No 14304, Monday 14 Oct 2024, Vidwan

Solution to 11A 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

8   Croats recoiled violently, causing unbelievable grief! (9,5) CROCODILE TEARS*

9   Posters about princess and a godman in India's capital city (5,5) ADDIS ABABA {AD{DI}S}{A}{BABA}

10 A great deal of instructions for a milk product! (4) BRIE BRIEf

11 Bit twisted, could be disobedient (3-5) ?N?-S?D?D (Addendum - ONE-SIDED (ONE-SIDED+BIT=DISOBEDIENT [CA] - See comments) But then what is the definition?

13 Managed wheels and companies for Escobar and his kind (6) NARCOS {RAN<=}{COS}

14 Basic stuff for someone having ability to be an Indian spy (3,8) RAW MATERIAL [DD]

19 Arab dismissing small sycophants with bare wit (6) YEMENI {YEs MEN}{wIt}

20 Positively having a layer that is more fermented (8) YEASTIER {YE{A}S}{TIER}

23 Bachelor is loneliest again, on the inside! (4) STAG [T]

24 Whiskey, for instance, gets emptied for pub snacks (6,4) SCOTCH EGGS {SCOTCH}{EG}{GetS}

26 High title, Kurds devised for a candy! (7,7) TURKISH DELIGHT*

DOWN

1   We haul this business possibly for daughter-in-law (7) TRADING TRA(-in+d)DING Not sure of Anno (Addendum - TRADING+WE +HAUL = DAUGHTER-IN-LAW [CA] - See comments)

2   One conceals answer in pieces and shares in market (6) SCRIPS SCR(-a+1)IPS

3   Writer would endlessly worry and finally find something to prove self! (2,4) ID CARD {I'D}{CARe}{finD}

4   Ancient plant in botanical gardens (4) ALGA [T]

5   Riddle in rarest forms (8) STRAINER*

6   California's barren, lost city (8) CANBERRA {CA}{BARREN*}

7   Some ski pants for Greenlanders (7) ESKIMOS*

12 Crazy one, moved by old song (5) DOTTY D(-1+o)OTTY

15 Provokes, pinches vacuous, vile superheroes (8) AVENGERS {A{VilE}NGERS|

16 One lies in the heart of man, ails awfully and moves travellers in the deep (8) MAINSAIL {MA{1}N}{AILS*}

17 Gets tea prepared to develop an idea slowly (7) GESTATE* 

18 Interjection by top (not model) sex worker! (5-2) HEIGH-HO {HEIGHt}{HO}

21 Waterless, without power and bowed! (6) ARCHED pARCHED

22 Time eclipses woman's heart and a concealed pain is man's accessory! (6) TIEPIN {TImE}{PaIN}

25 Timeless film about exclamations! (4) OOHS SHOOt<=

Reference List

Small = S, Old = O, Model = T, Power = P, Time = T