No 14779, Tuesday 28 Apr 2026, Crossant

Solution to 17D 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   Want runs in the end (6) DEARTH {DEA{R}TH}

4   After headers of Cristiano Ronaldo, supporters start going crazy (8) CRACKERS {Cr...o}{Ro...o}{bACKERS}

9   Did without common parking for hotel (6) SPARED S(-h+p)PARED

10 Mumbai Indians celebrity, reportedly aggrieved, eventually moved (8) MIGRATED {MI}{(~great)GRATE}{a...eD}

12 Stink from bit of rotten, unopened vegetable (4) REEK {Ro...n}{lEEK}

13 Initially unacceptable terms also accommodated in complete reversal (10) SOMERSAULT {Un...e+TERMS+ALSO}*

15 Convey to American leader and escalate a crisis (5,2,1,4) BRING TO A HEAD {BRING}{TO}{A}{HEAD}

18 Instruction before young member of family takes foreign trip (12) PRESCRIPTION {PRE}{SCION} over {TRIP}*

21 Keeps returning to dock around Ukrainian port (10) SEVASTOPOL {SAVES}{TO}{LOP<=}

22 Nag about missing half of practice (4) CARP PRACtice<=

24 Associates with criminal types (8) CONSORTS {CON}{SORTS}

25 Eggs in bird cage, nearly hundred in the beginning (6) CAVIAR {AVIARy}<=>{C}

26 Banks maybe refusing loans, primarily pinching American customers (3,5) END USERS {lEND{US}ERS}

27 Insists on letting out front part of roadside property (6) ASSETS ASSErTS

DOWN

1   Give details of small rudimentary dwelling engulfed by river (8) DESCRIBE {DE{S}{CRIB}E}

2   He's learned something that has no practical value (8) ACADEMIC [DD]

3   Openings for trained, reliable, electrical engineers in plant (4) TREE Acrostic

5   One way to get more space in the attic - make a lot of noise (5,3,4) RAISE THE ROOF [DD]

6   Cheats and complains about suffering hard times in the end (4,6) CARD SHARPS {CARPS} over {HARD+t..eS}*

7   Consumes drug and drink after a bit of temptation (4,2) EATS UP {E} and {SUP}<=>{A}{Te...n}

8   Dignified boy staying away from heated debates (6) SEDATE DEbATES*

11 Vehicle perhaps comes to outskirts of Raipur too (5,7) MOTOR SCOOTER {COMES+TO+Ra..uR+TOO}*

14 Rage so often produces violent people (10) AGGRESSORS {RAGE+SO}* [Letter Bank]

16 Agree on disposal of files implicating popular American (8) FINALISE {FILES}* over {IN}{A}

17 Produces fire and smoke basically (8) ?N?P?R?S ()

19 Korean rapper, revolutionary soul (6) PSYCHE {PSY}{CHE}

20 Balanced playing eleven - left out MSD finally (6) EVENED {ElEVEN}*{msD}

23 Girl failing to finish drink (4) LASS LASSi

Reference List

Runs = R, Parking = P, Hotel = H, American = A, Hundred = C, American = US, Small = S, Drug = E, Boy = B, Left = L

No 14778, Monday 27 Apr 2026, Mythical

Solution to 18D 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   Daughter & son expelled from Budapest oddly cheerful (6) UPBEAT BUdAPEsT*

9   Spooner's female animal sickens, sends away to destination by plane (8) AIRMAILS (~mare ails to airmails) 

10 Access transport (8) ENTRANCE [DD]

11 Roman God's mercurial nature's devoid of malice ultimately (6) SATURN NATUReS*

12 Reprimand student leader of institute at first and release (8) LIBERATE {BERATE}<=>{L}{In...e}

13 A lawyer limits information to items on the list (6) AGENDA {A}{GEN}{DA}

14 This worry duly affected young ladies (7) AGONISE {AGONISE+DULY}* = YOUNG LADIES [CA]

17 Study this site regularly for one working with canines (7) DENTIST {DEN}{ThIs+SiTe}

20 Spice container overturned by little woman (6) NUTMEG {TUN<=}{MEG}

22 Impressive old queen enthralled by drawing (8) TOWERING {TOW{ER}ING}

25 Appallingly, a scar seen around one part of the lung (3,3) AIR SAC {A+SCAR}* over {1}

26 Firm about basically selling off musical instrument (8) RESOLUTE {RE}{Se...g}{Off}{LUTE}

27 Major celebrity playing games with sailor (8) MEGASTAR {GAMES*}{TAR}

28 Summon judge after rabbi's knocked out by a follower (6) BECKON (-r+b)BECKON

DOWN

1   Son awaiting disbursement of money (8) SPENDING {S}{PENDING}

2   Primarily, director establishes clear rules, ensuring equity and order (6) DECREE Acrostic

3   Mostly tolerate unknown amateur's lines (6) STANZA {STANd]{Z}{A}

4   Food supplier made a mess of terrace (7) CATERER*

5   Serbian boy beaten up somewhere in Australia (8) BRISBANE {SERBIAN+B}*

6   Try drinking Italian wine, it's most flavoursome (8) TASTIEST {T{ASTI}EST}

7   Red-faced female aristocrat seen outside inn initially (6) FLORID {F}{LOR{Inn}D}

15 Soldier from the south to demand a royal salutation (8) NAMASKAR {MAN<=}{ASK}{A}{R}

16 Story supported by urban wisdom (8) SAGACITY {SAGA}{CITY}

18 Reportedly failed to elude authority (8) S?N?T?O? (Addendum - SANCTION (~sank shun) - See comments) 

19 No time? First try cooking Chinese style dish (4-3) STIR-FRY {FIRST+tRY}*

21 After being written up,some cadet in Utah co-operated (6) UNITED [T<=]

23 On reflection, one graduate identified Japanese condiment (6) WASABI {1}{BA}{SAW}<=

24 Remains briefly in cast, frequently ignored (6) RELICS {bRiEfLy+In+CaSt}

Reference List

Daughter = D, Son = S, Student = L, Lawyer = DA, Information = GEN, Old queen = ER, About = RE, Sailor = TAR, Rabbi = R, A follower = B, Unknown = Z, Amateur = A, Boy = B, Female = F, Royal = R, Time = T