No 14267, Friday 30 Aug 2024, Vidwan

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ACROSS

8   We drove the nanny mad occasionally (155,3,3,4) EVERY NOW AND THEN* Incorrect enu

9   ILO and OPEC's output (5,3) CRUDE OIL {ILO}* [RA]

10 Stale like some cold hate (3-3) OLD-HAT [T]

11 Stray behind devil's army, time for enrichment! (11) IMPROVEMENT {ROVE}<=>{IMP} and {MEN}{T}

16 Be patient! This cannot be an instruction to a male stripper! (4,4,5,2) KEEP YOUR SHIRT ON [DD]

18 John's work at emergency room, fill up time! (5,6) WATER CLOSET {W}{AT}{ER}{CLOSE}{T}

21 Coil space - time for mass (6) VOLUTE VOLU(+t-m)TE

23 Despot's gold going to cold traitor (8) AUTOCRAT {AU}{TO}{C}{RAT}

25 Model has cake mixed with harmful medicine, calms down (155,1,5,4) TAKES A CHILL PILL {T}{HAS+CAKE}*{ILL}{PILL} Incorrect Enu's were most frustrating.

DOWN

1   I've orders, perhaps for repeals (9) OVERRIDES*

2   Stepped back, right inside circle (4) TROD {DO{R}T}<=

3   Completely on to it! Drunk! (2,4) IN TOTO*

4   Alpha wolf is partly missing in action? (4) AWOL [T]

5   One often turns cold and hot for data transfer systems (8) INFOTECH {1}{OFTEN*}{C}{H}

6   Spot investigation! No conclusion! (4) STUD STUDy

7   Untamed, tortuous fear of first love! (5) FERAL {FEAR}*}{Love}

12 Father with fruit (5) PAPAW {PAPA}{W}

13 Wrongdoing, queen runs with gold (5) ERROR {ER}{R}{OR}

14 Ooh! These words can be smoother! (5) TERMS SMooThER* [CA]

15 Foreign Office flat-out played foul (9) FOOTFAULT {FO}{FLAT+OUT}*

17 At length, they covered Western Australia in transit (2,3,3) ON THE WAY {ON}{THE{WA}Y}

19 Extremely enjoyable time at the French base (6) LITTLE {LIT}{T}{LE}

20 Power of sun? No sun for this cold region! (5) POLAR {P}{sOLAR}

22 Some manure, also used as animal feed (4) UREA [T] Semi&lit

23 Hurt during stomach exercises (4) ACHE [T]

24 Manage company with empty purse (4) COPE {CO}{PursE}

Reference List

Time = T, Work = W, Emergency room = ER, Mass = M, Cold = C, Model = T, Right = R, Hot = H, With = W, Queen = ER, Runs = R, The in French = LE, Power = P, Sun = S