No 14812, Friday 05 Jun 2026, Arden

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ACROSS

1   Well, takes seconds to create trouble (6) HASSLE {HA{S}{S}LE} 

4   Yearns to get help for a medical complaint (8) DIABETES {DI{ABET}ES}

9   Song about ultimate love and beginning of love in the air (6) AERIAL {A{lovE}RIA}{Love}

10 Chasm created before fleece (8) CASHMERE {CHASM*}{ERE}

12 VIPs were all over the place for advance shows (8) PREVIEWS* 

13 Outlook of a group that keeps quiet (6) ASPECT {A}{S{P}ECT}

15 Perhaps organise team for a threesome (6,1,5) MENAGE A TROIS*

18 Nothing under the closet - showing insincere affection (8,4) CUPBOARD LOVE {LOVE}<=>{CUPBOARD}

21 Turns out taking drug causes disturbance (6) UNREST {UNR{E}ST*}

22 Nickname for Charlie -"Go back only with women" (8) COGNOMEN {C}{GO<=}{NO MEN}

24 Spray is not working - discard (8) JETTISON {JET}{IS+NOT}*

25 One sits quietly before God in a holy place (6) ASHRAM {A}{SH}{RAM}

26 Perhaps Robert's getting a tan (8) BROWNING [DD]

27 French city where Poles take a bet (6) NANTES {N}{ANTE}{S}

DOWN

1   Spooner's bio-fuel, prominence is for a refrigerator (4,4) HEAT PUMP (~peat hump to heat pump)

2   Theatre people and their desire in their progenies (8) SURGEONS {S{URGES}ONS}

3   No.1 quiz that prompts the answer wanted (7,8) LEADING QUESTION {LEADING}{QUESTION}

5   Some aspirants are from this country (4) IRAN [HIPS]

6   Abandon Asia - he is happy with national language (6,9) BAHASA INDONESIA {ABANDON+HE+IS+HAPPY}* 

7   Essays she set to rewrite (6) THESES*

8   Arrange seats, one comes in for some rest (6) SIESTA {S{1}ESTA*}

11 Trust the fancy brew, say (5,2) SWEAR BY*

14 Tense on ground? That's betrayal (7) TREASON {T}{REASON}

16 To millions and millions conservative rise is rubbish (8) TOMMYROT {TO}{M}{M}{TORY<=}

17 These are perhaps writers' assumed title (3,5) PEN NAMES {PEN{NAME}S} &lit

19 State wordplay for an injection (6) PUNJAB {PUN}{JAB}

20 Compelled to include the final prayer at the shrine (6) GROTTO {GO TO} over {p...eR}

23 Tough to proceed (4) GOON {GO ON}

Reference List

Second = S, before = ERE, Quiet = P, Drug = E, Charlie = C, Poles = N,S, Tense = T, Millions = M