No 14814, Monday 08 Jun 2026, Incognito

Solution to 10A 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   Local going after vehicle on highway from London to Leeds? It can lead to reduction in gas (11) CARMINATIVE {NATIVE}<=>{CAR}{M1}

9   Wife leaves lawyer's coat (5) LAYER LAwYER

10 Grand proposal to install gas lines to every house is fanciful thinking (4,5) P?P? D?E?M (Addendum - PIPE DREAM [C&DD] - See comments)

11 American consuming sodium first? Disgusting! (10) NAUSEATING {US}{EATING}<=>{NA}

12 Money held by masseur obtained (4) EURO [T]

13 Cut off from Chris Evert (5) SEVER {T]

15 Warped space on 1st for wool gatherer (8) ESCAPIST {SPACE}*{1ST}

17 Following friend, on this day, turning into a follower of an Oriental faith (8) BUDDHIST {BUD}{THIS+D}*

19 Pertaining to quality of sound arising from ventilator after losing rivet (5) TONAL {veNtiLATOr}*

22 Gas used in Cochrane, Ontario (4) NEON [T]

23 A kind of presentation for electrical socket (5,5) POWER POINT [DD]

26 So, large things are thrown with this (9) SLINGSHOT {SO+L+THINGS}* Semi&lit

27 Son has fun returning female's ground tobacco (5) SNUFF {S}{FUN<=}{F}

28 Point carton out to get device (11) CONTRAPTION*

DOWN

1   Rodent is shy at first, perhaps unsettled, for starters (5) COYPU {COY}{Pe...s}{Un...d}  

2   Are rather confused about metal not available in pure form in nature (4,5) RARE EARTH*

3   Start to produce units manufactured to make feedstocks (6) INPUTS {Pr...e+UNITS}*

4   Adds, "Badly snapped" (7) APPENDS*

5   Indian and Yankee in a motor sport (4) INDY {IND}{Y}

6   Entice ox running around university for performance (9) EXECUTION {ENTICE+OX}* over {U}

7   Throws fine fish on top of salver (6) FLINGS {F}{LING}{Sa...r}

8   Meaning: One drink, after commencement of May (6) IMPORT {1}{PORT}<=>{May}

14 Cod dives strangely consuming current media storage device (5,4) VIDEO DISC {COD+DIVES}* over {I}

16 A new advice: With Italian wine, for starters (9) ANTIPASTI {A}{N}{TIP}{ASTI}

17 In absence of war, brainwash distraught and exile (6) BANISH {BraINwASH}*

18 After school, parent gets choke (7) SMOTHER {S}{MOTHER}

20 The French aristocrat is pardoned (3,3) LET OFF {LE}{TOFF}

21 Rose, you and I punt badly (4,2) WENT UP {WE}{PUNT}*

24 Put in vase and badly ruin before noon (5) INURN {RUIN}*{N}

25 Against rebellious Anglican leaving clan (4) AGIN ANGlIcan*

Reference List

Wife = W, Day = D, Large = L, Son = S, Female = F, Yankee = Y, University = U, Fine = F, Current = I, New = N, School = S, The in French = LE, Noon = N

Special, Sunday 07 Jun 2026, Veeyares

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