No 14210, Tuesday 25 Jun 2024, Dr. X

Solution to 2D 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

1   Completely engrossed in rolling sleeves till here? (2,2,3,6) UP TO THE ELBOWS [DD]

8   Exposed stealing lady's ring (5) BLARE {B{L}ARE}

9   Over throne, emperor is observing (9) ONLOOKING {ON}{LOO}{KING}

11 Extremely illustrious young lady in bar is contemptuous (10) DISMISSIVE {D{Il...uS}{MISS}IVE}

12 Film about eating disorder (4) PICA {PIC}{A}

14 Spins ball using cracks to take wicket finally (7) OUTINGS {O}{U{w...eT}INGS*}

16 Snickered as man finally considered leaving wife (7) NEIGHED {maN}{wEIGHED}

17 Baby, ultimately pretty, captivating everyone completely (7) TOTALLY {TOT}{p...tY} over {ALL}

19 Artist's representation of diva turned popular, enthralling many (2,5) DA VINCI {DIVA}*{I{C}N<=}

21 It's found in Hawaii, winged (4) IIWI $lit

22 Dissected necrotic area with new instrument (10) CONCERTINA {NECROTIC+A+N}*

25 Insulating material also glows perhaps (5,4) GLASS WOOL*

26 Accept a proposal ending in marriage (5) ABIDE {A}{BID}{m...gE}

27 Reversal in attitude caused by hater (6,2,5) CHANGE OF HEART {HATER}* [RA] &lit

DOWN

2   Makes out with exotic lady say, perfectly captivating (5,2) P?A?S ?T (Addendum - PLAYS AT {L+SAY}* in {PAT} - See comments)

3   Toed line by acting in a submissive manner (10) OBEDIENTLY*  

4   Jumps to pinch old rings (5) HOOPS {HO{O}PS}

5   Need line desperately to stay very excited (9) ENLIVENED {NEED+LINE}* over {V}

6   Starting to become blue - breathe hard (4) BLOW {Be...e}{LOW}

7   Batter overwhelmed by thirst, somewhat pale (7) WHITISH {W{HIT}ISH}

8   Criticising a dumbo breaking device (11) BADMOUTHING {A+DUMBO}*{THING}

10 Impressive end to show by most amorous fellow enthralled by drinks (5,6) GRAND FINALE {RANDy}{F} in {GIN}{ALE}

13 Rivals were battling for trophies (10) SILVERWARE*

15 Extremely sexy Monroe posing over grate heartily - further words are unnecessary! (3,2,4) SAY NO MORE {SexY+MONROE}* over {grAte}

18 Hot woman jogging over smooth track beside canal (7) TOWPATH {HOT+W}* over {PAT}

20 More turbulent without government, region is unstable (7) NOISIER {REgION+IS}*

23 Typical iftar-hosting leader of Islam (5) CALIF [T]

24 Telecommunications network is down on vacation (1,1,1,1) I S D N {IS}{DowN}

Reference List

Lady = L, Throne = LOO, Bar = DIVE, About = A, Wife = W, Popular = IN< Many = C, Area = A, New = N, Lady = L, Old = O, Very = V, Fellow = F, Woman = W, Government = G