Inquisitor # 1747

[Matakari]

Got the slogan for this one. Answers to the following might help me to determine how it
applies to the grid. Many thanks in advance!

1(A) Army evacuated after supporting invasion (5) : ?O?A?
13(A) Miscellanea ultimately destroyed, diamonds naturally preserved (5) : ?R?E?
12(D) Playing discs in brief seems oddly perverse (5) : ?BE?S
27(D) Culpable bloke stopped by Ireland’s top officer (6) : ???L?? ( GUILTY )
28(D) Four-letter range, single vowel range (5) : ???V?

[dannyk13]

1a.Foray
27.Yes

[dannyk13]

13.Dried?

[dannyk13]

28d.Stove

[Neveracrossword]

Danny, that's the correct entry for 13 A, but the clue answer was slightly longer as it was a thematic one. That's just for information.
12 D is thematic, the answer itself is 8 letters.

[dannyk13]

Thanks NAC, I haven't a clue about 2d.

[dannyk13]

^12d^

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Danny. The answer is 'playing discs', but part of that gets chopped off...

[TheWinner]

I think 12d could be aberrant if its 8 letters.

[Neveracrossword]

The letters Matakari has for 12 D are correct. Some entries become non-words...

[ProfessorMaisie]

12d is an anagram of BRIEF + odd letters in SeEmS

[TheWinner]

so obvious now!

[ProfessorMaisie]

13A is an 8 letter synonym of 'Miscellanea' minus its final 's' + D(iamonds).

[Neveracrossword]

Matakari, did you manage to finish this one off? This week's puzzle is great fun and the thematic stuff is more straightforward.