No 13053, Tuesday 29 Sep 2020, Neyartha

Solution to 20A has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only by a non-regular / novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.

ACROSS

7   Characteristic of certain chromosome fragments revealed in Saracen triceps (8) ACENTRIC [T]

9   Language making the disturbed hypnotist sit out (6) PYTHON HYPNOTist*

10 Open with a shout at a pep rally for a religious song (10) PLAINCHANT {PLAIN}{CHANT}

11 A gem of a language (4) RUBY [DD]

12 Language error makes son drop back (4) LISP (-s)LI(+s)SP

13 One may visit this at the end of a restaurant meal (4,4) CASH DESK [CD]

16 Revolutionary communist behind the gate with the heartless lady is a hospital employee (7) ORDERLY {OR}{RED<=}{LadY}

18 Invest in a film after the king and knight trade places to get a Russian satellite (7) SPUTNIK {PUT} in {S(-k+n)NI(-n+k)K}

20 Large church making the scholar get attached to a vitreous mineral (8) ?A?I?I?A (Addendum - BASILICA {BA}{SILICA} - See comments)

21 Verified statement from the leading members of the Finnish-American comedy troupe (4) FACT Acrostic

23 Language from Jack makes the Conservative leader drop the sparkling wine (4) JAVA {J}{cAVA}

24 Young girl drinking cider’s formatting the storage media (5,5) LASER DISCS {LAS{CIDERS*}S}

25 Disconnect resulting from a swift swallow upsetting the peacekeepers in front (6) UNPLUG {GULP<=}<=>{UN}

26 New chair getting interrupted by Adam’s wife is one who gets things done (8) ACHIEVER {ACHI{EVE}R*}

DOWN

1   Language detailing a direction-less quantity (5)  SCALA SCALAr

2   Imperceptibly put feminist in a fix after the welcome by a single friend (15) INFINITESIMALLY {FEMINIST+IN}*{1}{ALLY} (Correction - {1}{FEMINIST+IN}*{ALLY} - See comments)

3   One might start from here to find about getting embedded in the misleading charts (7) SCRATCH {S{C}RATCH*}

4   One put on this might experience unease (4) SPOT [CD]

5   Pilferage stoppers in the warehouse get time to replace fine products subject to a recall (5,10) STORE DETECTIVES  {STORE}{DE(-f+t)TECTIVES}

6   Pompous doctor with wine gets picked up by a short-legged horse from the south (9) BOMBASTIC {MB}{ASTI} in {COB<=}

8   Brief news summary of the return of the fast bowler (5) RECAP<=

14 Drink an egg-less appetiser (3) SUP SoUP

15 Relative’s Greek letter brought in after I removed sculpted granite (5-4) GREAT-AUNT {TAU} in {GRANiTE}*

17 Floral arrangement put on the radio (3) LEI (~lay)

19 Cricket player to grab flipped box for the woven mats (7) BATSMAN {NAB<=} over {MATS}*

21 July holiday in the US for the auditor’s out (5) FORTH (~fourth)

22 Loosens crewel segment to get to the fastener (5) SCREW [T]

24 Sign language (4) LOGO [DD]

Reference List

Son = S, Gate = OR, King = K, Knight = N, Jack = J, Conservative = C, About = C, Time = T, Fine = F