No 13697, Saturday 29 Oct 2022, Dreamer

ACROSS

8   Tax on goods from Romania entering a day before Gandhi Jayanti (6) OCTROI {RO} in {OCT 1}

9   Soldiers trapped in remote Germany in an area surrounded by homesteads (8) FARMYARD {F{ARMY}AR}{D}

10 Dish made using a slice of veal with popular Indian pulse and eggs (8) VINDALOO {Veal}{IN}{DAL}{00}

11 Separation from second child is source of madness (6) SCHISM {S}{CH}{IX}{Ma...s}

12 Sticky notes ultimately seized by six detectives (6) VISCID {VI}{n..eS}{CID}

13 Tell Rosy to roam in streetcars (8) TROLLEYS*

15 Troublemaker, yet I condemned blasphemy (7) IMPIETY {IMP}{YET+I}*

17 A female pilot embracing sailor in a friendly manner (7) AFFABLY {A}{F}{F{AB}LY}

20 Roll of very small size - discard occasionally (2,3,3) ON AND OFF {NANO<=}{DOFF}

22 Always check before end of day to be happy (6) CHEERY {CH}{EER}{daY}

23 A bomb exploded near Oxygen plant (6) BAMBOO {A+BOMB}*{O}

25 Sibling wants setter to get staple for old maid (8) SPINSTER {S(-i+pin)PINSTER}

26 Good fact about Katrina, for example (3,2,3) ACT OF GOD*

27 New T-shirt is long (6) THIRST*

DOWN

1   Show unionist wearing short skirt backward - it's rare (8) ACTINIUM {ACT}{M{U}INI<=}

2   Inclination to ignore the French forecast (10) PREDICTION PREDIleCTION

3   Upper-class model having sex appeal came first (6) TITLED {T}{IT}{LED}

4   Underwear primarily needed inside frosty building (1-6) Y-FRONTS {YFRO{Ne...d}TS*}

5   Snub shrub (5-3) BRUSH-OFF {SHRUB}* [RA]

6   Legend of Padmanabhaswamy, Thiruvananthapuram (4) MYTH [T]

7   Father is extremely kinky and active (6) FRISKY {FR}{IS}{KinkY}

14 Trained dealers in authority (10) LEADERSHIP {DEALERS*}{HIP}

16 Efficient yet impolite (8) THOROUGH {THO}{ROUGH}

18 Leaseholder mainly receiving Arkansas government grant (8) LARGESSE {L{AR}{G}ESSEe}

19 The part of vehicle furthest from the curb is in an illegal position (7) OFFSIDE {OFF}{SIDE} (Correction - [DD] - See comments

21 Suggestion given by sister outside a church (6) NUANCE {NU{A}N}{CE}

22 Beginning to compose clue on unknown calico from India (6) CHINTZ {Co...e}{HINT}{Z}

24 Forehead's dark for the most part (4) BROW BROWn

Reference List

Germany = D, Second = S, Child = CH, Female = F, Sailor = AB, Check = CH, Unionist = U, The in French = LE, Model = T, Sex appeal = IT, Father = FR, In = HIP, Government = G, Church = CE, Unknown = Z