No 13357, Tuesday 21 Sep 2021, Vidwan

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Solution to 7A 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.

Too many anagrams 16 in all, including partial and full.

ACROSS

7   Outline of French character (6) ?E?I?N (Addendum - DESIGN {DE}{SIGN} - See comments)

8   Got into a bed, exhausted (8) OBTAINED* Exhausted as Anind Ok?

9   Exercising or playing quietly perhaps (8) APPLYING {PLAYING+P}*

10 Bum’s hot in bed surprisingly (6) BEHIND {H+IN+BED}*

11 Affleck has true glow (8) BRIGHTEN {B{RIGHT}EN}

12 Zero knowledge about algebra variables is needed for living (6) OXYGEN {0}{X}{Y}{GEN}

13 Did not like to hug before being substituted (11) REPRESENTED {RE{PRE}SENTED}

18 Sort of a good poll run (6) GALLOP {A+G+POLL}*

20 Most love and eat pulpy vegetables (8) TOMATOES {MOST+0+EAT}*

22 USA is right about this de-facto dictatorial state (6) RUSSIA {USA+IS+R}*

23 Kind of verbose, right-wing reporter (8) OBSERVER {VERBOSE}*{R}

24 Trek isn’t about trifles (8) TRINKETS*

25 Surprisingly, older student passed (6) ROLLED {OLDER+L}*

DOWN

1   They assist her sleep somehow after loss of energy (7) HELPERS {HER+SLeEP}*

2   Agile duo’s excited communication (8) DIALOGUE*

3   Claim it is about accepting partners (6) INSIST {IT+IS}* over {N} and {S}

4   Receipt delivered fast (8) STUBBORN {STUB}{BORN}

5   Sleepy at last? Thing to be worn (6) NIGHTY {s...pY+THING}* &lit

6   Writer mixes up sin and virtue in the end for change (7) PENNIES {PEN}{SIN+v...uE}*

8   Concerns bodies (13) ORGANISATIONS [DD?]  Same meaning

14 Embraced by nations, EPL succeeds (8) REPLACES {R{EPL}ACES}

15 Elementarily, no meal is prepared in wholesome manner (8) ENTIRELY {ELEmeNTaRIlY}* 

16 Fool around, run a riot for a month (7) JANUARY {JA{A+RUN}*Y}

17 Erased document about lease (7) DELETED {DE{LET}ED}

19 Failing to keep record about wrongdoing (6) LOSING {LO{SIN}G}

21 Promise ryots, marginally reduce distress (6) MISERY [T]

Reference List

Quietly = P, Hot = H, Good = G, Right = R, Student = L, Energy = E, Partners = N,S