No 14606, Monday 06 October 2025, Karaoke

Solution to 11D 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

1   Feel indignation about missing first award (6) RESENT pRESENT

4   Expert shot to contain almost well-built outlaw (8) PROHIBIT {PRO}{{HI{BIg}T}

9   First and second pocketed by soldiers (6) MAIDEN {M{AID}EN}

10 Yahoo has to bring in woman with brown hair (8) BRUNETTE {BRU{NET}TE}

12 OK, none left, quite contrary (3,5) ALL RIGHT [C&DD]

13 Despises intensely missing parking in dizzy bar hops (6) ABHORS {BAR+HOpS}*

15 Avoid channel ignoring time for kids mainly (4) DUCK DUC(-t+k)K

17 Man, gents' room mainly in ruins, so... (10)  STRENGTHEN {GENTS+Room}*{THEN}

19 ...You will do this when things are terribly taking time (10) STRAIGHTEN {THINGS+ARE}* over {T}

20 Many cycling for an opening in the organisation (4)  SLOT (+s)SLOT(-s)

23 Group of four in illegal trade with model (6) TETRAD {T} in {TRADE}*

24 Flying or sailing? No good to go (8) AVIATION nAVIgATION

27 Film duck swimming underwater without breathing equipment (8) SKINDIVE {SKIN}{DIVE}

28 Save Conservative from fire, that is more coloured with embers (6) ASHIER cASHIER

29 Japanese dish from Tokyo mostly cooked with a mirin essentially (8) YAKITORI {TOKYo+A+mIRIn}*

30 Hitmen shot one going for a song (6) ANTHEM H(-i+a)ATMEN*

DOWN

1   Butter and most of dairy destroyed in robbery in store (3-4) RAM-RAID {RAM}{DAIRy}*

2   Immobile cashboxes on rotation (5) STILL (+s)STILL(-s)

3   Noises disturbing the activity of the intellect (6) NOESIS*

5   Exceptional rule long time back (4) RARE {R}{ERA<=}

6   Spooner's forbidden ugly women with reticules (8) HANDBAGS (banned hags to handbags)

7   Model entering exotic hotel with bar for marriage proposal (9) BETROTHAL {T} in {HOTEL+BAR}*

8   Trotsky essentially the main cause for mutiny (7) TREASON {troTsky}{REASON}

11 Calling rogues as animals? (7) ?H?T?H? (Addendum - CHETAHS (~cheaters) - Wrongly spelt)

14 Merit of book, readers heartily finished first reading (7) DESERVE  {rESERVE}<=>{reaDers}

16 Maybe magicians' favourite vehicle, mainly dirty to take for a ride (4,5) CARD TRICK {CAR}{Di..y}{TRICK}

18 Indian buffet in extremely great cocktail (3,3,2) GIN AND IT {Gre{INDIAN}*aT}

19 In a manner of speaking, alcoholic is extremely oblivious, yes (2,2,3) SO TO SAY {SOT}{Ob...uS}{AY}

21 Beginning of tooth cavity causes fit of rage (7) TANTRUM {To..h}{ANTRUM}

22 Endlessly flattering Sultana (6) RAISIN pRAISINg

25 Language, it is before setter (5) IRISH {IRISH setter}

26 State of public house mostly ignoring time (4) AVER tAVERn

 

Reference List

Parking = P, Time = T, Model = T, No = N, Good = G, Conservative = C, Rule = R, Reading = R