No 14367, Friday 27 Dec 2024, Dr. X

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ACROSS

1   How girl uses silly hands-over-eyes question (5,3) GUESS WHO {WHO+G+USES}*

5   Appears suddenly with soda and drink (4,2) POPS UP {POP}{SUP}

10 Bit of gossip in press is about Italian gentlemen (7) SIGNORI {IRON}{Go...p}{IS}<=

11 Oblique patellar fractures need plaster initially (7) LATERAL pATELLAR*

12 Sailor wants second line at right angles to length of ship (5) ABEAM {AB}{sEAM}

13 Brief catchy phrase in Spooner's dance scene (5,4) SOUND BITE (~bound site to sound bite)

14 In any case, want a hotter model to entertain members at inauguration (2,6,4) NO MATTER WHAT {WANT+A+HOTTER}* over {Me...s}

18 Kinky male having sex with very passionate head waiter (6,6) MAITRE D'HOTEL {MALE}* over {IT}{REDHOT}

21 Scoring ecstasy, blither any rubbish in confusion (9) LABYRINTH {BLITHeR+ANY}*

23 Winged mammal at estate captured (5) ALATE [T]

24 Catch one criminal in Italian river (7) RUBICON {RUB}{1}{CON}

25 Introduce band in retro bar (5,2) BRING UP {B{RING}UP<=}

26 Coming back, survives blunder on a mountain range (6) SIERRA {IS<=}{ERR}{A}

27 & 4 What person applying gel might do to terrify (4,4,4,5,2,3) MAKE ONES HAIR STAND ON END [C&DD]

DOWN

1   Talkative person's gossip about top star, extremely amusing (6) GASBAG {GA{Star}B}{Am...nG}

2   Young bird is elegant, flying out of a little nest (6) EAGLET ELEGAnT*

3   Extra weather protection in new dorm inside grounds reviewed (5,4) STORM DOOR {DORM*} in {ROOTS<=}

4   See 27 Across

6   Selected newspaper article about model (5) OPTED {OP{T}ED}

7   Stumped accurately, having advanced instantly (8) STRAIGHT {ST}{R{A}IGHT}

8   Tot playing behind exotic maple tree (8) PALMETTO {TOT}*<=>{MAPLE}

9   An irrational fear of touch, beginning to suspect a bipolar disorder (14) CLAUSTROPHOBIA {TOUCH+Su...t+BIPOLAR}*

15 Fantastic firemen save female, taking chopper up to double-check (2-7) RE-EXAMINE {fIREMEN}* over {AXE<=}

16 Begs brats to acquire knowledge (8) IMPLORES {IMP{LORE}S}

17 Unknown male abducts one attractive female touring western country (8) ZIMBABWE {Z}{1}{M}{BAB{W}E} 

19 Outlaw killing European disappeared? Exactly right (4,2) BANG ON {BAN}{GONe}

20 Woman getting endless pain in viral infection (6) HERPES {HER}{PESt}

22 Competitor in Rolls-Royce overtakes champion (5) RACER {R{ACE}R}

Reference List

Girl = G, Second = S, Sex = IT, Ecstasy = E, Model = T, Stumped = ST, Advanced = A, Female = F, Unknown = Z, Male = M, Western = W, European = E