No 13472, Saturday 05 Feb 2022, Neyartha

 ACROSS

7 Hung out around one attached to Philippines and Thailand inside and got a contagious disease(10) DIPHTHERIA {AIRED<=} around {I}{PH}{TH}

9 Precious metal’s colour(4) GOLD (DD)

10 Made eggs after Ian ignored forced devaluation(8) OVULATED {DEVALUaTiOn*}

11 Letters from a Pakistani male — a wild and crazy guy(6) ANIMAL (T)

12 Harry goes west beyond the gate to the agency(5) ORGAN {OR}{NAG<=}

13 Drunken Hutu miner discovers a precious metal(9) RUTHENIUM {HUTU+MINER*}

14 Greek character with the princess flips a Greek letter for a precious metal(7) RHODIUM {RHO}{DI}{MU<=}

17 Assembled red unit’s yet to be tested(7) UNTRIED {RED+UNIT*}

20 Tropical tree sheltering the French on an Indian island with a precious metal(9) PALLADIUM {PAL{LA}{DIU}M}

22 Fluorine flushed out by hydrogen from the barrier, as a result(5) HENCE {(-f+H)ENCE}

25 Symposium disrupted after escape of the spy with a precious metal(6) OSMIUM {syMpOSIUM*}

26 Excellent coating for a metal — a precious metal!(8) PLATINUM {PL{A}{TIN}UM}

27 Put up with the direction to follow the sheep bone from the east(4) BIDE {DIB<=}{E}

28 Fairness about gangster leaving the beast with composure(10) EQUANIMITY {EQU{ANIMal}ITY}

DOWN

1 Precious metal found in the regional woodland reportedly(6) SILVER {~SILVA}

2 Shaft found inside a Machu Picchu temple(5) CHUTE (T)

3 Irish leader meeting a dictator surrounded by liquor to get a precious metal(7) IRIDIUM {Irish}{R{IDI}UM}

4 Long-running race?(8) MARATHON (CD)

5 Family of languages originally under Graeco-Roman influence analysed neutrally(6) UGRIAN (Acrostic)

6 Could suffering be its pre-requisite?(8) PLEASURE (E)

8 Furniture-covering fabric // from the country(7) HOLLAND (DD)

15 Chief authority hid phase change(8) HEADSHIP {HID+PHASE*}

16 Agree, after losing heart, to be embraced by the medium playing tricks without losing brightness(8) UNDIMMED {MEDIUM*} around {NoD}

18 Cold discharge immersing nickel — a precious metal!(7) RHENIUM {RHE{NI}UM}

19 Single payment made with an expression of hesitation after finding juicy fruit soft at the wrong place(4,3) LUMP SUM {(-p)LUM(+P)S}{UM}

21 Hang around ransacker — one getting rid of a ball(6) LOITER {LO(-o+I)TER}

23 Run out of the rural area in an American district(6) COUNTY {COUNTrY}

24 Caught sycophant with the indigenous wildlife(5) FAUNA {~FAWNER}

Reference List

One=I, Phillipines=Ph, Thailand=Th, Gate=Or, Greek Character=Rho, Princess=Di, Greek Letter=Mu, The French=La, Fluorine=F, Hydrogen=H, Direction=E, Gangster=Al

Dictator=Idi, Nickel=Ni, Expression of hesitation=Um, Soft=P, One=I, Ball=O, Run=R

Colour/Font Scheme

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