No 14819, Saturday 13 June 2026, Afterdark

 ACROSS
7 Pass surplus income (8) OVERTAKE {OVER}{TAKE}
9 Marvel character gets one leading cameraman's callback(6) ICEMAN {I}{Cameraman}{NAME<}

10 Directed to hail girl in front (4) GAVE {AVE}<=>{G}
11 Straying from purpose by accepting daughter's mistake endlessly (10) MEANDERING {D}{ERr} in {MEANING}
12 Ship officers' captain arrests one (6) BOSUNS {BOS{UN}S}
14 Director to acknowledge fine in front of everyone (8) DOWNFALL {D}{OWN}{F}{ALL} Where is the definition?
15 Departs as crowd enters ship (6) SCRAMS {S{CRAM}S}
17 Cat could be Welsh (6) CYMRIC [DD]

20 Fail to meet expectations in dislocating wolf and lion primarily (4,4) FALL DOWN {WOLF AND Lion}*
22 Suit is special, a leading designer brought to East and South (6) SPADES {SP}{A}{Designer}{E}{S}

23 Page dear Bob, pa ordered material for making boxes (10) PAPERBOARD {P DEAR BOB PA}* One B is extra and one R missing from fodder
24 Star featuring in love games (4) VEGA [T]

25 Tips from co-star included new editing methods applied in movies (6) CINEMA [Acrostic]
26 Assume control of profits at head office absolutely for the most part (4,4) TAKE OVER {TAKE}{Office}{VERy}

DOWN
1 Pilots are new navigators? No, not good (8) AVIATORS {nAVIgATORS} Anagram indicator, new, not required?
2 Not starting rush for egg (4) URGE {sURGE}
3 Grandmother in Chennai's at leading sanatorium unit (6) GAMMAS {G}{AMMA}{Sanatorium} Unit or Units?
4 Diana and Edward; in the absence of love, some sex always faded (4,4) DIED AWAY {DI}{ED}{AlWAYs}
5 Silly errata sinking company that is in solid ground (5,5) TERRA FIRMA {ERRATA}* around {FIRM}
6 Erotic Four chucked out of festival (6) CARNAL {CARNivAL}
8 Antelopes found on ground in El Salvador (6) ELANDS {E{LAND}S}

13 Not a fake explosive planted around half of Kiev is unmitigated (10) UNRELIEVED {UNREaL}{I{kiEV}ED}
16 Township in Ontario has natural light (8) MOONBEAM [DD]
18 Churchmen with no answer? Sacrilege in disguise (8) CLERGIES {SaCRILEGE}*
19 Determined to get an apartment near nurse's residence in the front (6) ENRAPT {APT}<=>{EN}{Residence} Definition Ok?
21 An auditors spies a plant (6) ACACIA {A}{CA}{CIA}

22 American back's fine, being behind Germany for all to see is a puzzle (6) SUDOKU {US<}+{OK}<=>{D}+{U}
24 Instrument is available for 5 + 10 + 50 (4) VIOL {V}{IO}{L}

Reference List

One=1=I, Girl=G, Daughter=D, One=Un, Director=D, Fine=F, Ship=SS, Special=Sp, East=E, South=S, Not Good=NG, Grand=G, Diana=Di, Edward=Ed, Love=L, Four=IV, El Salvador=ES, Explosive=IED, Answer=A, Apartment=Apt, Nurse=EN (Enrolled Nurse), American=US, Germany=D, For All to see=U (Universal), 5=V, 10=IO, 50=L.