No 14139, Wednesday 03 Apr 2024, Saral

Solution to 4D 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   Understand actual doctrine, mostly eastern (7) REALISE {REAL}{ISm}{E}

8   President dismissing Swiss pilot (6) AIRMAN chAIRMAN

9   Receives notices outside American university (6) ADMITS {AD{MIT}S}

10 Reject raw tuna blended with a drop of yoghurt (4,4) TURN AWAY  {RAW+TUNA}*{Yo...t}

11 Marketing company with millions creating miracle (10) COMMERCIAL {CO}{M}{MIRACLE*}

13 Injured gazelle lost leg badly in fire (4) ZEAL gAZELle*

14 Initially pacer involved in wrong type of bowling (4) SPIN {S{Pa..r}IN}

16 Editor opening hospital in French town (5) SEDAN {S{ED}AN} 

18 Stop completely. Give up drug (4) QUIT QUITe

19 Setter in France in front of rotating street fountains (4) JETS {JE}{ST<=}

21 A very great and unconventional modern art (5-5) AVANT-GARDE {A}{V}{GREAT+AND}*

23 He evaluates fools very rudely from the beginning (8) ASSESSOR {ASSES}{SO}{Ru...y}

25 Get old book, work out right away (6) OBTAIN {O}{B}{TrAIN

26 Every now and then, poor man called soothsayer (6) ORACLE {pOoR+mAn+CaLlEd}

27 Rich strong husband suppressed by wife (7) WEALTHY (-h+w)WEALTHY

DOWN

1   Guy after short conversation is showing charm (8) TALISMAN {MAN}<=>{TALk}{IS}

2   Following debates framing republican in breaks (8) FISSURES {F}{ISSU{R}ES}

3   Some ban extended later (4) NEXT [T]

4   Advocate fired new extremely lethargic guard (6) ?A?R?L (Addendum - PATROL {PATROn}{Le...c} - See comments)

5   Angrily tears final letter, that's fake (6) ERSATZ {TEARS}*{Z}

6   Vanara somehow is back in city (8) VARANASI {VANARA}*{IS<=}

7   Bill in Brazilian port to get communication device (5) RADIO {R{AD}IO}

12 Popular singer dropping leading violinist in country (5) INDIA {IN}{DIvA}

15 Happiness from prayer? Without doubt (8) PLEASURE {PLEA}{SURE}

17 Citizen's love for a visionary (8) NOTIONAL N(+o-a)OTIONAL

18 Question American taking over European individual share (8) QUANTITY {QU}{(+a-e)ANTITY}

20 Outline of small craft (6) SKETCH {S}{KETCH}

21 Rejection of aircrew's naive reply (6) ANSWER [T<=]

22 Flower is packed in time (5) DAISY {DA{IS}Y}

24 Fights in queues (4) ROWS [DD]

Reference List

Eastern = E, Swiss = CH, Notice = AD, Company = CO, Million = M, Editor = ED, Drug = E, I in Franech = JE, Street = ST, Very = V, }Old = O, Book = B, Right = R, Husband = H, Wife = W, Following = F, Republican = R, New = N, Bill = AD, Popular = IN, Question = QU, American = A, European = E, Small = S