No 14129, Friday 22 Mar 2024, Dr. X

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ACROSS

1   What necklace thief might do to tease (4,4,5) YANK ONES CHAIN [DD]

8   Unspoken perception about leader of industry (5) TACIT {TAC{In...y}T}

9   Cold distresses feverish marksman (5,4) CRACK SHOT {C}{RACKS}{HOT}

11   Killed in vehicle by wife after affair in Spain on vacation (6,4) STRUCK DOWN {Spa{TRUCK}{DO}{W}iN}

12 Babe desires to cuddle in the sack (4) ABED [T]

14 Marked improvement with treatment of pus on arm (7) UPSWING {PUS*}{WING}

16 Report relating to last section of bowel, describing source of incontinence (7) RECITAL {REC{In...e}TAL}

17 Device in department, reviewed and scrutinized (7) PERUSED {DE{RUSE}P}<=

19 Champion enters, performing a slow jump in figure skating (7) SALCHOW {CH} in {A+SLOW}*

21 Heart crushed by break-up, it hurts (4) PITH [T]

22 Engrossed in losing pounds? Guilt with paunch developing (6,2,2) CAUGHT UP IN {GUIlT+PAUNCH}*

25 Report of mob violence over beef (5,4) RIFLE SHOT {RI{FLESH}OT}

26 Ferries with new rotors leaving Thailand (2-3) RO-ROS ROtORS*

27 Worried state blaring about Russia's leader threatening military action (5-8) SABRE-RATTLING {STATE+BLARING}* over {Ru...a}

DOWN

2   Gives playing cards to entertain company (7) ACCORDS {AC{CO}RDS*}

3   Outfits I found in trunk, most garish (10) KITSCHIEST {KITS}{CH{I}EST}

4   Rechargeable battery in most delightful commercial (5) NICAD {NICe}{AD}

5   Loyal supporters of jerks introducing atrocious law (9) STALWARTS {ST{LAW*}ARTS}

6   Trek in sharp-pointed hill, hard for prince (4) HIKE (-p+h)HIKE

7   How nun might appear to people (7) INHABIT {IN HABIT}

8   Deliver a little package in thin wrapping material (6,5) TISSUE PAPER {ISSUE}{Pa...e} in {TAPER}

10 Model casually entertains director, secures films - ultimately sick game (11) TIDDLYWINKS {T}{ID{D}LY}{WIN{sicK}S}

13 Son enlightening about principle of process relating to art of carving (10) SCULPTURAL {S}{CUL{Pr...s}TURAL }

15 Leader of gangsters, arranging for death? (9) GODFATHER {Ga...s}{FOR+DEATH}* &lit

18 Liqueur with fantastic taste of almonds at fair (7) RATAFIA {Al...s+AT+FAIR}* 

20 It delays clotting of blood near hip fractures (7) HEPARIN*

23 Attack gun-wielding alien (3,2) GET AT {G{ET}AT}

24 Make out with girl around afternoon (4) HEAR {HE{A}R}

Reference List

Cold = C, Wife = W, Affair = DO, Department = DEP, Champion = CH, Pounds = L, Thailand = T, Company = CO, Commercial = AD, Hard = H, Prince = H, Model = T, Director = D, Son = S, Alien = ET, Afternoon = A