No 14201, Friday 14 Jun 2024, Vidwan

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ACROSS

8   Queen mother managed one without slightest sound of laughter (8) MAHARANI {MA}{RAN}{1} over {HA}

9   Conservationists - endless avarice and vacuous nitwittedness (6) GREENS {GREEd}{Ni...eS}

10 Against some obscurantists (4) ANTI [T]

11 'Days of Yore' by English poet, describes love as sham (10) PASTEBOARD {PAST}{E}{B{O}ARD}

12 Just showcasing power and energy in public (6) OPENLY {O{P}{E}NLY}

14 Job presented with mobile communication plan (4-4) POST-PAID {POST}{PAID}

15 At home, word sex's stressful! Sounding like irregularity! (13) INTERMITTENCE {IN}{TERM}{IT}{(~tense)TENCE}

17 Blissfully calm face, bit rattled after embracing one (8) BEATIFIC {FACE+BIT}* over {1}

19 Plan time and ground (6) AGENDA [AGE}{AND*}

21 Start! Go! Run! Spare us pretended disdain! (4,6) SOUR GRAPES {GO+R+SPARE+US}*

22 Bad German stuff, pious fellow rejected (4) DUFF {D}{stUFF}

23 Lands some of the best at entrepreneurship (6) ESTATE [T]

24 Unmasking old girlfriend's heartless attitude (8) EXPOSURE {EX}{POStURE}

DOWN

1   It can do with bit of pepper mint (6) CATNIP {IT+CAN}*{Pe...r}

2   Most amazing priest (4) MAGI MAGIc

3   Governance takes a toll on him (8) TAXPAYER [CD]

4   Top Kings embraced IPL basics (5,10) FIRST PRINCIPLES {FIRST}{PRINC{IPL}ES} 

5   Exiting, going, running, escaping, something similar basically (6) EGRESS rEGRESS

6   Reward comperes struggling with English (10) RECOMPENSE {COMPERES}* over {EN}

7   Leader of England almost resigned, failing to motivate (8) ENERGISE {En...d}{RESIGNEd}*

13 Horrible riot in South African region related to swimming! (10) NATATORIAL {NAT{A}{RIOT*}AL} 'A' from?

15 Smartly, I chose EU for cold storage (3,5) ICE HOUSE {I+CHOSE+EU}*

16 Part of church school, one wasted by blighted pest (8) TRANSEPT {TRAiN}{PEST*}

18 Designed car crashed by me (6) FORMED {FOR{ME}D} Ford is a Brand name

20 Cripple redesigned 18D (6) DEFORM*

22 Fighter, not priest, gets earth (4) DUST {DUeliST}

Reference List

English = E, Power = P, Energy = E, Sex = IT, Run = R, German = D, Running = R, English = EN, Priest = ELI