No 13307, Friday 23 Jul 2021, Hypatia

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ACROSS

1   Creeps cycle and dash off (6) SCRAWL (+s)SCRAWL(-s)

4   Painted reflection of still seals — mostly still (6) DAUBED {DE{BUt}AD}<=

9   Insect’s name seen in label from behind (4) GNAT {TA{N}G<=}

10 Free reporter covering Indian drug stock (10) REPERTOIRE {REPERTO{I}R*}{E}

11 Asia’s noblemen, from the Orient, nurture miniature trees (6) BONSAI [T<=]

12 Official material worn by school master (8) LINESMAN {LINE{S}{MA}N}

13 Parking area cutting through lonely Egyptian grave (9) DESPERATE {DES{P}ER{A}T}{E}

15 Who doesn’t drink crumpling old flame’s message (4) TEXT {T{EX}T}

16 March in front of excellent president (4) PACE {ACE}<=>{P}

17 Fine or light (3,2,4) SET ON FIRE {FINE+OR}* [RA]

21 Over a month they’re rolling and tossing in fever! (8) JAUNDICE {J{A}UN}{DICE} Is Jaundice a fever?

22 Tablet for a dental problem (6) PLAQUE [DD]

24 Spooner says, “marry crushes” — they think alike (5,5) GREAT MINDS (~ mate grinds to great minds)

25 Frequently take cheap tour back to state (4) UTAH {cHeAp+ToUr}<=

26 Go with holy man heading to spiritual meetings (6) TRYSTS {TRY}{ST}{Sp...l}

27 For instance, recklessly braved bombs (6) ADVERB*

DOWN

1   Faint // sound missing in some parts (7) SYNCOPE [DD]

2   Judges had boring empty rooms (5) RATES {Room{ATE}S}

3   Shot arrow to capture one radical soldier (7) WARRIOR {WARR{1}O*}{R}

5   Expert’s article about small garments (6) APRONS {A{PRO}N}{S} 

6   Novel fixture in a den? (9) BOOKSHELF {BOOK}{SHELF} Semi&lit

7   Gatekeeper at the end of shift only missed sleeping (7) DORMANT {DOoRMAN}{s..fT}

8   What a clumsy chef might do — let slip? (5,3,5) SPILL THE BEANS [DD]

14 Any price arrangement involving dough, essentially (9) PECUNIARY {ANY+PRICE+doUgh}* &lit

16 Pull up sheet depicting bits of Korean, Russian and Indian language (7) PRAKRIT {TARP<=} over {Ko...n}{Ru...n}{In...n}

18 Averse to cooking technique taking soft eggs daily for starters (7) OPPOSED {OP{P}OS}{Eggs}{Da..y}

19 Massage wrapping husband with local plant (7) RHUBARB {R{H}U{BAR}B}

20 To some extent, luck is metaphorically destiny (6) KISMET [T]

23 Blue uniform pressed by Arizona’s engineers (5) AZURE {AZ}{U}{RE}

Reference List

Name = N, Indian = I, Drug = E, School = S, Master = MA, Parking = P, Area = A, Egyptian = E, Non-drinker = TT, Old flame = EX, President = P, Radical , Small = S, Only = O, Soft = P, Husband = H, Uniform = U, Engineers = RE(Royal Engineers)