No 14160, Saturday 27 Apr 2024, Hypatia

ACROSS

9   Sons urge to get Transformers? (7,8) PLASTIC SURGEONS {SONS+URGE}* [RA]

10 English politician's mistake disheartened king (7) EMPEROR {E}{MP}{ERrOR}

11 Study of animals around Australian's old timber yard (7) ZOOLOGY {OZ<=}{O}{LOG}{Y}

12 Nut-free oat chips - Have one? (9) PISTACHIO {OAT+CHIPS}* over {1}

14 Next Olympics held to celebrate (5) EXTOL [T]

17 Mother's reading Thai novel in another language (7) MARATHI {MA}{R}{THAI*}

19 Regularly referred by her blogs, find about rebel (7) DISOBEY {bY+hEr+BlOgS+fInD}<=

21 Ditch tailor (5) SEWER [DD]

23 Collapse after uncontrolled rapid rise (9) DISREPAIR*

25 Without a bar, new jail produces vegetable (7) BRINJAL {BaR}{{N+JAIL}*

27 Shakes Arsenal's top scorer (7) QUIVERS {QUIVER}{Sc...r}

30 Find lifestyle changes involving criminal - one escaping coolly (4-11) SELF-CONFIDENTLY {FiND+LIFESTYLE} over {CON}

DOWN

1   Lamps seen periodically in part of church (4) APSE {lAmPs+SeEn}

2   Stinging insect used to be predatory basically (4) WASP {WAS}{Pr...y}

3   Spooner's average introduction for key role (4,4) STAR PART (~par start to star part)

4   My school's covering what a singer can do! (6) SCORCH {S{COR}CH}

5   Catchphrase or term in Spelling Bee? (4,4) BUZZ WORD [DD]

6   Take no notice of flower on girl - some rose (6) IGNORE [T<=]

7   Fast food in two seconds (4) MOMO {MO}{MO}

8   Spot where buses stop regularly at terminals (4) ESPY Tail Acrostic 

12 Draws little dogs cuddling master (5) PUMPS {PU{M}PS}

13 Yellow and green under stone (5) STRAW {RAW}<=>{ST}

15 Starts to tap and beat lightly above percussion instrument (5) TABLA Acrostic Semi&lit

16 Bird's out early? (5) LAYER*

18 At home, work fast and slow (8) INDOLENT {IN}{DO}{LENT}

20 Spice used by 50% of people, for example (8) SPECIMEN {SPICE*}{MEN} 

22 Second veto (6) REJECT [DD]

24 Pursue victory, we hear it makes one shine (6) SEQUIN (~ seek win)

25 Extra towel initially removed from hamper to sunbathe (4) BASK BASKet

26 Lazy hero gets picked up (4) IDLE (~idol)

28 Has leader lost from constituencies (4) EATS sEATS

29 Dark sauce containing egg's cooked, say (4) SOYA {O} in {SAY}*

Reference List

English = E, Old = O, Yard = Y, Reading = R, New = N, My! = COR, School = SCH, Second = MO, Master = M, Stone = ST, At home = IN