No 14819, Saturday 13 June 2026, Afterdark

 ACROSS
7 Pass surplus income (8) OVERTAKE {OVER}{TAKE}
9 Marvel character gets one leading cameraman's callback(6) ICEMAN {I}{Cameraman}{NAME<}

10 Directed to hail girl in front (4) GAVE {AVE}<=>{G}
11 Straying from purpose by accepting daughter's mistake endlessly (10) MEANDERING {D}{ERr} in {MEANING}
12 Ship officers' captain arrests one (6) BOSUNS {BOS{UN}S}
14 Director to acknowledge fine in front of everyone (8) DOWNFALL {D}{OWN}{F}{ALL} Where is the definition?
15 Departs as crowd enters ship (6) SCRAMS {S{CRAM}S}
17 Cat could be Welsh (6) CYMRIC [DD]

20 Fail to meet expectations in dislocating wolf and lion primarily (4,4) FALL DOWN {WOLF AND Lion}*
22 Suit is special, a leading designer brought to East and South (6) SPADES {SP}{A}{Designer}{E}{S}

23 Page dear Bob, pa ordered material for making boxes (10) PAPERBOARD {P DEAR BOB PA}* One B is extra and one R missing from fodder
24 Star featuring in love games (4) VEGA [T]

25 Tips from co-star included new editing methods applied in movies (6) CINEMA [Acrostic]
26 Assume control of profits at head office absolutely for the most part (4,4) TAKE OVER {TAKE}{Office}{VERy}

DOWN
1 Pilots are new navigators? No, not good (8) AVIATORS {nAVIgATORS} Anagram indicator, new, not required?
2 Not starting rush for egg (4) URGE {sURGE}
3 Grandmother in Chennai's at leading sanatorium unit (6) GAMMAS {G}{AMMA}{Sanatorium} Unit or Units?
4 Diana and Edward; in the absence of love, some sex always faded (4,4) DIED AWAY {DI}{ED}{AlWAYs}
5 Silly errata sinking company that is in solid ground (5,5) TERRA FIRMA {ERRATA}* around {FIRM}
6 Erotic Four chucked out of festival (6) CARNAL {CARNivAL}
8 Antelopes found on ground in El Salvador (6) ELANDS {E{LAND}S}

13 Not a fake explosive planted around half of Kiev is unmitigated (10) UNRELIEVED {UNREaL}{I{kiEV}ED}
16 Township in Ontario has natural light (8) MOONBEAM [DD]
18 Churchmen with no answer? Sacrilege in disguise (8) CLERGIES {SaCRILEGE}*
19 Determined to get an apartment near nurse's residence in the front (6) ENRAPT {APT}<=>{EN}{Residence} Definition Ok?
21 An auditors spies a plant (6) ACACIA {A}{CA}{CIA}

22 American back's fine, being behind Germany for all to see is a puzzle (6) SUDOKU {US<}+{OK}<=>{D}+{U}
24 Instrument is available for 5 + 10 + 50 (4) VIOL {V}{IO}{L}

Reference List

One=1=I, Girl=G, Daughter=D, One=Un, Director=D, Fine=F, Ship=SS, Special=Sp, East=E, South=S, Not Good=NG, Grand=G, Diana=Di, Edward=Ed, Love=L, Four=IV, El Salvador=ES, Explosive=IED, Answer=A, Apartment=Apt, Nurse=EN (Enrolled Nurse), American=US, Germany=D, For All to see=U (Universal), 5=V, 10=IO, 50=L.

No 14818, Friday 12 Jun 2026, Afterdark

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ACROSS

1   Understanding layers in microphone design without echos essentially (13) COMPREHENSION {HENS} in {MICROPhONE}*

10 A strategy to suppress rule in continent (9) ANTARCTIC {AN}{TA{R}CTIC} The continent is Antarctica! Antarctic is the region

11 Captains of Australia, Rhodesia, England, New Zealand, Afghanistan in the ground (5) ARENA Acrostic

12 Dodge is electric vehicle? Commercial enunciates at the beginning (5) EVADE {EV}{AD}{En...s}

13 Irish band finishes early to welcome associate (9) CORRELATE {CORRs}{ELATE}

14 Start to drink noisily at a distance (3,3) TEE OFF {(~tea)TEE}{OFF}

16 Say, David the English filmmaker is at bank (4) LEAN [DD]

19 Smile at crush almost (4) GRIN GRINd

20 Master's knowledge is beyond the peak of Ultar (6) GENIUS {GEN{I{Ul..r}S} Beyond as c/c indicator?

25 I have little time before and after theatre work that is crucial (9) OPERATIVE {I'VE}<=>{Time}  after {OPERA}

26 Broadcast on good man's step (5) STAIR {AIR}<=>{ST}

27 Next ration will include bonus (5) EXTRA [T]

28 Deport 27 dissenters in the beginning and fifteen regularly (9) EXTRADITE {EXTRA}{Di...s}{fIfTeEn}

29 Say, yellow lorry (car) transporting opium stash (7,6) PRIMARY COLOUR {LORRY+CAR+OPIUM}*

DOWN

2   Old-fashioned girlfriend's behind forbidden drugs primarily (8) OUTDATED {DATE}<=>{OUT} with {Dr..s}

3   Tomato pulp is unadulterated at Spain (5) PUREE {PURE}{E}

4   Draw in second test, Mark avoids duck (6) ENTICE {tEst}{NoTICE}

5   Licence issued to arrest leader of rioting crowd (8) ENCIRCLE {LICENCE}* over {Ri...g}

6   Trisha redrew square in the second half with free program (9) SHAREWARE {triSHA}{redREW}{squARE}

7   Traffic system at the circle's new, absent by end of Sunday (3-3) ONE-WAY {O}{NEW}{A}{s...aY}

8   Complaint on poor book (6) LAMENT {LAME}{NT}

9   In part, prelate reached following (5) LATER [T]

15 Gangster holstering gun, say with safety device (4,5) FIRE ALARM {AL} in {FIREARM}

17 England has a new Eastern European rival starting to manipulate (8) ENGINEER {ENG}{1}{N}{E}{E}{Ri..l}

18 Panchatantiram is under wraps? Sweet (8) TIRAMISU [T]

21 Ship passes over lake on course (6) SERIES {S{ERIE}S}

22 Head Office order extremely empty and rubbish (5) HOOEY {HO}{O}{EmptY}

23 Man caught by heartless officer who is a bully (6) HECTOR {HE}{CT}{Of...eR}

24 Poisoned primarily clueless doubter (6) SEPTIC ScEPTIC

26 Ashley Cole, first and last to be sacked by confused Arsenal in a tangle (5) SNARL aRSeNAL*

Reference List

Rule = R, Commercial = AD, Good man = ST(Saint), Spain = E, Absent = A, Book = NT(New Testament), Gangster = AL(Capone), New = N, Eastern = E, European = E, Ship = SS, Order = O, Caught = CT