No 14207, Friday 21 Jun 2024, Dr. X

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ACROSS

1   Spine, legs and lip injured - taking ultimately powerful narcotics (8,5) SLEEPING PILLS {SPINE+LEGS+LIP}* over {p...uL}

8   Actress in Kanoon and Aashiq (5) NANDA [T] Semi&lit

9   Belittled by sportsman at centre, easily dead cert to win (9) DETRACTED {s..rTs..n} in {DEAD+CERT}*

11 Uncertain after current director's fired for causticity (10) TRENCHANCY {CHANCY}<=>{TRENd}

12 Portray maiden wearing nothing in retreat (4) LIMN {N{M}IL<=} Never heard of this word.

14 Satisfactory introduction to unconventional movement of Pop Art (2,2,3) UP TO PAR {Un...l}{POP+ART}*

16 A revolting guy smuggling heroin that's going round in American city (7) ANAHEIM {A}{MAN<=} over {H}{IE<=}

17 Case is unusual, having tense buildup of fluid in abdomen (7) ASCITES {CASE+IS}* over {T}

19 Interrupts hard men starting to nastily misbehave (5,2) HORNS IN {H}{OR}{Na...y}{SIN}

21 Rings of gold with covering of brass (4) ORBS {OR}{BrasS}

22 Most stuffy fellow fights with couple on street (10) FROWSTIEST {F}{ROWS}{TIE}{ST}

25 American film director flying into a rage, restrained (9) TARANTINO {INTO}* over {A}{RANT}

26 Taking time, check revolutionary chemical compound in America (5) NITER {NI{T}ER<=}

27 Erred after castling, on the face of it (2,5,6) AT FIRST GLANCE*

DOWN

2   Most extensive tutorial on gestation conducted (7) LONGEST [T]

3   Free from stress, at peace in sanctum finally (10) EMANCIPATE {AT+PEACE+IN+s...uM}*

4   Foremost of devas, involved in producing rain (5) INDRA {IN{De..s}RA*} &lit

5   High charge at entrance to show? Enter without paying (9) GATECRASH {CHARGE+AT+Show}*

6   Country with poor air quality (4) IRAQ {AIR}*{Q}

7   Jerk in old network (7) LATTICE {LAT{TIC}E}

8 & 23    What accomplished dancer might do to never make any mistakes (3,3,1,4,5) NOT PUT A FOOT WRONG [C&DD]

10   Lower number of men at indoor rave (11) DENOMINATOR*

13   One crushed by mental trauma in a country in Africa (10) MAURITANIA {1} in {TRAUMA+IN+A}*

15   Deluge interrupting holidays stops (9) RESTRAINS {REST{RAIN}S}

18   Kinky act featuring strip show (7) CABARET {CA{BARE}T*} Semi&lit

20   Trace of cyanide found in poisoned cynic (7) SCEPTIC {S{Cy...e}EPTIC}

23   See 8 Down

24   Opposed to immature prank (4) ANTI ANTIc

Reference List

Director = D, Maiden = M, Heroin = H, Tense = T, Hard = H, Men = OR, Gold = OR, Fellow = F, Time = T, Quality = Q