No 14856, Monday 27 Jul 2026, Bruno

Solution to 6D has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only 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  College's appeal to get girl fired causes uproar (7) CLAMOUR {C}{gLAMOUR}

7   Upset as Southern township disappears mysteriously (7) UNHORSE SOUtHERN* Township/T ?

9   Artificial intelligence confuses oil for sauce (5) AIOLI {AI}{OIL*}

10 Yahoo taken in by scoundrel here regularly, that bird-brain! (9) CHICKADEE {C{HICK}AD}{hErE} What's the role of 'brain'?

11 Green sea bubbles round America — with no form (7) GASEOUS {G}{SEA*}{O}{US}

13 Improve menu by removing first item — and putting in place on the counter (4,2) TUNE UP {PU{mENU}T}<=

15 Engine's top injures people often, when falling (3,10) JET PROPULSION {TOP+INJURES+PeOpLe}*

19 Communist seems exposed giving pay off (6) REDEEM {RED}{sEEMs}

20 City girl mostly surrounded by girls outside work (7) GLASGOW {G}{LASs}{G}{O}{W}

23 Encourage counterfeit notes, essentially to be hidden (9) STIMULATE {S{noTes}IMULATE}

24 It might bail out one? (5) ALIBI {BAIL}*<=>{A} Semi&lit

26 Hint of hardness in one building material (7) SHINGLE {S{Ha...s}INGLE}

27 With Siri, this Christmas symbol can be arranged religiously (4,3) YULE LOG {YULE LOG+SIRI}*=RELIGIOUSLY [CA]

DOWN

1   Root of black oppression, mainly (4) TARO {TAR}{Op...n}

2   One could start a chain reaction in fashion - I'm oddly aroused (6) DOMINO [T<=]

3   Rigour in case of emergency arising during prison riots (9) PRECISION {ICE<=} in {PRISON}*

4   Jars of drinks containing fish (5-3) SHAKE-UPS {S{HAKE}UPS}

5   Dancer's goal — release a sad lullaby (10)  CRADLESONG {DANCERS+GOaL}*

6   Mission: convert neutral to become radical (6) C?A?G? (Addendum CHARGE CHA(-n+r)RGE - See comments)

7   One money for all boomerangs (4) UNIT {TIN}{U}<=

8   Free of former partner's influence, sweetheart's finally liberated (6) EXEMPT {EX}{tEMPT}

12 One has to stay under that quietly during idle times, perhaps (5,5) SPEED LIMIT {P} in {IDLE+TIMES}*

14 Famous psychiatrist's support led to setter's recovery — it's a childhood thing (6,3) JUNGLE GYM {JUNG}{LEG}{MY<=}

16 Jump to conclusion that half of jury is consumed by power and greed when assembled (8) PREJUDGE {JUry} in {P}{GREED*}

17 Credit is India's major problem (6) CRISIS {CR}{IS}{I'S}

18 Morning — daylight's beginning to come off canopy (6) AWNING dAWNING

21 Fertile horse with large, great heart (6) ARABLE {ARAB}{L}{grEat}

22 Very alcoholic drink... causes depression (4) VALE {V}{ALE}

25 Lazy creep avoids society (4) IDLE sIDLE

Reference List

College = C, Girl = G, Yahoo = HICK, Green = G, Outside = O, Work = W, In case of emergency = ICE, Neutral = N, Radical = R, For all = U, Quietly = P, Power = P, Credit = CR, India = I, Horse = ARAB, Large = L, Very = V, Society = S