No 14002, Monday 23 Oct 2023, Hypatia

Rangoli by Gowri

Artwork by Prasanna

Solution to 20A has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only by a non-regular / novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.

Open for anyone to answer, if not solved by 1 PM.

ACROSS

7   Exotic roses with aloe mostly in sprays (8) AEROSOLS {ROSES+ALOe}*

9   Extremely healthy sound around animals (6) HYENAS {He...hY}{SANE<=}

10 Kept a heavily wrapped Egyptian God (4) PTAH [T]

11 Oh dear! Best puzzles in newspaper (10) BROADSHEET*

12 Reverend's request: "Go worship and settle ahead of time" (6) PREPAY (~pee pray to prepay)

14 Attempt to control one evil triumvirate (8) TRIARCHY {TR{1}{ARCH}Y}

15 Setting aside a day, lecture smart newlyweds changing places (8,5) DRESSING ROOMS {adDRESS}{IN}{GROOMS}

18 Maya's got to exercise in anti-slip pads (4,4) YOGA MATS*

20 Cutting the end, contract length to sell (6)  R?T?I? (Addendum - RETAIL {RETAIn}{L} - See Comments)

21 Pet goes behind cafeteria - often he plays gently (10) DELICATELY {CAT}<=>{DELI} with {hE+lLaYs}

22 Pulse of average bachelor getting married (4) BEAN (-m+b)BEAN

23 Open global organization's fine website (6) UNFURL {UN}{F}{URL}

24 Every now and then the ODI team likes motivational videos (3,5) TED TALKS {ThE+oDi+TeAm+LiKeS}

DOWN

1   Bullied the man getting disheartened over time (8) HECTORED {HE}{C{T}ORED}

2   Android and human's first couple (4) BOTH {BOT}{Hu..n}

3   Old city of dabbawallas bringing one's meal, banana and yoghurt, for starters (6) BOMBAY Acrostic Semi&lit

4   More hesitant to drink rum that's cheaper (8) SHODDIER {SH{ODD}IER}

5   Lowest part of flask in bag (10) NETHERMOST {NE{THERMOS}T}

6   Worry about that woman circumambulating God (6) GANESH {NAG<=}{(+e)SH(-e)}

8   What bears do with honeyed treat that's nicely condensed (5,3,5) SHORT AND SWEET  {SHORT}{AND}{SWEET} Anno for SHORT not clear See comments

13 Unsure of prior debt obligations involving automobile (10) PRECARIOUS {PRE}{IOUS} over {CAR}

16 Basically small computers are light, fit and upgradable (8) SCALABLE {Sm..l}{Cc...s}{Are}{Li..t}{ABLE}

17 State of torrential rains flooding lake at Korea's borders (3,5) SRI LANKA {RAINS}* over {L} and {KoreA}

19 No sea waves without cold waters (6) OCEANS {NO+SEA}* over {C}

20 Cherish day I ran partly around city (6) RIYADH [T<=]

22 Varaha, for instance carried on air (4) BOAR (~bore)

Reference List

Go = PEE, Day = D, Length = L, Bachelor = B, Married = M, Fine = F, Time = T, Lake = L, Cold = C