No 13400, Friday 12 Nov 2021, Dreamer

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ACROSS

1   Belittle study about mechanical engineering advancements, at first (6) DEMEAN {DE{Me...l}{En...g}{Ad...s}N}

4   Player needs casual pants (6) SLACKS {S}{LACKS}

8   Heard boy made rotating instrument that indicates time of day (7) SUNDIAL (~son){SUN}{LAID<=}

9   A set of books having information about onset of illness and substance that causes an immune response (7) ANTIGEN {A}{NT}{GEN} over {Il...s}

11 Band’s program ma viewed without hesitation (6,4) MEDIUM WAVE {MA+VIEWED}* over {UM}

12 Unrest in spot around Ohio (2-2) TO-DO {DOT<=}{O}

13 Find time to be with family (5) TRACE {T}{RACE}

14 Shop for food and liquor around lunchtime in a state of uncontrolled excitement (8) DELIRIUM {DELI}{R{1}UM}

16 Like Spring comes back around March, mostly? (8) PARALLEL {PA{RALLy}{EL<=}

18 Flag Day parade starting late (5) DROOP {D}{tROOP}

20 Worker quietly making a warning sound (4) BEEP {BEE}{P}

21 Kelvin desires to elaborate a method involved in swimming (10) SIDESTROKE {K+DESIRES+TO}*

23 New driver in vehicle is primarily operating a trumpet (7) CLARION {C{L}AR}{Is}{ON}

24 It helps to unearth and supply coal near hill (7) LOCATOR {COAL*}{TOR}

25 Widow again left India around end of August (6) RELICT {RE}{L}{I}{C}{a...sT}

26 Comprehend unknown article for African national (6) KENYAN {KEN}{Y}{AN}

DOWN

1   Reason second daughter dropped a playing card? (5) DEUCE DEdUCE

2   Wine manufactured by Irish army, originally (7) MADEIRA {MADE}{IR}{Army}

3   Absent left wing students receiving last warning (5,4) ALARM BELL {A}{L}{ARM} {LL} over {BE}

5   Essentially looked for weapon? (5) LANCE gLANCEd

6   Catholic fellow left some food for domestic animal (7) CRITTER {C}{fRITTER}

7   Sleeping policeman from Sweden urinated behind park (5,4) SPEED BUMP {S}{PEED}{BUM}{P}

10 Son, I’d end all struggles with an overwhelming electoral victory (9) LANDSLIDE*

13 Salesman’s unending rant bored bank employee (9) TRAVELLER {T{RAVe}ELLER}

15 Long poem by Old Bob has quality that attracts (9) LODESTONE {L}{ODE}{S}{TONE}

17 Pages are wearing extremely awful clothes (7) APPAREL {Awf{P}{P}{ARE}uL}

19 Mary made a loud cry to get rid of Charlie (3,4) OUR LADY {A+LOUD+cRY}*

21 Small issue disheartened patient (5) STOIC {S}{TOpIC}

22 Famous king oddly hides currently (5) KNOWN {Ki{NOW}Ng}

Reference List

Player = S(South in Bridge), Set of books = NT(New Testament), Time = T, Day = D, Quietly = P, Kelvin = K, New driver = L, Again = RE, Left = L, India = I, Around = CA, Unknown = Y, Daughter = D, Irish = IR, Absent = A, Student = L, Catholic = C, Fellow = F, Sweden = S, Park = P, Long = L, Old Bob = S(Shilling), Page = P, Charlie = C, Small = S