No 13663, Saturday 17 Sep 2022, Dr. X

ACROSS

1   Remove one's clothes in outing, captivated by very fine fellow (5,3) STRIP OFF {S{TRIP}O}{F}{F}

5   Capturing rook with king, miss subtly grins (6) SMIRKS {SMI{R}{K}S*}

10 Outline visit to a prison perhaps? (7) CONTOUR {CON TOUR}

11 Man from the east left enthralled by magnificent German physician (7) EHRLICH {HE<=}{R{L}ICH}

12 Treat with new operation controlling onset of retinopathy (5) NURSE {N}{U{Re...y}SE}

13 Anxious unionist annoyed about hint of scandal (9) UNSETTLED {U}{N{Sc...l}ETTLED}

14 Mysterious criminal nurtures a plan to kill nationalist (12) SUPERNATURAL {NURTURES+A+PLAn}*

18 How basketball player might score while still distressed by break-up (2,3,7) ON THE REBOUND [DD]

21 Good progress after tackling a problem in style of painting (9) GRISAILLE {G}{RIS{A}{ILL}E} Problem/Ill? See comments

23 Tossing and turning in dark, every so often overwhelmed by fear (5) AWAKE {AW{dArK}E}

24 Trendy doctor exciting hot nurse at opening (5-2) RIGHT-ON {RIG}{HOT*}{Nu..e}

25 Presses back neck in scrap (7) SNIPPET {PINS}{PET}

26 Bolt breaks record in running (6) LOPING {LO{PIN}G}

27 Quick appraisal of working with mask around beginning of epidemic (4-4) ONCE-OVER {ON}{C{Ep...c}OVER}

DOWN

1   Mathematical ratio is inadequate, contains a little error (6) SECANT {S{Er..r}CANT}

2   Beer and rye stocks got used up (3,3) RAN DRY [T]

3   Revolutionary colour scheme in abstract technique (9) PROCEDURE {P{DECOR<=}URE}

4   Art of predicting correct roulette number in gamble (7-7) FORTUNE-TELLING {ROULETTE+N}* in {FLING}

6   Member reviewed tax rate (5) MERIT {M}{TIRE<=}

7   Royal really upset about a little insensitive banter (8) RAILLERY {R}{REALLY*} over {In...e}

8   Plan by woman holding clubs and diamonds to dominate right away (8) SCHEDULE {S{C}HE}{D}{rULE}

9   Ultimately eager opponents rose to fight one-on-one (6-2-6) PERSON-TO-PERSON {e..eR+OPPONENTS+ROSE}*

15 Torture and flog gangster in abandoned site (9) TANTALISE {T{ANT}{AL}ISE*} Flog/Ant? (Addendum - {TAN}{T{AL}ISE*} - See comments)

16 Bad poetry by silly George, boring — extremely dull (8) DOGGEREL {Dul{GEORGE*}L}

17 Hang frames in retreat to welcome group (6,2) STRING UP {PUTS}<= over {RING}

19 Chess champion concedes as Kasparov moves (6) KARPOV KasPAROV*

20 Black tie, not loud is preferable (6) BETTER {B}{fETTER}

22 Follow a criminal outside bar (3,2) ACT ON {A}{C{T}ON}

Reference List

Outing = TRIP, Very = SO, Fine = F, Fellow = F, Rook = R, King = K, Man = HE, Left =- L, Magnificient = RICH, New = N, Operation = USE, Unionist = U, Annoyed = NETTLED, Nationalist = N, Good = G, Progress = RISE, Problem = ILL, Fear = AWE, Doctor = RIG, Presses back = PINS, Neck = PET, Bolt = PIN, Record = LOG, Working = ON, Mask = COVER

Is inadequate = SCANT, Colour scheme = DECOR, Abstract = PURE, Number = N, Gamble = FLING, Member = M, Tax = TIRE, Royal = R, Clubs = C, Diamomnds = D, To dominate = Rule, Right = R, Gangster = AL, Flolg = TAN, Frames = PUTS, Group = RING, Black = B, Tie = FETTER, Criminal = CON, Bar = T

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