No 13332, Saturday 21 Aug 2021, Hypatia

Across

1 See water mostly melted?(6) NOTICE {NOT}{ICE}
4 Excited First Lady welcoming fine daughter(6) EVOKED {EV{OK}E}{D}
9 Stall pirate(4) CRIB (DD)
10 Birds building nest at site(10) SATINETTES {NEST+AT_SITE*}
11 Wooster’s greeting fictional doctor sporting head gear(4,2) WHAT HO {W{HAT}HO}
12 Pawns in Soho stage shows(8) HOSTAGES (T)
13 According to Spooner, spew insult to get angry(4,1,4) BLOW A FUSE {(-f+B)LOW A(-b+F)BUSE}
15 Ships rejecting black grains(4) OATS {bOATS}
16 Just getting loud for quiet couple(4) FAIR {(-p+F)AIR}
17 Vaccinated Hypatia’s thought about India... moving back(9) IMMUNISED {I'M}{MU{IN<=}SED}
21 Rude fellow with insolence, starting to provoke soldier(8) FLIPPANT {F}{LIP}{Provoke}{ANT}
22 Relieve former parliamentarian visiting Egypt on vacation(6) EXEMPT {EX}{Egyp{MP}T}
24 Risk and Monopoly council overseeing India review images(5,5) BOARD GAMES {BOARD}{iMAGES*}
25 Bold kid’s retro clothes(4) GARB {B}{RAG}<=
26 Bear skin in exhibition near Reading? Just about(6) ENDURE {ExhibitioN}{DU{R}E}
27 Director accepts student for University — a high flyer!(6) GLIDER {G(-u+L)IDER}

Down

1 Warn criminal cutting fine portion in tusker(7) NARWHAL {WARN*}{HALf}

2 Tree built regularly around country(5) TIBET {TrEe BuIlT<=}
3 Untie cats(4,3) CAST OFF {CATS*} Reverse Anagram
5 Ivan the Terrible quietly shows Peter out?(6) VANISH {IVAN*}{SH}
6 Two little kids wearing a hat, hit boxer in a stage show(9) KATHAKALI {Kid}{A+HAT*}{Kid}{ALI}

7 Those who go fast just to lose?(7) DIETERS (CD)
8 Simultaneously running the teammates collect single(2,3,4,4) AT THE SAME TIME {THE+TEAMMATES*} around {I}
14 Softly spoke about his agent returning married(9) WHISPERED {W{HIS}{REP<=}ED}
16 Whole calculation, per auditor is over the top(7) FULSOME {~ FULL SUM}
18 Instrument engineer unties with a bit of luck(7) UTENSIL {UNTIES*}{Luck}
19 Revolutionary city clothing for each king(7) EMPEROR {ROME<=} around {PER}
20 Harry royal supporting terrible company(6) BADGER {BAD}{GE}{R}
23 Goaded horse entering river(5) EGGED {DEE<=} around {GG} Reversal indicator?

Reference List

First lady=Eve, Daughter=D, Black=B, Loud=F, Quiet=P, India=In, Fellow=F, Soldier=Ant, Former=Ex, Parliamentarian=MP. India=I, Bold=B, Reading=R, Student=L, University=U
Fine=F, Quietly=Sh, Boxer=Ali, Single=I, Agent=Rep, For each=Per, Royal=R, Company=GE, Horse=GG, River=Dee

Colour/Font Scheme

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