in a
hypothetical situation where one sibling ages faster? (4,7)
TWIN PARADOX {TWIN} {PARADOX}
22 To begin any negotiation, it's essential to cut short hostility (6) ANIMUS {A}{N}{I}{MUSt}
24 Without a trace of sound, drags shackles (5) CUFFS sCUFFS
25 Girls from the south describing northern jargon (5) SLANG {SLA{N}G<=}
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