No 13567, Friday 27 May 2022, Hypatia

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ACROSS

7   Fast food service in Mumbai terminal’s clean counters (8) BHELPURI {B{HELP}UR<=}{m...aI}

9   State of American ship in Rhode Island, close to sea (6) RUSSIA {R{USS}I}{seA}

10 Observe few sepoys frequently (4) ESPY {fEw+SePoYs}

11 Wise guys will not ask anyhow (4-2-4) KNOW-IT-ALLS*

12 Cold above temple’s roof shelter (6) COVERT {C}{OVER}{Te...e}

14 Remove from below (5,3) ELBOW OUT {BELOW}* [RA]

15 Repacking items from her lap in baggage (13) PARAPHERNALIA  Letter Bank of (IN+HER+LAP)

18 Hypatia’s friend describing old city’s naive (8) IMMATURE {I'M}{MAT{UR}E}

20 One pound featuring England long time ago (3,3) ICE AGE {1}{C{E}AGE}

21 Hostesses look around in nine newly vacant rooms (10) INNKEEPERS {INN{PEEK<=}E*}{RoomS}

22 Firm Indian rope’s primary constituent! (4) COIR {CO}{In...n}{Rope} Semi&lit

23 Iraq’s opening with nicer manoeuvres aimed at peace (6) IRENIC {Iraq}{NICER*}

24 Rascal returns quietly to steal spectacles and cap (8) TARBOOSH {BRAT<=}{OO}{SH}

DOWN

1   Bet he’s co-operating to suppress breaking news, say (3,5) THE SCOOP [T]

2   Destroy plants in cycles (4) SLAY (+s)SLAY(-s)

3   Can Bob take out diamonds in wager (6) BUCKET {B{dUCK}ET}

4   Roll, perhaps in Spooner’s savage game (5,3) FRUIT BUN ( ~ brute fun to fruit bun)

5   Mark, excited to get introduced to old English author (5,5) OSCAR WILDE {O{SCAR}{WILD}E}

6   Irrational students joining a University — Rice, say? (6) PILLAU {PI}{LL}{A}{U}

8   He or I, say periodically remain so comfortable? (2,4,7) IN ONES ELEMENT [C&DD]

13 Beginning to explain I rang up about notice for reserving (10) EARMARKING {Ex...n}and {I+RANG}* over {MARK}

16 Mostly bad-tempered during small change in economy (8) PRUDENCE {P{RUDe}ENCE}

17 Small granite rocks becoming most heated (8) ANGRIEST {S+GRANITE}*

19 Vedic hymn picked up from Mozart, namely (6) MANTRA [T<=]

20 Fashionable group welcomes radical advertisement (6) INSERT {IN}{SE{R}T}

22 Shout from a section of an auditorium (4) CROW C-ROW

Reference List

American ship = USS, Cold = C, Old city = UR, England = E, Firm = CO, Quirtly = SH, Spectacles = OO, Diamonds = D, Old English = OE, Student = L, University = U,  Small = S, Fashionable = IN, Radical = R