No 14771, Saturday 18 Apr 2026, Saral

 ACROSS
7 Repeat part of flamenco recording (6) ENCORE [T]
8 Engineers responsible for sure (8) RELIABLE {RE}{LIABLE}
9 Spooner says playing with kitty in space for vehicle (7,3) PARKING LOT {Spoonerism of LARKING POT}
10 Unfortunately missing grand parties (4) ALAS {gALAS}
11 I held capital? (3,5) NEW DELHI {I HELD}* [RA]
12 Slippery creature back near passage in room (6) LEEWAY {EEL<}{WAY}
13 Study government quotas including say, groups (13) CONGREGATIONS {CON}{G}{R{EG}ATIONS}
16 A magistrate initially probing a big agitation in country (6) GAMBIA {A}{Magistrate} inside {A BIG}*

18 Check article about corrupt leader of Tories with Liberal (8) THROTTLE {TH{ROT}{Tories}{L}E}
21 Song of Hungarians (4) ARIA [HIPS]
22 The same model worker gets a rise? (10) TANTAMOUNT {T}{ANT}{A}{MOUNT}
23 Mother's catching large fat ducks (8) MALLARDS {MA'S} around {L}{LARD}

24 Fixed cool temporary shelter (6) INTENT {IN}{TENT}

DOWN
1 Attack girl forcing out Republican in anger (6) ENGAGE {EN(-r+G)AGE}
2 Watched professor tipping abandoned koel egg (6,2) LOOKED ON {DON}<=>{KOEL O}*
3 Officer picked up substance (6) KERNEL {~COLONEL}
4 Throwing pellet at bloody thing (8) PLATELET*
5 Coat often hid by pale window dressing (6) FACADE {CoAt} inside {FADE}
6 Reference books of a student, graduate against screening rejected (8) ALMANACS {A}{L}{MA}{SCAN<}

8 Sadly tenors losing large musical group (7,6) ROLLING STONES {TENORS+LOSING+L}*

13 Presiding officer from Switzerland with pilot (8) CHAIRMAN {CH}{AIRMAN}
14 French leaving type of telescopes in nuclear facilities (8) REACTORS {REfrACTORS}

15 Remote settlements one under the protection of soldiers primarily near borders of Texas (8) OUTPOSTS {One Under The Protection Of Soldiers}{TexaS}
17 Fights and roars clasping fighter finally (6) BRAWLS {BAWLS} around {fighteR}
19 Crew member in endless argument with angry aide (6) ROADIE {ROw}{AIDE*}
20 Stripes across new materials (6) LINENS {LINE{N}S}

Reference List

Engineers=RE (Royal Engineers), Grand=G, Government=G, Say=eg (for example), Liberal=L, Model=T, Large=L, Girl=G, Republican=R, Egg=O, Student=L, Graduate=MA, Switzerland=Ch, French=Fr, New=N.