No 13354, Friday 17 Sep 2021, Hypatia

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ACROSS

8   Embroider rose in golden cloth (6) SONERI*

9   Weakened after author’s married (8) IMPAIRED {I'M}{PAIRED}

10 Ridicule loud tea party next to filthy place (8) TRAVESTY (~tea){T}{RAVE}{STY}

11 Claim a gesture conveys impressions (6) IMAGES [T]

12 Joint coverage providers? (4,4) KNEE CAPS [CD]

13 Flirt playfully starting to enjoy very little (6) TRIFLE {FLIRT*}{En..y}

14 A newly-wed accepts good contract (7) ABRIDGE {A}{BRID{G}E}

17 Victory and defeat crossing one’s heart (7) TRIUMPH {TR{1}UMP}{H}

20 UK duo’s cryptic puzzle (6) SUDOKU*

22 Illiterate foreign or anti-semitic characters (8) IGNORANT [T]

25 At dusk, cuckoo nests covering grounds in the middle (6) SUNSET {S{groUnds}NSET*}

26 Realise criminal abducts President Bush supporter, say! (8) ESPALIER {ES{P}ALIER*}

27 Asylum seekers figure out one’s missing and return to look (8) REFUGEES {FiGURE*}{SEE<=}

28 Judge Spain’s squad, for the audience (6) ESTEEM {ES}{TEEM}(~team)

DOWN

1   One takes turns to let people in (8) DOORKNOB [CD]

2   Not the first museum without English artist’s body of work (6) OEUVRE {lO{E}UVRE}

3   Cooks run out with tray oddly for carnival (6) FIESTA {FrIES}{TrAy}

4   Type of Yoga at home described by ancient sage (7) VINYASA {V{IN}YASA}

5   Marathoner switching hands for shaving (8) SPLINTER SP{-r+l)LINTER A marathoner is hardly a sprinter!!

6   Counter of American Indian shop featuring Italy’s dessert (8) TIRAMISU {US}{I}{MAR{I}T}<=

7   Unearth sea-weed turning up around bottom of lake (6) REVEAL {REV{lakE}AL<=}

15 Makes it smooth? No Sir! (5,3) IRONS OUT {NO+SIR}* [RA]

16 Weak to concede what’s thrown in a challenge (8) GAUNTLET {GAUNT}{LET}

18 Sight assistants leaving river as monarch takes up meditation (5-3) PINCE-NEZ {PrINCE}{ZEN<=}

19 Various swimmers taking drug (7) DIVERSE {DIVERS}{E}

21 Drug addict checking old city’s money lender (6) USURER {US{UR}ER}

23 Write about man’s Welsh relative (6) NEPHEW {PEN<=}{HE}{W}

24 Give an account of allowance boy left for student (6) RELATE RE(-b+l)LATE

Reference List

Good = G, Heart = H, Spain = ES, English = E, Run = R, Indian = I, Italy = I, River = R, Drug = E, Welsh = W, Boy = B, Student = L