No 14944, Tuesday 10 Nov 2026, Pixie Dust

Solution to 14D has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only by a non-regular / novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.

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ACROSS

7   Some bishop at hospital? Tragedy (6) PATHOS [T]

8   True! This footwear binder damages a Hercules toe? (8) SHOELACE {SHOELACE+TRUE}*=A HERCULES TOE [CA]

9   Finally 'Club XXIII India ' in Dehradun, Bengaluru, Agra call for an event occurring twice in a year (8) BINNUAL Tail acrostic

10 Country delivered oil (6) GREECE (~grease)

11 Tailor had cross-braided rope (4,4) SASH-CORD*

12 Frankly Oscar (writer) liberal and young-at-heart from the beginning (6) OPENLY {O}{PEN}{L}{Yo...t}

13 How sprites become experts? (4,7)  HIGH PRIESTS {SPRITES}* [RA]

18 Picked up sluggish weapon for war cry (6) SLOGAN (~slow gun)

20 City mess bizarrely is widely prevalent (8) SYSTEMIC*

22 Atrocious cycling around Spooner reversing suddenly, say (6) ADVERB {(-b)AD(+b)B} over {REV<=}

23 Pixie Dust is putting on an act in August (8) IMPOSING {I'M}{POSING}

24 Wake up call? (8) BIRDSONG [CD]

25 To a great extent Girish Sir goes around like a monster (6) OGRISH [T<=]

DOWN

1   Discovered image, nice, calm and fascinating (7) MAGICAL {iMAGe}{nICe}{cALm}

2   Capture large city (8) SHANGHAI [DD]

3   Early glimpses of exclusive silver coin used during olden-times (6) ESCUDO Acrostic Semi-&lit

4   Bloomer! It looks like a dog, Mitt! (8) FOXGLOVE {FOX}{GLOVE}

5   Rob filmed Emcees periodically (6) FLEECE {FiLmEd+EmCeEs}

6   Diamonds could heartlessly become frosty (3-4) ICE-COLD {ICE}{COuLD}

8   Glad, resin is frequently used in sauce? (5,8) SALAD DRESSING {GLAD+RESIN}* Letter Bank 

14 Spooner's gang to catch guide? (8) H?N?B?O? 

15 Unfortunately rusty era for the bank (8) TREASURY*

16 Fictional hero! A boy close to Princess- basically naive (7) ALADDIN {A}{LAD}{DI}{Na..e}

17 See Red going around Thailand on ship (7) WITNESS {WI{T}NE}{SS}

19 Girl's frail and ravenous (6) GREEDY {G}{REEDY}

21 Drain components of useless iPhone (6) SIPHON [T]

Reference List

Oscar = O, Liberal = L, Diamond = ICE, Princess = DI, Red = WINE, Thailand = T, Ship = SS, Girl = G

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