No 14563, Thursday 14 Aug 2025, Mythical

Welcome to our new setter Mythical. Bouquets and Brickbats welcome.

Solution to 6D 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

6   Article about South American saint (7) THERESA {THE}{RE}{SA}

7   Smarten up one getting married (5) GROOM [DD]

9   Party guests appreciate luscious appetisers for starters (4) GALA Acrostic

10 Young woman I love ? Not a preacher! (10) MISSIONARY {MISS}{I}{0}{NARY}

11 Penalise a number involved in awful scene (8) SENTENCE {SEN{TEN}CE*}

13 Train Indians regularly in compound (6) TANNIN {TrAiN+iNdIaNs}

15 Model near street in Paris? That's correct (4) TRUE {T}{RUE}

17 Number three perhaps (5) ETHER*

18 Reportedly durable fabric that's passed on (4) GENE (~jean) 

19 Architects crashed, losing relay race - Darn! (6) STITCH arcHITeCTS* What's the role of 'relay'? See domments

20 Goons hit indiscriminately in gunfire (8) SHOOTING*

23 Cheat and somehow vote in new Assembly (10) CONVENTION {CON}{VOTE+IN+N}*

26 Essentially, archive shows human needs somewhere to live (4) HOME {arcHive}{shOws}{huMan}{neEds}

27 Small plant in bottle (5) SPINE {S}{PINE}

28 Fellow gave up after losing the lead and stopped (7) FIELDED {F}{yIELDED} 

DOWN

1   Director possibly met parent in office (10) DEPARTMENT {D}{MET+PARENT}*

2   Propose amendments protecting sailors (6) SEAMEN [T]

3   Girl leaving Nigerian city for a country in Asia (4) LAOS LAgOS

4   Sparkling silver pieces of paper perhaps (8) AGLITTER {AG}{LITTER}

5   Actor runs frequently, leading to foot trouble (4) CORN {aCtOr+RuNs}

6   Lying about education & skill for job (5) T?A?E ()

8   Outsider little green perhaps? (7) MARTIAN [CD]

12 Indicated people cycling forms character (5) ETHOS (+e)ETHOS(-e)

14 This plant's another thing eaten in Southern Europe (10) NIGHTSHADE {THING*}{HAD}{SE}

16 Break trip occasionally, working with son to get supplies (7) RATIONS {bReAk+TrIp}{SON*} Role of with? (Correction - {bReAk+TrIp}{ON}{S} - See comments)

17 Henna applied around last month has intensified (8) ENHANCED {HENNA*}{DEC<=}

21 Wild cats ? They're part of the pound (6) OUNCES [DD]

22 Traveller listed among cases coming up (5) NOMAD [T=]

24 Arrogant streak, you say ? (4) VAIN (~vein)

25 News or facts needed immediately lifted from sources (4) INFO Reverse Acrosic

Reference List

About = RE, Model = T, Street in Paris = RUE, New = N, Small = S, Fellow = F, Director = D, Girl = G, Son = S