No 14106, Saturday 24 Feb 2024, Hypatia

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ACROSS

1   Cowards exploit special work sacking you finally (8) MILKSOPS {MILK}{S}{OPuS}

5  Slowly, Adiga novel connects to core of B'lore (6) ADAGIO {ADIGA}*{blOre}

10 Essentially recall horse cart around fierce competition (3,4) RAT RACE Anno pending <= See comments

11 Sailor performing "show-and-tell", lost when drunk (3,4) OLD SALT {ShOw+AnD+TeLL}*

12 Conscious of a funeral (5) AWAKE {A}{WAKE}

13 Support for stocking American consumer banks (9) SUSPENDER {S{US}PENDER}

14 Quarter joyful after relaxing US holiday (6,2,4) FOURTH OF JULY {FOURTH}{JOYFUL}*

18 Unfortunately, a taciturn student's boring i.e., tongue tied (12) INARTICULATE {A+TACITURN}* over {L} in {IE}

21 Taking risk ultimately forces new board to collapse (9) BREAKDOWN {risK} in {NEW+BOARD}* Semi&lit

23 Cool Kung Fu Panda's a large mammal (5) HIPPO {HIP}{PO}

24 General change reflected in river current (3,4) LEE TIDE {LEE}{EDIT<=}

25 Slaves working in short skirts (7) MINIONS {MINI{ON}S}

26 Occasionally, rich family's met lawyer coolly (6) CALMLY {riCh+fAmiLys+Met+LawYer}

27 Body building (8) ASSEMBLY [DD]

DOWN

1   Host starting to make milk products on the counter (6) MYRIAD {Make}{DAIRY<=}

2   Lease adjacent to aerospace co.? That’s disastrous (6) LETHAL {LET}{HAL}

3   Cops struggling with a gate to reach victim (9) SCAPEGOAT {COPS+A+GOAT}*

4   Wasted resources in game of chance? One needs to let off steam! (8,6) PRESSURE COOKER {P{RESOURCES*}OKER}

6   Basically duck or dive, generally evade! (5) DODGE Acrostic &lit

7   State managed to get German university in Greece (8) GRANDEUR {G{RAN}{DE}{U}R}

8   Stray holders of posts in offices (3-5) OUT TRAYS {STRAY}* [RA]

9   Laurie's medical genius and cast in Sherlock, say, are celebrities (9,5) HOUSEHOLD NAMES {HOUSE}{HOL{AND*}MES} 

15 Reverend's talk followers? No way! (3,6) FAT CHANCE (~chat fans to fat chance)

16 Bad coalition making NATO this ruthless (8)  DIABOLIC {BAD+COaLItIoa}* [CA]

17 We're wandering in trip for so long (8) FAREWELL {FA{WERE*}LL}

19 Pick up father and see doctor in confidence (6) APLOMB {PA<=}{LO}{MB}

20 Meek as described by anonymous eyewitnesses (6) MOUSEY [T]

22 Finish off eating a bit of red plankton (5) KRILL {K{Red}ILL} Krill are not Plankton. They feed on Plankton.

Reference List

Special = S, Student = L, Cool = HIP, German = DE, University = U, Father = PA, See = LO, Doctor = MB