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ACROSS
1 Flier and mother right at home (6)
5 Catch off-guard uprisers in a riot (8)
9 To begin with build a compound for church (8)
10 Take care of one short tissue (6)
11 Criminal spoofer leaving electronic evidences (6)
12 Descriptions in record by theist altered (8)
13 Missiles, mostly from commander is returned (4)
14 Kind of second grade awful novel hidden by teen perhaps (10)
16 He smirks naughtily engaging one soprano in arguments (10)
18 Huge tank guarding borders finally (4)
20 Potential loser using drug? Gone! (8)
22 Effect of fantastic lustre (6)
23 Shoot girl with clip (6)
24 Wonderful food! My best recipe originated primarily in continent (8)
25 Judges later managed to review reports (8)
26 Some drank arak in Turkish city (6)
DOWN
2 Am following a gran setting this type of clue (7)
3 Flag in court I roll almost roughly (9)
4 Catches mollusc with head down (5)
5 Rats! He's sneaking deceptively, a treacherous person (5,2,3,5)
6 Fetches bush with local officials of town as per Spooner (9)
7 Not opening section in estate (5)
8 Cut down fresh thorns around trees essentially (7)
14 Covers crown put up in unseen area (5,4)
15 Vet locks initially ill collapsing farm animals (9)
17 Kelvin with articles about DNA editing in this language (7)
19 Without hesitation orderlies working for army man (7)
21 Mathematician's base rule is complex (5)
22 Plant among shrub I added (5)
10A: Tendon (Tend + one - e)
ReplyDelete14A: Benevolent (B+ novel + teen )*
25A: Narrates (ran <= + rates)
4D: Nails (Snails - s)
17D: Kannada (K + an + (DNA*) + a)
26a ANKARA= turkish city
ReplyDeletedrANKARAk in(T)
11a PROOFS=evidences
{SPOOF(-e)R}*
1a MARTIN=flier
MA=mother, RT=right, IN=at home
9a BASILICA=church
ReplyDeleteBU̶i̶l̶d̶+A+ SILICA(compound)
5a SURPRISE =catch off guard
(UPRISERS)*
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ReplyDelete12A EPITHETS-descriptions; record {EP}, {THEIST}* altered
ReplyDelete2d
ReplyDeleteAnagram =this type of clue
(Am+a gran)*
3d
DeleteFlag=tricolour
Roll mostly =rol
(Court I +rol)=tricolour
5d
DeleteA treacherous person=snake in the grass
(Rats he's sneaking)*= snake in the grass
8d
DeleteCut down=shorten
Trees essentially =e
(Thorns+e)*=shorten
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Delete22D. RUBIA - telescopic - sh(rub I a)dded - it is a flowering plant of the coffee family
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