No 14111, Friday 01 Mar 2024, Bruno

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ACROSS

1   One found in peat, a source of sustainable energy? (6) BIOGAS {B{1}OG}{A}{Su...e}

4   Engineer at Academy has place that is turned over and battered (4-2) BEAT-UP {BE}{A}{PUT<=]

9   *beep*!! A canine's killed husband! (4) TOOT TOOTh

10 Source of energy from good ole' earth perhaps - man's surrounded by it (10) GEOTHERMAL {G+OLE+EARTH} over {M}

11 Rodent's crazy appearance - going backwards (6) NUTRIA {NUT}{AIR<=}

12 Start of April through end of August, setter's on flight (8) AVIATION {Ap..l}{VIA}{a...sT}{I}{ON}

13 Odd folky number captivated white boxer (9) FLYWEIGHT {FoLkY{EIGHT} over {W}

15 Bar lacking entrance to path (4) RAIL tRAIL

16 Peeled kernel for eagle (4) ERNE kERNEl

17 Cream pie starting to decompose after setting - enjoy the pleasure right now (5,4) CARPE DIEM {CREAM+PIE+De...e}* 

21 Dispatching delivery with turn - covered hip and glanced from the top (8) SHIPPING {S{HIP}PIN}{Gl...d}

22 Condition to withdraw from horror and hostility (6) ENMITY ENorMITY

24 Owns vehicle? (10) SNOWMOBILE {OWNS}* [RA]

25 Slender object broke off at the end (4) THIN THINg

26 Animal grabbing a rodent's head and another body part (6) LARYNX {L{A}{Ro...t}YNX}

27 Law diploma? 100 for $1000! (6) DECREE DE(+c-g)CREE

DOWN

1   Lifebuoy's mostly made with green energy (7) BIOFUEL LIFEBUOy*

2   Remote cycling path (5) OUTER (-r)OUTE(+r)R

3   Asian-American devotee goes to India to obtain good husband (7) AFGHANI {A}{F{G}{H}AN}{I}

5   Overturned evidence used to arrest, often hang, native (6) ETHNIC {CITE<=} over {HaNg}

6   Black art - crowd regularly went crazy for a way to predict the future? (5,4) TAROT CARD {TAR}{ART+CrOwD}*

7   Female bird holding up plant for female bird (7) PEAFOWL {F}{OWL}<=>{PEA} 

8   Increase in temperature of volatile star with a halogen- iodine - in the middle (5,4,4) SOLAR HEAT GAIN {STAR+A+HALOGEN}* over {I}

14 One source of energy to get crushed powder (4,5) WIND POWER {WIN}{POWDER*}

16 Extracted from zibeth - an old source of energy (7) ETHANOL [T]

18 Herald creeped around (7) PRECEDE*

19 Corkscrew went spiralling in end of bottle (7) ENTWINE {WENT*}{IN}{b...lE}

20 Refuse to take responsibility for one's depressing surrounding (6) DISOWN {D{1'S}OWN}

23 Heavenly body, but no love or rhythm (5) METER METEoR

Reference List

Husband = H, Good = G, Man = M, White = W, 100 = C, $1000 = G, American = A, India = I, Black = TAR, Female = F