Saturday, May 9, 2020 — Mom's Day

Introduction

I struggled more than usual with today's puzzle from Cox & Rathvon. However, that may just be due to tiredness resulting from a poor night's sleep.

I invite you to leave a comment to let us know how you fared with the puzzle.

Solution to Today's Puzzle

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Symbols and Markup Conventions
"*" - anagram "~" - sounds like "<" - indicates the preceding letters are reversed "( )" - encloses contained letters "_" - replaces letters that have been deleted  "†" - indicates that the word is present in the clue	"//" - marks the boundary between wordplay and definition when no link word or link phrase is present "/[link word or phrase]/" - marks the boundary between wordplay and definition when a link word or link phrase is present "solid underline" - precise definition "dotted underline" - cryptic definition "dashed underline" - wordplay "double underline" - both wordplay and definition
Click here for further explanation and usage examples of the symbols and markup conventions used on this blog.

Across

1a	Shelter accepts the guy’s mother // immediately (4,6)

T(HIS| MOM)ENT — TENT (shelter) containing (accepts) {HIS (the guy's) + MOM (mother)}

6a	Lincoln down, // not up (4)

ABE|D — ABE (Lincoln; US President) + D(own)

10a	Mother and sailor catching party // figure in an arena (7)

MA|TA(DO)R — MA (mother) + (and) TAR (sailor) containing (catchiing) DO (party)

11a	Squares // one included in some takeout orders (7)

PI(A)ZZAS — A (one) contained in (included in) PIZZAS (some takeout orders)

12a	Part of a trip Albert // sanctioned (5)

LEG|AL — LEG (part of trip) + AL(bert)

13a	Demand identification of a mother’s // spice sources (9)

CARD|A}MOM|S — CARD (demand identification of) +A (†) + MOM (mother) + S ('s)

14a	Celebrate about a // show (6)

REVE(A)L — REVEL (celebrate) containing (about) A (†)

16a	Comfort, // then thrash (6)

SO|LACE — SO (then) + LACE (thrash)

19a	Carve // lodge dimensions for audit (6)

{IN|CISE}~ — sounds like (for audit) {INN (lodge) + SIZE (dimensions)}

21a	In conclusion, rival // was green (6)

EN(VIE)D — VIE (rival) contained in (in) END (conclusion)

25a	Sort of tea // a mother found in South American land (9)

CH(A|MOM)ILE — {A (†) + MOM (mother)} contained in (in) CHILE (South American land)

26a	Tidy the hair with orange // band (5)

COMB|O — COMB (tidy the hair) + O(range)

27a	Blacken outside of your // needle (7)

S(YR)INGE — SINGE (blacken) containing (outside of) YR (your; abbrev.)

28a	Bad dog tore // present (7)

CUR|RENT — CUR (bad dog) + RENT (tore)

29a	Pair of socks, 500 a // pop (4)

SO|D|A — SO (pair [initial two letters] of SOcks) + D ([Roman numeral for] 500) + A (†)

30a	Mother wearing silly tee near // weather instrument (10)

{ANE(MOM)ETER}* — MOM (mother) contained in (wearing) anagram of (silly) TEE NEAR

Down

1d	Mexican food // Mom included in story (6)

TA(MA)LE — MA (mom) contained in (included in) TALE (story)

2d	Number, // for example, in place underground (7)

INT(EG)ER — EG (for example) contained in (in) INTER (place underground; where place is a verb)

3d	Prize // fool overheard (5)

MEDAL~ — sounds like (overheard) MEDDLE (fool; verb)

4d	Idiot keeps small volume by a // North African (8)

MORO(CC|A)N — MORON (idiot) containing (keeps) {CC (small volume; cubic centimetre) + A (†)}

5d	New imitation // linen (6)

N|APERY — N(ew) + APERY (imitation)

7d	Big gun, // a.k.a. “Bozo,” clowning around (7)

BAZOOKA* — anagram of (clowning around) AKA BOZO

8d	Lead in “Dreamgirls” is perennial // flop (8)

D|IS|ASTER — D (lead [initial letter] in Dreamgirls) + IS (†) + ASTER (perennial; a flowering plant)

9d	Mother and I taking Leslie // some pasta (8)

MA(CARON)I — MA (mother) + (and) I (†)} containing (taking) CARON (Leslie; French actress Leslie Caron^[7])

15d	Noble // cousin busted in Vermont (8)

V(ISCOUN*)T — anagram of (busted) COUSIN contained in (in) VT (Vermont; abbrev.)

17d	Error in talk about // decathlon equipment (8)

DISCUS(E)S — E(rror) contained in (in) DISCUSS (talk about)

18d	Coin term after adjusting // squawk box (8)

INTERCOM* — anagram of (after adjusting) COIN TERM

20d	Blackened veggie, by the sound of it (7)

CHARRED~ — sounds like (by the sound of it) CHARD (veggie)

22d	Soggiest // piece of silliness in “Mother Dearest” (7)

DAM|PE(S)T — S (piece [initial letter] of Silliness) contained in (in) DAM (mother) + PET (dearest; term of affection)

23d	Go ahead, // Diana, and streak (4,2)

DI|VE IN — DI(ana) + (and) VEIN (streak)

24d	Idle // toiler reformed (6)

LOITER* — anagram of (reformed) TOILER

26d	Come back // covered in garlic aroma (5)

_C|AROM_ — hidden in (covered in) garliC AROMa

Epilogue

Wishing a Happy Mother's Day to all Moms reading this.

Key to Reference Sources: 

^[1]   - The Chambers Dictionary, 11th Edition
^[2]   - Search Chambers - (Chambers 21st Century Dictionary)
^[3]   - TheFreeDictionary.com (American Heritage Dictionary)
^[4]   - TheFreeDictionary.com (Collins English Dictionary)
^[5]   - Oxford Dictionaries (Oxford Dictionary of English)
^[6]   - Oxford Dictionaries (Oxford Advanced American Dictionary)
^[7]   - Wikipedia
^[8]   - Reverso Online Dictionary (Collins French-English Dictionary)
^[9]   - Infoplease (Random House Unabridged Dictionary)
^[10] - CollinsDictionary.com (Collins English Dictionary)
^[11] - TheFreeDictionary.com (Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary)
^[12] - CollinsDictionary.com (Webster’s New World College Dictionary)
^[13] - MacmillanDictionary.com (Macmillan Dictionary)
^[14] - CollinsDictionary.com (COBUILD Advanced English Dictionary)

Signing off for today — Falcon