No 14566, Monday 18 Aug 2025, Afterdark

Solution to 4D 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   Set up home on land (7) INSTATE {IN}{STATE}

7   Setback on tour, second on second test (7) RELAPSE {RE}{LAP}{S}{tEst}

9   Receiver on training? Yes, internal (5) PAYEE {P{AYE}E}

10 English stall fight (9) ENCOUNTER {EN}{COUNTER}

11 Stew! Laughs raucously after taking a round (7) GOULASH {G{O}ULASH*}

13 Reside divinely without limits for a change (4,2) LIVE IN dIVINELy*

15 Property I have on headland is on use (13) EFFECTIVENESS {EFFECT}{IVE}{NESS}

19 Accord with company and US university on the last day (6) COMITY {CO}{MIT}{daY}

20 New series? At last you dug into a copy (7) REISSUE {REISS{yoU}E*}

23 Heartless hatred & hard? No, it's a show (9) SPLENDOUR {SPLeEN}{DOUR}

24 Letters from Putin trolling presentation (5) INTRO [T]

26 Handheld device has limitless alphabets; it's a mess (7) PHABLET aLPHABETs*

27 England on both sides of borders, concealing (7) ECLIPSE {E}{CLIPS}{E}

DOWN

1   Pale like gutted hubby (4) ASHY {AS}{HubbY}

2   Arrived with artist and snapper, say (6) CAMERA {CAME}{RA}

3   Type of lens used by predecessor (9) TELEPHOTO [DBE]

4   Replacing one by one, suggestion that it's a mirage (8) ?L?U?I?N (Addendum - ILLUSION (-a+i)ILLUSION - See comments)

5   Hope oats is cooked well and becomes an ideal example (10) APOTHEOSIS*

6   Challenge imperfect undergraduate on numbers (6) IMPUGN {IMP}{UG}{N}

7   Energetic orchestra? Cynical nearly (4) RACY [T]

8   Mistake with commission (6) ERRAND {ERR}{AND}

12 Angry unfair mail, that's strange (10) UNFAMILIAR*

14 Always immature to pine, say (9) EVERGREEN {EVER}{GREEN}

16 Inside president angled with a knot (8) ENTANGLE [T]

17 Cats runs around having drink and misbehaves (4,2) ACTS UP {ACT*}{SUP} Should have been CAT and not CATS

18 Request individual? Go away (6) BEGONE {BEG}{ONE}

21 I primarily contracted lice infection leading to cold spike (6) ICICLE {I}{Co...d}{LICE*}

22 Ball placed in carpet is in wide ditch (4) MOAT {M{O}AT}

25 Record a form of dance (European) (4) TAPE {TAP}{E}

Reference List

Home = IN, Tour = LAP, Second = S, Training = PE, English = EN, Company = CO, English = E, Artist = RA, Undergraduate = UG, Numbers = N, European = E