No 14790, Monday 11 May 2026, Dr. X

Solution to 22D 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   Displays anxiety about lout at centre following husband (5,3) HANGS OUT {ANGS{lOUt}T}<=>{H}

5   Stumble over daughter's three-legged stand (6) TRIPOD {TRIP}{O}{D}

10 Novel released around end of year (7) UNTRIED {UNT{yeaR}IED}

11 See 3 Down

12 Constant stench in estuary (5) CREEK {C}{REEK}

13 Rugged mesomorph wins easily (5,4) ROMPS HOME*

14 Reading about extremely terse Republican's meddlesomeness (12) INTERFERENCE {IN{TersE}{R}FERENCE}

18 Manage to crush confident barbarian in a game (8,4) TREASURE HUNT {TREA{SURE}{HUN}T}

21 Actress playing flirtatious role is naughty to be sure, close to perfect (9) SOUBRETTE {TO+BE+SURE+p...cT}* 

23 Join teleconference to secure information of military value (5) INTEL [T]

24 One chanting is emotional, having finally lost love (7) INTONER {INN{losT}{0}ER}

25 Attacking cartel after receiving assistance (7) RAIDING {R{AID}ING}

26 Proceed with Mafia boss to have small boy sponsored at baptism (6) GODSON {GO}{D{S}ON}

27 Beginning to train hard by playing tennis, becoming most lean (8) THINNEST {Tr..n}{H}{TENNIS}*

DOWN

1   Squat to acquire primarily attractive hip and buttock (6) HAUNCH {H{At...e}UNCH}

2   Crazy person from northern state (6) NUTTER {N}{UTTER}

3 & 11 What inexperienced boxer might do to show resolve (5,4,4,3) STICK ONES CHIN OUT [C&DD]

4   Government official and corrupt treasurer deny stealing cash at first (14) UNDERSECRETARY {TREASURE+DENY}* over {Cash}

6   Checks earthenware in small boxes (5) REINS [T]

7   Piano for fellow? Great present (8) PROPOUND PRO(+p-f)POUND

8   Bird in spot on exotic tree by lake (8) DOTTEREL {DOT}{TREE}*{L}

9   Dregs of society face home truths unhappily (4,2,3,5) SCUM OF THE EARTH*

15 Princess captivated by tenor in fantastic performance (9) RENDITION {DI} in {TENOR+IN}*

16 Concealing distress, remains inside (8) STASHING {ST{ASH}ING}

17 Removed passage in document (8) DEDUCTED {DE{DUCT}ED}

19 Sick artiste giving up ultimately injurious habit (6) ATTIRE {ARTIsTE}*

20 Pale after onset of bacterial disease (6) BLIGHT {LIGHT}<=>{Ba...l}

22 Musical form with recurring theme playing in star's latest party (5) R?N?O (Addendum - RONDO {ON} in {staR){DO} - See domments)

Reference List

Husband = H, Over = O, Daughter = D, Constant = C, Republican = R, Small = S, Hard = H, Northern = N, Piano = P, Fellow = F, Lake = L, Princess = DI, Playing = ON, Party = DO

Special, Sunday 10 May 2026, K Koteswar Rao

3 answers per commenter annotations compulsory till 6 PM.

Please provide all your answers in one comment.

This Alphabetical Jigsaw puzzle contains 26 entries, each starting with a different letter of the alphabets. Clues are listed in alphabetical order by their answers. 

The clue numbers in the grid is only for reference and is in no way linked to the Alphabets. The answers need to be entered in the appropriate position.

Happy solving!

Screenshot or an image of the Completed grid can be mailed to Koteswar Rao at kkotirao@gmail.com

A Physicist’s major exposition stored in new laptop corrupted (8) 

B Buy and live with made-up story, extremely veritable (7)  

C Priest gave up harsh penance for unknown painter (7) 

D Refuse to get undressed, actress at heart leaves story ultimately (7) 

E Effluents from European states affecting humans essentially (10) 

F Firing bone produces a soluble blood plasma protein (10) 

G Maybe eating only vegetarian mainly? That's what I do in a foreign country! (2,6) 

H Mother wearing exotic Haiti cloaks (7) 

I He destroys portraits of revolutionary colonist with combat arms primarily (10) 

J Revolutionary junta accepts most of draft law, shouting in joy (8) 

K Family controls share with core group in a unit of explosive force (7) 

L Look into cut of meat (4) 

M Delinquent man takes drink with agent (10) 

N Contradict in many ways ignoring heads perhaps (6) 

O Primarily, ossicles take internal care of the ear (4) 

P Journey time spent by setter with love (7) 

Q Favour from queens enjoying sleight! (7) 

R Turn any diary and find the time of special need (5,3)  

S Spooner's standard place of duty in economic downturn (11) 

T Broken etui found around vessel’s structure (6) 

U Green and blue almost mixed in an unbelievable story (5,6) 

V Look in the middle of tic-tac-toe duel for speech sounds (6) 

W Headdresses of women undecorated when cycling (7) 

X Doctors look into this broken crossbeam? (1-3) 

Y Cowardly bombardment without velocity returned by West (6) 

Z Aztec mostly unraveled letter from Greece (4) 

Enjoy.