No 14810, Wednesday 03 Jun 2026, Arden

Solution to 1A has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered by a non-regular / novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.

Open for anyone to answer, if not solved by 1 PM.

ACROSS

1   Wait around to get in shortly into a U.S. city (7) W?C?I?A ()

5   Perceptible by touch - do wear a hat (7) TACTILE {T{ACT}ILE} 

9   Top restaurant opens again - starts to cook (5) ROAST Acrostic

10 Bell tower affected by a river (9) CAMPANILE {CAMP}{A}{NILE}

11 Star in topless trailer, on the beach (9) AMPERSAND {cAMPER}{SAND} Incorrect definition

12 Air you get here is bottled (5) ETHER [T]

13 Excited before midnight (4) AGOG {AGO}{niGht}

15 Happy to get permit for this breed of cattle (8) GALLOWAY {G{ALLOW}AY}

18 Cut down on accommodation - that wasn't funny (4,4) FELL FLAT {FELL}{FLAT}

19 Poet shuns cocktail for food (4) EATS kEATS

22 European city provides 50% of things you need to live... (5) ESSEN ESSENtials

24 ..Scent of an odd German in the neighbouring country (9) FRAGRANCE {FRA{GeRmAn}CE}

26 Making things hard for girl in London district (9) ANNEALING {ANN}{EALING}

27 Skip first day in Elon Musk's old work place (5) DODGE {DO{Day}GE}

28 Most unyielding - company set to change (7) FIRMEST {FIRM}{SET*}

29 One thrown out of a game (7) CANASTA {C{AN}AST}{A} 

 

DOWN

1   Previously a spy agency came up in the capital (6) WARSAW {WAS}{RAW}<=

2   Amazing change - invite a politician for a celebratory drink... (9) CHAMPAGNE {CH{A}{MP}AGNE*}

3   ...meanwhile, I'm off to Bury (5) INTER INTERim

4   Port in Alaska sees a variation between sides (9) ARCHANGEL {A}{R}{CHANGE}{L}

5   Intimidate if one is shy (5) TIMID [HIPS] Hidden, Indicator missing?

6   Tea for each one and one for shepherd (9) CHAPERONE {CHA}{PER}{ONE}

7   Exposed fire risk - hard for a European (5) IRISH {fIRe}{rISk}{H}

8   Rulers seem different including the queen (6) EMEERS {EME{ER}S*}

14 Plant - An evergreen caught in a storm (9) GALINGALE {G{A}{LING}ALE}

16 The garlic makes you feel sleepy (9) LETHARGIC*

17 Law on working inside with radioactive elements (9) ACTINIDES {ACT}{INSIDE}*

20 Benefit the fat man inside to rise (6) BEHALF {FLA{HE}B}<=

21 Categories of information on time (6) GENERA {GEN}{ERA}

23 Instruments to scan sea floor, ultimately (5) SONAR [Tail Acrostic] Semi&lit

24 Stone or fine cotton? (5) FLINT {F}{LINT}

25 Noble gas symbolically remains same without trouble (5) RADON {R{ADO}N}

Reference List

Sides = R,L, Tea = CHA, Hard = H, Queen = ER, Information = GEN, Fine = F

No 14809, Tuesday 02 Jun 2026, Crossant

Solution to 8A has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered by a non-regular / novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.

Open for anyone to answer, if not solved by 1 PM.

ACROSS

8   Better place found in search occasionally backfires (6) ?A?I?O  (Addendum - CASINO {fOuNd+In+SeArCh}<= - See comments)

9   Public gallery bombing kills girl, leader of youth to blame (8) CULPABLE {PUBliCgALLEry}*

10 What Vaibhav Sooryvanshi does is crazy (4) BATS [DD]

11 Letting in contaminated crude? No, no (10) ADMITTANCE ConTAMINATED*

12 That person gets a place at outskirts of Alps mountain range (9) HIMALAYAS {HIM}{A}{LAY}{AlpS}

14 Lecherous man, drunk, strays endlessly (5) SATYR STRAYs*

16 Finally confirming the rumour from source (4) GERM [Tail acrosic]

18 Reason criminal isn't brought in primarily (5) ALIBI {AL}{Isnt}{Br...t}{In} Semi&lit

19 Priest to work with European religious leader (4) POPE {P}{OP}{E}

21 Inability to coordinate movements of a transport vehicle for auditor (5) ATAXY {A}{(~taxi)TAXY}

23 Hospital in America getting business extremely regularly (9) INFIRMARY {IN}{FIRM}{A}{Re...lY}

26 About one cold heartless nurse melting, showing expression of sympathy (10) CONDOLENCE {C}{ON{COLD+NursE}*E}

28 Money anyway eventually becomes insignificant (4) TINY {TIN}{a...aY}

29 U.S. state beginning to lose goodwill, in trouble (8) CALAMITY {CA}{Lose}{AMITY}

30 Badly injured, Jack goes off devastated (6) RUINED INjURED*

DOWN

1   A date in Paris ending in love and bliss (8) PARADISE {PAR{A}{D}IS}{lovE}

2   Bit of sleep that is savoured throughout afternoon primarily (6) SIESTA {Sl..p}{IE}{Sa...d}{Th...t}{Af...n} &lit

3   Get upset with travel restrictions limiting all new arrivals basically (2,7) GO BANANAS {GO}{BAN{All}{New}{Ar...s}S}

4   Cheat lying about computers (4) SCAM<=

5   Reprimand son coming after scheduled time (5) SLATE {S}{LATE}

6   The French woman seducing men accepts a tip from leading light (4,4) LAVA LAMP {LA}{V{A}{Le...g}AMP}

7   Bold cover of Playboy amasses fortune (6) PLUCKY {Play{LUCK}boY}

13 Agree nearly everyone at home drinks? Good (5) ALIGN {ALl}{I{G}N}

15 People from Osaka maybe adopting one Japanese form of Buddhism, right? (9) CITIZENRY {CIT{1}{ZEN}{R}Y}

17 Gab could be both a gift and a curse perhaps (5,3) MIXED BAG {GAB}* [RA]

20 Was mother torn between father and elder daughter at first? (8) PARENTED {PA}{RENT}{El...r}{Da...r}

22 Norse God with hatchet cut trunk (6) THORAX {THOR}{AXe}

24 Revolutionary Marxist state's leader is off grid (6) MATRIX MARXIsT*

25 Flat in quiet, narrow street by the sound of it (5) PLAIN {P}{(~lane)LAIN}

27 Bill isn't passed when they have it (4) NAYS [CD]

Reference List

Criminal = AL(Capone), Priest = P, Work = OP, European = E, About = C, Money = TIN, Jack = J, Date = D, Son = S, The in French = LA, aAt home = IN< Good = G, Right = R, Quiet = P