No 13691, Friday 21 Oct 2022, Vidwan

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ACROSS

1   Criminal tries to follow Jesus ultimately, becomes a monk (6) SISTER {TRIES}*<=>{j..uS}

5   Supply food to tiger and bear regularly (5) CATER {CAT}{bEaR}

10 Notes say for short-term memory (5) CACHE (~cash)

11 One on raft drifts post-lunch (9) AFTERNOON*

12 Tentative like peacekeepers and detectives in action (9) UNDECIDED {UN}{DE{CID}ED}

13 Some scout gold for spending (5) OUTGO [T]

14 Islander not bothered by Harry returning (6) TONGAN {NOT*}{NAG<=}

15 Very mild air conditioning for a common Russian (8) VLADIMIR {V+MILD+AIR}*

18 Against being placed between two setters at present (8) MEANTIME {ME}{ANTI}{ME}

20 Current baroque master (6) STREAM*

22 Good morning! Must regularly stretch! (5) GAMUT {G}{AM}{mUsT}

24 Mostly a PC forms part of a cell (9) CYTOPLASM*

25 Crafty, stylish queen's boring because... (9) INSINCERE {IN}{SINC{ER}E}

26 Applied bare negatives (2,3) IN USE mINUSEs

27 Hitch cold couple (not married) (5) CATCH {C}{mATCH}

28 Source dam (6) MOTHER [DD]

DOWN

2   Lean mini-disc cut out for soundtrack (10,5) INCIDENTAL MUSIC*

3   Clear cut sort of tan (9) TRENCHANT {TRENCH}{TAN*}

4   State of war and suffering (6) RWANDA*

5   A duke in advance towards large fortress (7) CITADEL {CIT{A}{D}E}{L}

6   Grotesque roots and trunk (5) TORSO*

7   Moor's peculiar quality - loses head, hides anger, seems neither hot nor cold (4,11) ROOM TEMPERATURE {MOOR*}{nATURE} over {TEMPER}

8   Mostly blame accrues to male coach (8) ACCUSTOM {ACCUSe}{TO}{M}

9   Part of brain for knowledge (4) INFO [T]

15 Victory? That is struggle! (3) VIE {V}{IE}

16 Piece of information from one at top and base (9) DATAPOINT {1+AT+TOP+AND}*}

17 Recall meme about boring free beer (8) REMEMBER {R{MEME<=}BER*} There's an extra E and a missing R in the fodder

19 The neurotic trails, a piece of data about a cold, cruel king (7) MACBETH {THE}*<=>{M{A}{C}B}

21 Small squad having right flow (6) STREAM {S}{T{R}EAM}

22 Sounds like opening step (4) GAIT (~gate)

23 Not hot! The take-home rule! (5) TENET {ThE}{NET}

Reference List

Peacekeepers = UN, Very = V, Good = G, Stylish = IN, Queen = ER, Cold = C, Married = M, Duke = D, Large = L, Male = M, Victory = V, Piece of data = MB, Small = S, Right = R, Hot = H, Take home = NET