No 14831, Saturday 27 June 2026, Saral

 ACROSS
7 Pulling out note from friendly resident (6) INMATE {INtiMATE}
8 Unmarried woman turns model with hesitation (8) SPINSTER {SPINS}{T}{ER}
9 Arrive outside hospital rooms maybe to get cell component (10) CHROMOSOME {COME} around {H}{ROOMS*}

10 Reverend hiding? Always (4) EVER [HIPS]
11 Divine food aroma is spreading across centre of lobby (8) AMBROSIA {AROMA IS}* around {loBby}

12 Short memo with a line to legal official (6) NOTARY {NOTe}{A}{RY}
13 Figure of a large map? Roll out (13) PARALLELOGRAM*

16 Mostly enjoyable movie before outing (6) PICNIC {NICe}<=>{PIC}
18 Promote old exercise followed by revised diet (8) EXPEDITE {EX}{PE}{DIET*}
21 Support boy's every achievement mainly from the beginning (4) BEAM [Acrostic]

22 Dazzling writer trips on trail, reportedly (10) IRIDESCENT {I}{RIDES}{CENT(~SCENT)}
23 Mark covering conservative's attitude in alliance (8) MARRIAGE {(+M-c)MARRIAGE}
24 Plenty of soldiers caught in tornado (6) GALORE {GAL{OR}E}

DOWN
1 Song from soldier near border (6) ANTHEM {ANT}{HEM}
2 Worker with drunk rep leaving beer parlour, collapsed (8) LABOURER {BEer pARLOUR}*
3 Tempts company into manufacturing dyes (6) DECOYS {DE{CO}YS*}
4 Government order stalling fresh invite to surrender (4,2,2) GIVE IN TO {G{INVITE*}O}
5 Republican occupying property in state (6) ASSERT {ASSE{R}T}
6 Message group about member rioting initially (8) TELEGRAM {TEAM} around {LEG}{Rioting}

8 Get cover ideas perhaps for CD,say (7,6) STORAGE DEVICE*
13 Cost of carpeting changed, nothing new (5,3) PRICE TAG {CARPETInG}*

14 Liberal, a culprit without home causing tears (8) LACRIMAL {L}{A}{CRIMinAL}
15 Mock clear-headed Irish backing English (8) RIDICULE {LUCID+IR}<{E}
17 Moron abused drug, passed away (2,4) NO MORE {MORON}*{E}
19 Promise of ultimately top school with advantage (6) PLEDGE {toP}{schooL}{EDGE}
20 Fish eating doctor in plain (6) TUNDRA {TUN{DR}A}

REFERENCE LIST

Note=Ti, Model=T, Hesitation=ER Hospital=H, Line=RY, Old=Ex, Exercise=PE, Writer=I, Mark=M, Conservative=C, Soldiers=OR (Other Ranks), Soldier=Ant, Company=CO, Government Order=GO, Republican=R, New=N, Liberal=L, Irish=IR, English=E, Drug=Ecstasy=E, Doctor=Dr.

No 14830, Friday 26 Jun 2026, Karaoke

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ACROSS

1   Leading saint leaves for cold basement (6) CELLAR (-st+c)CELLAR

4   He works during strike at beck and call exceptionally? Good, drop case first (8) BLACKLEG {BECK+cALL}*{G}

9   Discover the truth about doctor breaking law (6) RUMBLE {RU{MB}LE}

10 Sovereign force breathes fresh air (8) IMPERIAL {IMPE{AIR*}L}

12 Nobody gets air in the fiasco (3-5) NON-EVENT {NONE}{VENT}

13 Supermarkets without essential stock? Get major sales force (6) STRESS {SToRES}{Sa..s}

15 Burned earth at war? That's a rumour (11) UNDERBREATH*

18 Giving sweetheart to do something dishonest together? (4,2,5) HAND IN GLOVE {HANDING}{LOVE}

21 Complains of navigation aid getting weird (6) GRUMPS {G{RUM}PS}

22 Sweeper hugs everyone in the dancing hall (8) BALLROOM {B{ALL}ROOM}

24 Bad dolls sorted out in basket cases (8) ODDBALLS*

25 Take a break Johnson! Make a short visit (4,2) LOOK IN {LOO}{KIN}

26 Saddened about the situations offering no progress (4-4) DEAD-ENDS*

27 Pursues vigorously without eccentricity and holds power unjustly (6) USURPS {PURSUeS}*

DOWN

1   It is very hard to solve conundrum without essential hints (8) CORUNDUM CONUnDRUM*

2   Money shortly exchanged in shady deal for something juicy (8) LEMONADE {L{MONEy*}ADE*}

3   Help a voter primarily with electoral process in a state of disorder (3,4,3,5) ALL OVER THE PLACE {HELP+A+Vo..r+ELECTORAL}*

5   Branch is in a state of neglect without chief officer (4) LIMB LIMBo

6   Primarily Lower House got the case law modified to free someone from hanging (5,3,7) CHEAT THE GALLOWS {Lo..r+H+GOT+THE+CASE+LAW}*

7   Worker interchanges tabletop with laptop in lounge! (6) LOITER (-t+l)LOI(-l+t)TER

8   Girl over-used overshoe? (6) GALOSH {GAL}{O}{SH}

11 It definitely disturbs others when smartphone primarily kept on silent mode (7) SNORING {Sm...e}{NO RING}

14 Bowler perhaps covers a part in home ground (7) HABITAT {H{A}{BIT}AT}

16 Associate from Moscow or Kerala (2-6) CO-WORKER [T]

17 Better half is without end (8) TERMINUS {betTER}{MINUS}

19 Leaders rejected salary freeze that existed for a long time (3-3) AGE-OLD {wAGE}{hOLD}

20 Headless insensitive person goes back, it's plain (6) TUNDRA hARDNUT<=

23 It cuts short a sample of promotional book (6) BLAD BLADe

Reference List

Saint = ST, Cold = C, Good = G, John = LOO, Eccentricity = E, House = H, Over = O, Used = SH(Second hand)