The Hindu Cryptic on Sunday No 25, Sunday 12 Oct 2025, Bruno

ACROSS

6   Customer of Uber travelling with Waymo, essentially (5) BUYER {UBER+waYmo}*

7   Uranium and oxygen found in liquid, impure metal (8) EUROPIUM {U} and {O} in {IMPURE}*

10 Grill memsahib a chicken slice (7) HIBACHI [T]

11 African city's existing Radical Left arrested in first half of year (7) YAOUNDE {Y{ArOUND}Ear}

12 Parked cars often held following beer smuggling in Vermont (7) VALETED {hElD}<=>{V{ALE}T}

13 Plain couple that is heading to Raleigh is boring (7) PRAIRIE {PAIR}{IE} over {Ra...h}

14 Company party returning on one condition - all team and executive leaders to work together (11) COLLABORATE {CO}{BALL<=}{OR}{All}{Team}{Ex...e} 

19 Spy slinking around block with head of agency - they usually come out at night (7) PYJAMAS {PY{JAM}{Ag...y}S*}

21 After Spanish snack give extra money on counter with soft sound (3-1-3) PIT-A-PAT {TAPA}{TIP}<=

23 Setter's beloved American power! (7) IMPETUS {I'M}{PET}{US}

25 Navy entered Palestinian land chasing gold and silk-like material (7) ORGANZA {GA{N}ZA}<=>{OR}

26 One with college degree raged at organization over unemployment mainly (8) GRADUATE {RAGED+AT}* over {Un...t}

27 Country's name etched in clothing (5) TONGA {TO{N}GA}

DOWN

1   Extremely shady man - upperclass conservative - fired rural representative (8) SYMBOLIC {ShadY}{M}BOLI{C} Anno pending (Addendum - {ShadY}{M}{BucOLIC} - See comments)

2   A great deal of ricotta is rendered with fabric made with wool (6) TRICOT {TRICOT+A}*=RICOTTA [CA}

3   Original inhabitants rinsed and cleaned, I assumed (3,7) RED INDIANS {RINSED+AND}* over {I}

4   Boring 12 months, lacking hint of anything good coming up (4) GREY {YEaR}{G}<=

5   Stove's rough edge catching knee regularly (6) BURNER {BUR{kNeE}R}

6   What gets him going in struggle? Mostly conduct (6) BEHAVE {BE{HAV}E} Anno not clear

8   American pressure to acquire black gold used up in proportion (3,4) PRO RATA {A}{TAR}{OR}{P}<=

9   X's supported by extremists in elitist rule (5) TENET {TEN}{El...sT}

13 Dismissed rings echoing over bed, covering face (4-6) POOH-POOHED {HOOP<=}{HOOP<=}{bED}

15 Pound, counterfeited without crux of data gets restricted (7) LIMITED {L}{IMITatED}

16 Old person breaking pinata regularly's a champion (8) EXPONENT {EX{Pi{ONE}NaTa}

17 Insect in photograph identified (5) APHID [T]

18 Handicrafts making a comeback at spinning classes (6) STRATA {ARTS<=}{AT<=}

20 Judiciary cleared restricting copyright for joke? (6) JAPERY {Ju...rY} over {APE}{R}

22 Revealing clothes hiding hard leg muscles, showing middle of hamstring (6) TIGHTS {ThIGHS} over {h..sTr..g}

24 Hard tissue of abs chiseled at the top after cycling (4) SCAB {(-ab)S{Ch...d}(+ab)AB} I don't think this works

Reference List

Radical = R, Navy = N, Name = N, Man = M, Upperclass = U, Conservative = C, Good = G, American = A, Pressure = P, Pound = L, Right = R, Hard = H