No 14539, Thursday 17 Jul 2025, Vidwan

Solution to 19D 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

9   Prove...a sun explodes and becomes this! (9) SUPERNOVA* Semi&lit

10 Record with ceremony (5) WRITE {W}{RITE}

11 City of naked monk (3) RIO pRIOr

12 Recent, never changing control point (5,6) NERVE CENTRE*

13 Arctic creature found via sonar whaleboats (7) NARWHAL [T]

14 Royal scheming about gallery (7) STATELY {S{TATE}LY}

16 One final deposit appallingly stuck-up (4-11) SELF-OPINIONATED*

20 Seen and humiliated after one's banished (7) SIGHTED SlIGHTED 1 or L is banished?

21 I do invocation perhaps for custodians (7) SANCTUS [CA] {SANCTUS+I+DO}* = CUSTODIANS

23 Consistently trusts this for nutty trip ice-cream (5-6) TUTTI-FRUTTI {TrUsTs+ThIs+FoR+nUtTyThIs}

25 Exclude local staff (3) BAR MD

26 Problem of spirit lamp basically (5) PERIL {PERI}{Lamp}

27 Urbane company representing outer America (9) COURTEOUS {CO}{OUTER*}{US}

DOWN

1   German cheats wearing red undergarments (1-7) G-STRINGS {G}{ST{R}INGS}

2   Regularly support on-air ruckus (6) UPROAR {sUpPoRt+On+AiR}

3   Time to soak! Taking day off, Kitty wears ordinary dress for rainy day! (6,4) TRENCH COAT {T}{dRENCH}{C{O}AT}

4   Runs into tender large weed like Gongura (6) SORREL {SO{R}RE}{L}

5   Wife took high risk for a ride on lake (5,3) WATER SKI {W}{ATE}{RISK*}

6   Over-sentimental bit that we enjoy (4) TWEE [T]

7   Abuse at spies' party (8) MISTREAT {MI'S}{TREAT}

8   Dissidence seen in lady's essay regularly (6) HERESY {HER}{EsSaY}

15 Publicly talk about a new sister at the Company with vacuous title (10) ANNUNCIATE {A}{N}{NUN}{CIA}{TitlE}

17 Girl at EU distracted Bond (8) LIGATURE*

18 Implied charge about religious education (8) INDIRECT {INDI{RE}CT}

19 Suspicion is that Charles broke this! (8) D?S?R?S? 

20 An exercise form can be puissant (3-3) SIT-UPS [CA] {SIT UPS+AN}* = PUISSANT 

21 Stalwart has energy to sail forth (3,3) SET OUT {S{E}TOUT}

22 Couple without work clipped small shop at a fair, in addition (2,4) TO BOOT {TwO}{BOOTh}

24 Second line in that is inch (4) ISLE {I{S}{L}E} 

Reference List

With = W, German = G, Red = R, Time = T, Day = D, Ordinary = O, Runs = R, Large = L, Wife = W, New = N, Religious education = RE, Energy = E, Work = W, Second = S, Line = L