No 14470, Monday 28 Apr 2025, Hypatia

Solution to 9A 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 solve, if not solved by 1 PM.

ACROSS

8   Criticise, essentially ruining ancient grammarian (6) PANINI {PAN}{ruINIng}

9   Meddle with current switch boxes (4,2,2) B?T? I? O? (Addendum - BUTT IN ON {BUTT{IN}ON} - See comments)

10 Ring Beth and become happier (8,2) BRIGHTEN UP {RING+BETH}* [RA]

11 Basically got richer, expanding wider! (4) GREW Acrostic &lit

12 More painful cut by mark on bishop's old hat (8) SOMBRERO {SO{M}{B}RER}{O}

14 Section of ulcer is extremely red (6) CERISE [T]

15 Love eggs initially hatched by nimble, small birds (7) OSPREYS {O}{SPR{Eggs}Y}{S}

17 Eloquence of pilot welcoming uncle sadly left out (7) FLUENCY {FL{UNClE*}Y}

20 Mozart of Madras almost succeeding British creator (6) BRAHMA {RAHMAn}{<=>{B}

22 School observatory? (8) AQUARIUM [CD]

24 Originally, Japanese app. visualised AI programming language (4) JAVA Acrostic

25 Boy at peril shot in volatile zone getting top award (5,5) NOBEL PRIZE {B+PERIL}* in {ZONE}*

27 Calculated write-off with auditor's reports (8) RECKONED (~wreck owned) Not sure of Anno (Correction - (~wreck and) - See comments)

28 Places from the East, like Buddhist shrines (6) STUPAS {PUTS<=}{AS}

DOWN

1   Father jogs taking Indian country fans (8) PATRIOTS {PA}{TR{I}OTS}

2   Carol or wrong girl (4) SING {SIN}{G}

3   Integrity of contest inspiring rectitude regularly (6) VIRTUE {VI{RecTitUde}E}

4   Baraats would have this in desert? (7) ABANDON {A BAND ON}

5   Start to crack Hypatia puzzles - not hard and liberal, unlike others (8) ATYPICAL {Cr..k+hYPATIA}*{L}

6   Non-alcoholic beverage given by reveller teasing Spooner (6-4) GINGER-BEER (~binger geer to ginger beer) (Correction - (~binger jeer to ginger beer) - See comments)

7   Intimates dogs (6) BOXERS [DD]

13 Say spot communist leader's identification signs (10) BIRTHMARKS (~ berth marx)

16 Sensibly earn in Yokohama, saving Yen (8) YEARNING [T?] Anno not clear

18 Audacity of chap swimming around shack close to Ritz (8) CHUTZPAH {C{HUT}{ritZ}PAH*}

19 Dance by the French eating badam nuts (7) LAMBADA {L{BADAM*}A}

21 Zoomed wasting seconds in front of room and screamed (6) ROARED {sOARED}<=>{R}

23 Except when American concealed sensual plays (6) UNLESS SENSUaL*

26 Track featuring ordinary beat (4) ROUT {R{O}UT}

Reference List

Mark = M, Bishop = B, Old = O, Small = S, British = B, Boy -= B, Indian = I, Girl = G, Hard = H, Liberal = L, The in French = LA, Second = S, Room = R, American = A, Ordinary = O