No 13260, Saturday 29 May 2021, Dr. X

 Lockdown day 31 of 40 Stay Safe at home

Across

1 Support a belief // like an Olympic runner might do? (5,3,5) CARRY THE TORCH (DD)
8 Become more active in social, taking girl away from jerk (3,2) HOT UP {HO{T Ug}P}?
9 Everyone transporting fish on island caught drunk (9) ALCOHOLIC {AL{COHO}L}{I}{C}
11 Prominent character abducted by a rebel slyly (10) REMARKABLE {A+REBEL*} around {MARK}

12 Finally Manchester United’s back in American city (4)  RENO {manchesteR}{ONE<=}
14 Clown outside old hotel in Turkish city (7) ANTIOCH {ANTI{O}C}{H}
16 Dilapidated gate outside poorly cultivated land (7) TILLAGE {GATE*} around {ILL}
17 Write about horn-shaped unit of the kidney (7) NEPHRON {PEN<=}{HORN*}
19 Price to acquire Chinese establishment’s latest mechanical device (7) RATCHET {RAT{CH}E}{establishmenT}
21 Hero in film essentially tackles con (4) IDOL {fI{DO}Lm}
22 Psychic pitman conveys alarm (4,6) MIND READER {MIN{D READ}ER}
25 One seen at bar heartily kissing attractive girls (4,5) SHOT GLASS {kisSing}{HOT}{G}{LASS}
26 Ancient Mesopotamian deity, left in back row (5) ENLIL {LI{L}NE<=} Thanks to Google

27 Business community welcomes reliable merger (13) CONSOLIDATION {CO}{N{SOLID}ATION}

Down

2 Push unfit mate to tackle a little tough exercise (7) ATTEMPT {MATE*} around {Tough}+{PT}
3 Extremes of rage, impudent love and passion — all an actor can portray (10) REPERTOIRE {RagE}{PERT}{O}{IRE}
4 Rogue’s about to steal one American diadem (5) TIARA {RAT<=} around {I}+{A}
5 One providing lift in a car, stolen perhaps, lacking number (9) ESCALATOR {A+CAR+STOLEn*}
6 Whoa! Hurricane engulfs Hawaiian island (4) OAHU (T)
7 Time to chase villain crossing large volcanic crater (7) CALDERA {CA{L}D}{ERA}
8 Callous, rash and reckless — facing troubles (4,2,5) HARD AS NAILS {RASH+AND*}{AILS}
10 It could be risky when high escort tottering around chamber gets a little loud (11) CHOLESTEROL {ESCORT*} around {HOLE} + {Loud}
13 Set the ball rolling! Good luck (3,3,4) ALL THE BEST {SET+THE+BALL*}
15 Giant goes berserk in auditorium! Damn (4,2,3) HANG IT ALL {H{GIANT*} ALL}
18 Free concert largely by rock singer (3,4) PRO BONO {PROm}{BONO}
20 Masked gangster shot Spanish gentleman (7) HIDALGO {HID}{AL}{GO}
23 Given a drug in rave-up, wanting new thrill (5) DOSED Anno not clear
24 Losing head, rants for a long time (4) AGES {rAGES}

 

Reference List

Girl=G, Island=I, Caught=C, Old=O, Hotel=H, Chinese=Ch, Girls=Glass(Girl=G&Lass), Left=L, Business=Co
Exercise=PT, Love=O, One=I, American=A, Number=N, Large=L, Gangster=Al

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