No 14804, Wednesday 27 May 2026, Vidwan

 Solution to 1D 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

1   No loud part for someone like Tom Hanks (5) ACTOR fACTOR

4   One's school shift interrupted by female parent (4,5) ALMA MATER {AL{MAMA}TER}

9   Fitting a specialist job? Nearly! (7) APROPOS {A}{PRO}{POSt}

10 Plants explosive in a small car (7) ARNICAS {IN+A+S+CAR}*

11 Tree found in backward sacred lands (5) ALDER [T<=]

13 Like having slightly bulky core muscles (3) ABS {A{Bu..y}S}

15 Regularly flying in an order (5) ALIGN {A{fLyInG}N}

16 They banned English for you in the past (3) THY THeY

17 Tense, nervous youngsters (5) TEENS*

18 Volcanic rock, almost elementary (5) BASAL BASALt 

20 Shift to desired position and sleep around centre of bed (5) RESET {RES{bEd}T}

22 Greek deity of tear-jerking love (5) ERATO {TEAR*}{O}

23 Unhappy leader sent back for promotions (3) ADS (-s)AD(+s)S

24 Palindromic rule (5) TENET <=>

25 Hundred not out! (3) TON*

26 King looked set in harmony (5) KEYED {K}{EYED}

27 Star in race, nearly creating cataclysmic waves (7) TSUNAMI {T{SUN}AMIl}

29 Part of shower linen at Spooner's science club (4,3) BATH MAT (~math bat to bath mat)

31 Little less difficult clue! (9) MINUSCULE {MINUS}{CLUE*}

32 Issue with rebel children (5) BELCH [T]

DOWN

1   Whitish flower having lean bean (9) A?A?A?T?R ()

2   Wearily emend, perhaps determinedly! (7) TIREDLY {TIREDLY+EMEND}*=DETERMINEDLY [CA]

3   Almost spellbound by kind of underground music (3) RAP RAPt

4   Like playing games tune for solace (11) ASSUAGEMENT {AS}{GAMES+TUNE}*

5   Objective: Getting back untraceable soldiers (3) MIA<=

6   Lament about black press causing freezing of thought process (6,5) MENTAL BLOCK {LAMENT*}{B}{LOCK}

7   Diplomacy is about cold machinations (7) TACTICS {TACT}{I{C}S}

8   Sinner suffers without new chemical (5) RESIN SInNER*

12 Knock on the door! New start at Tata! (3-1-3-4) RAT-A-TAT-TATS*

14 Liable for legal action over stigma lasting for long (11) SUSTAINABLE {SUABLE} over {STAIN} 

19 Desperate, small time policeman getting into bar (4-5) LAST-DITCH {LA{S}{T}{DI}TCH}

21 Jain nuances perhaps from nice city (3,4) SAN JUAN {SAN+JUAN+NICE}*=JAIN+NUANCES [CA] 

23 A heartless lad, most petty and appalling (7) ABYSMAL {A}{BoY}{SMALl}

24 Symbol of child seems to be regularly ignored (5) TOTEM {TOT}{sEeMs}

28 Barely righteous acknowledgement of debt (3) IOU pIOUs

30 Deep vessel but overturned (3) TUB<=

Reference List

Loud = F, Small = S, English = E, King = K, Black = B, Cold = C, New = N, Time = T, Policeman = DI(Detective Inspector)