No 14285, Friday 20 Sep 2024, Dr. X

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ACROSS

1   Breakfast dish and fancy wine with gal in bar (7,6) BELGIAN WAFFLE {B{WINE+GAL}*AFFLE}

8   Spiteful person with gun killing European (5) HATER HeATER

9   Understood criminal regretted stealing stone (9) CONSTRUED {CON}{ST}{RUED}

11 Offend revolutionary master after extremely brief preview of art exhibition (10) VERNISSAGE {SIN<=}{SAGE}<=>{VERy}

12 Raspberry in ranch is succulent (4) HISS [T]

14 Light source in a bracket outside entrance to room (3,4) ARC LAMP {A}{C{Room}LAMP}

16 Make right move without stopping (2,3,2) AT ONE GO {ATONE}{GO}

17 Woman tackles wild dog starting to eviscerate small Indian animal (3,4) HOG DEER {H{DOG*}{Ev...e}ER}

19 Star beginning to smoke cannabis in warm summery place (7) SUNSPOT {SUN}{Sm..e}{POT}

21 Birds return, perch over top of tree (4) TITS {S{Tree}IT<=}

22 Exotic women in thongs entertaining a former American president (10) WASHINGTON {W}{IN+THONGS}* over {A}

25 Bland, stale stew eaten by girl (9) TASTELESS {T{STALE*}ESS}

26 Scrap after unionist enters (5) OUNCE {O{U}NCE}

27 Surprised by a math test! I secure first class nevertheless (2,4,2,2,3) BE THAT AS IT MAY   {BY+A+MATH+TEST+I}* over {A}

DOWN

2   One overwhelmed by recent disorder of the intestines (7) ENTERIC {ENTER{1}C*}

3   Scatter as regiment shoots (10) GERMINATES*

4   Small sac with U-shaped spore-bearing cell (5) ASCUS {S+SAC+U}*

5   One seen at bar with stylish English girls (9) WINEGLASS {W}{IN}{E}{G}{LASS}

6   Fellow continues to have primarily tonic convulsions (4) FITS {F}{I{To..c}S}

7   Text includes indication about amino acid (7) LEUCINE {L{CUE<=}INE}

8   Try diced dish containing meat, almost cooked to a T (4,1,4,2) HAVE A SHOT AT {HA{VEAl}SH}{TO+A+T}*

10 Stop rogue outside inn to seize cocaine (11) DISCONTINUE {OUTSIDE+INN}* over {C}

13 Destitute, like a defeated boxer? (4-3-3) DOWN-AND-OUT [DD]

15 Indestructible Superman! Entertaining films (9) PERMANENT [T]

18 Visit degenerate abandoning daughter (2,2,3) GO TO SEE {GO TO SEEd}

20 Auntie playing under pressure makes a bloomer (7) PETUNIA {AUNTIE}*<=>{P}

23 Catches snakes behind hotel (5) HASPS {ASPS}<=>{H}

24 Lewd person caught in Indian city (4) LECH {L{E{C}H}

Reference List

European = E, Stone = ST, Women = W, Unionist = U, Small = S, With = W, Fellow = F, Cocaine = C, English = E, Pressure = P, Hotel = H, Caught = C