No 11753, Saturday 16 Jul 2016, Aspartame

ACROSS

1 Lecherous behaviour in busses? (5,8) FUNNY BUSINESS Rev Anag of {IN BUSSES}
8 Temper brought about destruction (4) DOOM {DOOM<=}
9 Communists annex country having n-natives (3,7) RED INDIANS {RED {INDIA}{N}S}
10 Send troops to protect wildlife at the borders located near Norway (6) SWEDEN {SEND*} around {WildifE}
11 Myth and lore decoded for understanding (8) MOTHERLY {MYTH+LORE}*
12 One approbation from a primarily blissful writer (1,8) A BLESSING {A} {Blissful}{LESSING}
14 Instruction for soldiers to move out of road (4) STET {STreET}
15 Support is out of date (4) BACK (DD)
16 Will he never lose balance? (6,3) STABLE BOY (CD)
20 Small notes on Nokia oddly found in the Indian Ocean (3,5) SRI LANKA {S}{RI} {LA}{NoKiA}
21 Speaker of Marmora torched (6) ORATOR (T)
23 How cops may go sometimes to catch criminals (2,8) IN DISGUISE (E)
24 Flower’s light controlling component (4) IRIS (DD)

25 Doctor searched route to find residence (8,5) TERRACED HOUSE {SEARCHED+ROUTE}*

DOWN

1 Consumer resource system made by idiots the French discarded (4,3) FOOD WEB {FOOl}{D  WeEB}
2 Traveller at capital of Denmark after touring Oman (5) NOMAD {OMAN}*{D}
3 Say, why are germs all over underwear? (1-6) Y-FRONTS {~WHY=Y}-F{~ARE=R}ONTS}
4 Masters were kidnapped by criminal aunt, right? I’ve become uninterested (15) UNDEMONSTRATIVE {AUNT+R} around {DEMONS}+{IVE}
5 Stylish house at corner is natural (6) INNATE {INN}{AT}{E}
6 Key point of oriental main-course mostly involves stuffing of spice (9) EPICENTRE {E}{PIC}{ENTREe}
7 Quantum state ‘T’ (7) SINGLET 'T'= SINGLE 'T'
13 Creole’s team manufactures wood wool (9) EXCELSIOR {CREOLES+XI}*
15 ‘Order in durbar’ one trumpeted (7) BARONET (T)
17 A short description to show lack of a field of study (3-4) BIO-TECH {BIO}-{TEaCH}
18 Starts to open deep golden eyes of the auditor to spray perfume (7) ODORISE {Open}{Deep}{OR}{~EYES=ICE}
19 Mystery magazine deleted main content easily (6) ENIGMA {MAGazINE}*
22 Sound of a drop of water causes cheers (5) ADIEU {A}{~DEW=DIEU}

Reference list

Communists=Reds, Soldiers=RE, Small=S, Notes=Ri&La
The French=Le, Right=R, Corner=E, Oriental=E, Team=XI, Golden=Or

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Definition, Solution, Component letters, Embedded links, Anagram Indicator, C/C indicator, Reversal Indicator, Hidden word Indicator, Letter Pick indicator, Deletion Indicator, Homophone Indicator, Movement Indicator, Positional Indicator, Substitution, Indicator, Link/Connector, Extraneous

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