No 13550, Saturday 07 May 2022, Avtaar

 

ACROSS

1   Excrement in front of one abandoned cell (7) DUNGEON {DUNG}{ONE*}

5   Tormentors? (7) SHERPAS [CD]

9   Launch of Presidential charters makes everyone happy (7) PLEASES {Pr...l}{LEASES}

10 Old English politician close to Churchill introduces a story with a moral (7) EXEMPLA {EX}{E}{MP}{c...lL}{A}

11 Liquid films from silo treated with wet sulphur (3,6) OIL SLICKS {SILO*}{LICK}{S}

12 Avtaar and Carol discussed coating on pastry (5) ICING {I}{CING(~sing)}

13 King of Kings autocratically ruled, dominating royal Irish chiefs (5) ARDRI Acrostic

15 Catholic church’s message about armed criminal (5,4) NOTRE DAME {NOT{ARMED*}E}

17 Getting first in sports — not new for musicians (9) FLAUTISTS {1ST} in {FLAUnTS}

19 Wild brush (5) SHRUB* &lit

22 Plunder on road (5) REAVE {RE}{AVE}

23 What is inside diagonal pit laid around Andean plateau (9) ALTIPLANO [T<=]

25 Monkey throwing doctor a cigar (7) MANILLA {MANdrILL}{A}

26 The Head admitting John’s “Review of a Logical System of Sets” (7) BOOLEAN {B{LOO<=}EAN}

27 Somebody’s incompetent (7) NOTABLE {NOT ABLE}

28 Transported speed on foot (7) SPONDEE*

DOWN

1   Drop lecturer with old post-graduate educational certificate (7) DIPLOMA {DIP}{L}{O}{MA}

2   Provoked and driven by desire (7) NEEDLED {LED}<=>{NEED}

3   Lease out equipment for artists (5) EASEL*

4   Absence of biscuits, reportedly, in front sections of aircraft (4,5) NOSE CONES (~no scones)

5   Children watch ducks on vacation (5) SEEDS {SEE}{DuckS}

6   European agreed to carry vessel for cosmetics (9) EYELINERS {E}{YE{LINER}S}

7   Evenly cut peas, pork and sprinklings of infused Kashmiri aromatic spice (7) PAPRIKA {PeAs+PoRk}{In...d}{Ka...i}{Ar...c}

8   Priest captivated by dancing angels’ glitter (7) SPANGLE {S{P}ANGLE*}

14 Expecting almost 100% ethnic, trained staff (2,3,4) IN THE CLUB {ETHNIc}*{CLUB}

16 Glass containers from bath in two batches getting rejected (4,5) TEST TUBES {TUB} in {TES<=}{TES<=}

17 Female engineer visiting Arab country is head of a workshop (7) FOREMAN {F}{O{RE}MAN}

18 Opposing players in a team boarding a carriage (7) AGAINST {A}{GAI{NS}T}

20 Tip about a split (4,3) REAR END {RE}{A}{REND}

21 Enjoy filling in cheese-cake (7) BROWNIE {BR{OWN}IE}

23 The pagan has rejected God’s love (5) AGAPE {T<=]

24 Current in river becomes still (5) PHOTO {P{HOT}O}

Reference List

Old = EX, English = E, On = RE, The head = BEAN, John = LOO 

Lecturer = L, Biscuits = SCONES, European = E, Priest = P, Engineer = RE(Royal Engineers), Players in a team = N(north),S(South) in Bridge, Carriage = GAIT, About = RE

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