No 14511, Saturday 14 June 2025, Vidwan

 ACROSS

8 Regularly orders accused to get out (6) RESCUE {oRdErS aCcUsEd}
9 Unfairly conducted court proceeding - it could be militarist (8) MISTRIAL {IT+MISTRIAL}*=MILITARIST [CA]
10 Naive altruist achiever embracing god, embracing love! (2-6) DO-GOODER {DO{GO{O}D}ER}
11 One raise can be pitiful (6) UPLIFT {I+UPLIFT}*=PITIFUL [CA]
12 Pride and prejudice basically ruined a pickpocket (6) DIPPER {PRIDE Prejudice}*
13 Probably Norman could be ordinary seaman (1,4,3) I DARE SAY {NORMAN+I DARE SAY}*=ORDINARY SEAMAN [CA]
15 Baptist quietly discarded English fabric (7) BATISTE {BApTIST}{E}

17 Forever seemingly ridden with misfortune (7) REVERSE [T]
20 Egyptians on borders swarmed and celebrated (8) ESTEEMED {EgyptianS}{TEEMED}
22 They give different colours adopting right home appliances (6) DRYERS {D{R}YERS}
23 Bakery product, cold, can be catalogued (6) GATEAU {COLD+GATEAU}*=CATALOGUED [CA]

25 A wet trap fitting found in kitchens (3,5) TAP WATER*
26 Left bitter possibly by love and words of opera (8) LIBRETTO {L BITTER}*{O}
27 Split second reverberation? Could be helicopters! (2-4) RE-ECHO {SPLIT+REECHO}*=HELCOPTERS [CA]

DOWN
1 Flour is kneaded! Meal is on! (8) SEMOLINA*

2 Partner - manage without spades, hearts, clubs and dice ultimately! (10) ACCOMPLICE {ACCOMPLIsh}{C}{dicE}
3 Merchant resting in Eindhoven dormitories (6) VENDOR [T]
4 Implicate Emily, cut and chopped by angry Rob (7) EMBROIL {EMILy ROB}*
5 Love small, cute bags? Gloat occasionally and kiss! (8) OSCULATE {O}{S}+{CUTE} over {gLoAt}
6 Part of natural river (4) URAL [T]
7 Rough bit of fibre, Africa cultivated originally, exported (6) RAFFIA {Fibre AFRIcA}* & LIT

14 Starting to excitedly prepare my new polisher (5,5) EMERY PAPER {Excitedly} {PREPARE MY }*
16 Time's short but drunk king's starting to unite an ancient city (8) TIMBUKTU {TIMe}{BU{K}T}{Unite}
18 Much of broadcast is painful, headless, loud and shrill (8) SCREECHY {SCREEn}{aCHY}
19 Issue - 'No money in India in knowledge' (7) EDITION {EruDITION}
21 Cats hold it back still (6) STATIC {C{IT}ATS}<
22 Love prevails over power! Time to resign! (6) DEPART {DE{P}AR}{T}
24 Money held by neurologist (4) EURO [T]

REFERENCE LIST

Love=O, One=I, Quietly=P, Right=R, Left=L, Spades=S, Hearts=H, Clubs=C, Small=S, King=K, Money in India=Ru(pee), Power=P, Time=T.