No 14912, Thursday, 01 Oct 2026, Hypatia

Solution to 28A 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

7   Fan boy dancing around extremely brave girl in main area (3,2,6) BAY OF BENGAL {FAN+BOY}* Over {BravE} and {GAL}

8   Cool stuff kept in kitchen, frequently (3) ICE kItChEn

10 Breakfast food includes deliciously light item for starters (4) IDLI Acrostic

11 Place with bars in state wasting bachelor's time? (5) TIHAR (-b+t)TIHAR

12 Right from list in podcast (4) LIEN Anno pending

13 In France, good backing the aristocrat (5) NOBLE {BON<=}{LE} 

15 British actors terribly bored by promotion in show (9) BROADCAST {B+ACTORS}* over {AD}

16 Model on magazine / paper (6) TISSUE {T}{ISSUE}

18 Daughter first abandoned strays (6) DRIFTS {D}{FIRST*}

21 Doctor to those having power — a therapist (9) OSTEOPATH {TO+THOSE}* over {P}{A}

23 Categories of nasty pests (5) TYPES [T]

25 Mammals oddly avoided a plant (4) AMLA {mAmMaLs}{A}

26 Fleece customers at the end, after independent portraits (5) ICONS {CON}{c...rS}<={I}

27 Daily plan's incomplete (4) CHAR CHARt

28 Snake vanishing with insect (3) ?S? 

29 Peril of an important position (4,7) HIGH PROFILE {PERIL+OF}* [RA]

DOWN

1   Style of cooking indoor at spreads (8) TANDOORI*

2   Drive near huge unending desert (4) GOBI {GO}{BIg}

3   Boat capsizing every now and then had to sink (5) ABATE {BoAt<=}{ATE}

4   Secures Emcees (7) ANCHORS {DD]

5   Spooner's simple palm accessory (8) HAIRBAND (~bare hand to hairband)

6   Entrance of conservative church blocked behind (6) ACCESS {C}{CE} in {ASS}

9   Enthusiasm of star ultimately settling in American Hollywood's home (8) ALACRITY {staR} in {A}{LA CITY}

14 Criminal saves gal in Sin City (3,5) LAS VEGAS*

17 Obscene clip shot in retreat (8)  EXPLICIT {EX{CLIP*}IT}

19 Tips from Spooner to understand stories (8) TOENAILS (~know tales to toenails)

20 Decline an award (7) ATROPHY {A}{TROPHY}

22 Almost identical like old inverted triangular snack (6) SAMOSA {SAMe}{AS+O<=}

24 Unlawfully seize using reprobate political leaders! (5) USURP Acrostic &lit

27 Outlet that serves public a few sandwiches (4) CAFE [T]

Reference List

Bachelor = B, Time = T, Good in French = BON, The in French = LE, British = B, Promotion = AD, Model = T, Daughetr = D, Power = P, Conservative = C, Church = CE, American = A, Old = O