No 13756, Friday 06 Jan 2023, Arden

Rangoli by Gowri

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ACROSS

1   Material damage started with original killer (8) MAROCAIN {MAR}{Or...l}{CAIN}

5   Tourist resort preserves, has nice exteriors (6) CANNES {CAN{NicE}S}

10 Fancy water park surrounding New Port (7) ANTWERP {A{N}TWER*}{P}

11 A bachelor party, men are after little Mary? (7) ABDOMEN {A}{B}{DO}{MEN}

12 Scale for mathematician - Lagrange finally went for arithmetic at first (5) RULER (-e+r}RULER

13 Warhorse has energy to dance in the carnival (5-4) RAREE-SHOW {WARHORSE+E}*

14 Opposed to explosive gas - contain it (12) ANTAGONISTIC*

18 Spirits recover lost prestige (12) POLTERGEISTS*

21 Stopped the dog, followed later (9) CURTAILED {CUR}{TAILED}

23 Arrive before a child is admitted (5) REACH [T]

24 Holy city - there is no model construction set (7) MECCANO {MECCA}{NO} I had one of these as a kid. Probably that is what inspired me to be an engineer

25 One making claims to be religious (7) ISLAMIC {1}{CLAIMS*}

26 Hold light houses - extremely laborious (6) NELSON {NE{La...uS}ON}

27 Following a representation, first class review on a complaint (8) AGRAPHIA {A}{GRAPH}{A1<=}

DOWN

1   Nothing much, just a gallon saved (6) MEAGRE {ME{A}{G}RE}

2   Upset toy (6) RATTLE [DD]

3   Permit opening, not hard to capture King (9) CLEARANCE {Ch{LEAR}ANCE}

4   August almost gone, everyone inside gets eight pints (8,6) IMPERIAL GALLON {IMPERIAL}{G{ALL}ONe}

6   Drink over two days will spoil (5) ADDLE {A{DD}LE}

7   Extremely nifty - speed set out for attractive young women (8) NYMPHETS {NiftY}{MPH}{SET*}

8   Chains at sea limiting dead weight of submarine, perhaps (8) SANDWICH {CHAINS}* over {D}{W}

9   Wild marigold, find it acceptable (4,2,8) FAIR TO MIDDLING*

15 Trainee without name-another name cut short, among other things (5,4) INTER ALIA {INTERn}{ALIAs}

16 Rodents raised in small cage, for example (8) SPECIMEN {S}{P{MICE<=}EN}

17 Forming a circle online, it's like back office work (8) CLERICAL {A+CIRCLE}*{L}

19 Heat of battle over four weeks? Not on! (6) WARMTH {WAR}{MonTH}

20 Drinks and dance (3-3) CHA-CHA {CHA}{CHA}

22 Call came for completely exposing the old mission in Texas (5) ALAMO {cALl}{cAMe}{fOr}

Reference List

New = N, Bachelor = B, Arithmetic = R, Energy = E, First class = A1, Gallon = G, Hard = H. King = LEAR, Day = D, Dead = D, Weight = W, Name = N, Small = S, Line = L