No 14767, Tuesday 14 Apr 2026, Bruno

Artwork by Prasanna

Rangoli by Gowri

Solution to 22D has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered 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 answer, if not solved by 1 PM.

ACROSS

6   Long after love that's intimate (5) OPINE {PINE}<=>{O}

7   Declined to allow two aces access to thoroughfare (4,4) SLIP ROAD {SLI{PRO}{A}D}

10 Anger about working condition to make industrial source material (4,3) IRON ORE {IR{ON}{OR}E}

11 Artist part of paralympic association (7) PICASSO [T]

12 Blockbuster set in USA, perhaps minimally diverse? (7) WHITEST {W{HIT}EST}

13 Rejected work certain to contain essentially hated standpoint (7) POSTURE {OP<=}{S{haTed}URE}

14 Iconic discos moving North, leaving infection (11) COCCIDIOSIS {ICOnIC+DISCOS}*

19 Mum and uncle originally blocked rings with patches (4-3) LASH-UPS {LA{SH}{Un..e}PS}

21 Atheist, divorced, went all the way back for diamond (7) INFIELD INFI(-d)EL(+d)D

23 Power hub arbitrarily placed around plant (7) RHUBARB [T]

25 Record in text is put in front (7) PREPOSE {PR{EP}OSE}

26 Without being whipped, bun was baked and consumed (8) UNBEATEN {BUN*}{EATEN}

27 Small amounts of debris at sea crossing ocean's middle (5) DRIBS DeBRIS*

DOWN

1   Religious offender spread creationism without priests, often (8) SIMONIAC CreAtIONISM

2   Dwarf injected with hormone in the bottom and set of chromosomes (6) GENOME {G{h...nE}NOME}

3   Ensures area in school below a crest's levelled (10) ASCERTAINS {A}{IN}{S}<=>{A+CREST}*

4   Balloon with top blown off becomes slack (4) LIMP bLIMP

5   Part of Germany, bit of Netherlands, and South Africa overwhelmed by America's reversal (6) NASSAU {Ne...s} and {SA} in {USA<=}

6   Indian job was mostly transported outside India (6) OJIBWA {JOB+WAs}* over {I}

8   Radical laws to limit Islamic State bigots (7) RACISTS {R}{AC{IS}TS}

9   Old instruments spoil easy when often plucked (5) ROTES {ROT}{EaSy}

13 Asian character with long part of mouth in front (10) PHILIPPINE {PHI} and {PINE}<=>{LIP} Shouldn't that be FILIPINO? PHILLIPINE is the language

15 Old custom from Madras - regularly draining cadaverous fluid (7) COUVADE  CaDAVErOUs*

16 Setter, oddly, has only brothers... that could result in a heart attack (8) STENOSIS {SeTtEr}{NO SIS}

17 Extreme ritual - one's killed brutally (5) ULTRA RiTUAL*

18 Mum dropped off shakes for milk deliverers (6) UDDERS shUDDERS

20 Rejects vessels after start of strife by president (6) SPURNS {URNS}<=>{St..e}{P}

22 Lands top medal (6) F?E?D? {Addendum - FIELDS [DD] - See comments)

24 Dollar bill placed on the counter for nuts (4) BATS {S}{TAB}<=

Reference List

Ace = PRO, A, North = N, Mum = SH, Divorced = D, Record = EP(Extended Play), Area = A, School = S, Radical = R, Islamic State = IS, President = P, Dollar = S, Bill = TAB