Hat trick (solution no. 3,336)

Three and lits in this one—a letter bank, a relocation, and a heteronym too.  Hot and Trazom ought to be pleased with themselves.

Solution to The Nation puzzle no. 3,336

Legend: “*” anagram; “~” sounds like; “<“ letters reversed; “( )” letters inserted; “_” or lower case: letters deleted; “†” explicit in the clue, “^” first or last letter or letters, “{“ relocated letter or letters; “§” heteronym, “¶” letter bank, “‡” Spoonerism

Across

1a	IMPLIED CONSENT	IMP (“naughty child”) + LIED (“told a tale”) + CON (“against”) + SENT (“delighted”)
10a	C(_ATS)UPS	CUPS (“mugs”) containing (†) _o_ATS (omission of O indicated by “oxygen-free”)
11a	BE EH IVE	BE (“exist”) + EH (“What?”) + IVE (“I have”)
12a	MOL(*ECUL)AR	*CLUE (anagram indicated by “terrible”) contained in (“breaking”) MOLAR (“tooth”)
13a	_ICILY	_s_ICILY (“island,” omission of first letter indicated by “without cover”)
14a	N A S H	ogde^N^ ^A^ humorous^S^ wordsmit^H^ (last letters indicated by “ultimately”)
16a	BRASS BAND	Pun
18a	SQUARE ONE	Double definition
19a	*BETA	*BEAT (anagram indicated by “irregular”)
22a	*ARCED	*CEDAR (anagram indicated by “gnarly”)
23a	~EUCHARIST	~EUCHRE-IST (homophone indicated by “pronounced”) Does anyone play euchre any more?
26a	*INERTIA	*IN A TIRE (anagram indicated by “swinging”)
27a	A*MORO US	US (“American”) follows (“pusrues”) A (†) + *MOOR (anagram indicated by “flamboyant”)
28a	¶LA MARSEILLAISE	¶MAILERS (letter bank indicated by “letters from”)

Down

2d	_MOTEL_	li_MO TEL_evision (hidden word indicated by “shows”)
3d	L(A)UNCH	LUNCH (“meal”) containing (“outside”) A (†)
4d	EASE}L}	}L}EASE (“rental,” relocation of first letter indicated by “rescheduled start for the fifth”)
5d	*CYBER CAFE	*CC BAY REEF (anagram indicated by “eddies”)
6d	NE(EDIE)ST	NEST (“retreat”) containing (“accommodates”) EDIE (“Falco from The Sopranos”)
7d	*ELIMINATE	*LIME IN TEA (anagram indicated by “rotten”)
8d	~TIE-DYED	~THAI DIED (“Asian passed,” homophone indicated by “outspoken”)
9d	A(CU)MEN	AMEN (“the last word”) containing (“hoarding”) CU (“copper)
15d	SOUR C(R)E AM	SOURCE (“root”) containing (“swallowed”) bee^R^ (last letter indicated by “finally”) + AM (“in the morning”)
16d	§BROKERAGE	§BROKE RAGE
17d	*PR(E D)ATOR	*RAPTOR (anagram indicated by “vicious”) containing (“capturing”) E (“energy”) + foo^D^ (last letter indicated by “in the end”) Exclamation point for an and lit.
18d	SP(A N)IEL	SPIEL (“pitch”) containing (“about”) A (†) + N (“northern”) And lit. number 3!
20d	§AP TEST	§APTEST
21d	<P A GOD A<	<A (†) DOG (“pet”) + A (†) + P (“piano”)< (reversal of the whole thing indicated by “raising”) A bit of ambiguity in the reversal, it could be read to apply to “a pet” rather than the whole thing.
24d	CR ARL	^CR^iminal (first two letters indicated by “pair of”) + AWL (“punch”)
25d	IRONS	Double definition