No 13721, Saturday 26 Nov 2022, Bruno

ACROSS

1   Beliefs of Native American tribe's detractors lacking contents (6) CREEDS {CREE}{De...rS}

4   Put ring on love, love-bird! (6) HOOPOO {HOOP}{0}{0}

8   One that runs away from love keen to hide beginnings of emotional reawakening (7)  AVOIDER {AV{0}ID}{Em...l}{Re...g}

9   Second player knocked out of knockout rounds gets rewards (7) PAYOFFS PlAYOFFS

11 Online article's truly with spirit (10) ETHEREALLY {E}{THE}{REALLY}

12 Resounding ego controlling Republican monster? (4) OGRE {OG{R}E*}

13 Spa building separated from hospital made of stone (5) LITHO HOspITaL*

14 Hereditary unit regressing in group that's breaking promise (8) RENEGING {R{GENE<=}ING}

16 Obscure name: "Le'Dainian" framed and decorated (8) ENAMELED [T]

18 Injuries on end of skullcap displayed by homeless people (5)  BUMPS {BUM{s...aP}S}

20 Fish's tailfin hiding in rock (4) DACE  DAnCE

21 UN rationed supply for labour organization (5,5) TRADE UNION*

23 Wound up twin chasing action regularly for entertainment (7) CINEMAS {SAME<=}<=>{aCtIoN}

24 Country collapsing into sea (7) ESTONIA*

25 Talk of unknown matter lacking mass (6) YATTER {Y}{mATTER}

26 A stiff back (6) ASTERN {A}{STERN}

DOWN

1   Animal's surprisingly active after chopping head off (5) CIVET aCTIVE*

2   Famous poem in entire extract (7) EMINENT [T]

3   Stop the Spanish digging into earth for fossil fuel (6,3) DIESEL OIL {DIE}{S{EL}OIL}

5   Company sent off travelling voyager with egg (5) OVARY VOYAgeR*

6   Continue to give priest and rector tea - nothing's lost (7) PROLONG {P}{R}{OoLONG}

7   Gifts of iron bands (9) OFFERINGS {OF}{FE}{RINGS}

10 Red Scot's from American South (9) FLORIDIAN {FLORID}{IAN}

13 Being straight? In reality - it's strange (9) LINEARITY*

15 Royalty? No thanks... (9) NOBLESSES {NO}{BLESSES} 

17 Actress sat with me - and we got drunk (3,4) MAE WEST {SAT+ME+WE}*

19 A nervous handler starts visiting spy at a portal to the underworld? (7) MANHOLE {M{A}{Ne...s}{Ha...r}OLE}

21 One dodged abuse for business (5) TRADE TiRADE

22 Working with interest at functioning plant (5) ONION {ON}{I}{ON}

Reference List

Online = E, Republican = R, Mass = M, The in Spanish = EL, Company = GE, Priest = P, Rector = R

No 13720, Friday 25 Nov 2022, Hypatia

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ACROSS

8   Hold a clumsy little kid's drum (6) DHOLAK {HOLD+A}*}{Kid}

9   A Frenchman pursuing alliance starts to improve condition of body's structure (8) ANATOMIC {A}{M}<=>{NATO} and {Im...e}{Co...n}

10 Avoided key bit lacking capacitance (8) ESCHEWED {ESC}{cHEWED}

11 Anticipating and jumping out of parachutes initially (6) HOPING HOPpING

12 Princess bursts out in troubles (8) DISTURBS {DI}{BURSTS*}

13 Chuck out buns, eating sandwiches (6) UNSEAT [T]

14 Opposed to a good man taking advantage (7) AGAINST {A}{GAIN}{ST}

17 Creatures wandering this place with us (7) TERRACE (terrace+us=creatures)

20 Gulf national in squad regularly backing international spy (6) QATARI {sQuAd} with {I}{RAT}<=

22 Partly explain for media expert (8) INFORMED [T]

25 In one university, mind's controlled (6) INDIUM {1+U+MIND}* 

26 Persistent entry in a procrastinator's schedule? (3,5) NOT TODAY [CD]

27 Lasting kiss inside and outside (8) EXTERNAL {E{X}TERNAL}

28 Go past electronic circuits in broadcast (6) ELAPSE {E}{(~laps)LAPSE}

DOWN

1   Social distancing? (8) GHOSTING [CD]

2   Heading out, brazen husband and American model dated (3-3) OLD-HAT {bOLD}{H}{A}{T}

3   Pin frock's bottom hemmed by tailor (6) SKEWER {S{f..cK}EWER}

4   Rest had become impossible (7) HARDEST*

5   Spooner kept small animal in crazy place (8) MADHOUSE (~had mouse to madhouse)

6   Poet's approach, say a conundrum (8) COMPOSER {(~come)COM}{POSER}

7   Frequently Azhar tours local Indian's first plant (6) ZINNIA {aZhAr} over {INN}{In...s}

15 New game is featuring hot pictures (8) IMAGINES {GAME+IS}* over {IN}

16 Cargo of fashionable people blocking road (8) SHIPMENT {S{HIP}{MEN}T}

18 Crack Spooner, perhaps behind in Church (8) CREVASSE {C{REV}{ASS}E}

19 Say, Madras bashai is picked up in gestures (7) SIGNALS {SLANG}{IS}<=

21 Sack holding up hair dye essentially for extension (6) ANNEXE {A{hENNa<=}XE}

23 Chain female dog without lead (6) FETTER {F}{sETTER}

24 Like port and juice basically above wines (6) RIOJAS {AS}<=>{RIO}{Ju..e}

Reference List

Frenchman = M, Key = ESC, Capacitance = C, Princess = DI, International = I, University = U, Kiss = X, Electronic = E, Husband = H, American = A, Model = T, Local = INN, Hot = IN, Church = CE, Female = F

No 13719, Thursday 24 Nov 2022, Dr. X

Solution to 4D 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.

ACROSS

1   Where one might play footsie secretly (5,3,5) UNDER THE TABLE [C&DD]

8   Cleric in church eating piece of cake (5) CINCH [T]

9   Worrying in bar about physical assault (7-2) BEATING-UP {B{EATING}UP<=}

11 Friend lives with single model inside small house (10) MAISONETTE {MA{IS}{ONE}{T}TE}

12 Stop wasting time and bowl over (4) STUN STUNt

14 Drunkard turned very very loud - put away (4,3) TOSS OFF {SOT<=}{SO}{FF}

16 Greek character involved in abominable crime is a quack (7) EMPIRIC {EM{PI}RIC*}

17 More annoyed as rogue irritates, crossing limits (7) RATTIER iRRITATEs

19 Holler about revolutionary physical training for athletic event (4,3) SHOT PUT {SHO{PT<=}UT}

21 Frail guy eating round hybrid fruit (4) UGLI [T<=]

22 Notes girl cuddling gangster after drink (10) MARGINALIA {MAR{GIN}{AL}IA}

25 Welcome a boy into chamber and enjoy oneself enormously (4,1,4) HAVE A BALL {H{AVE}{A}{B}ALL}

26 Lie back, start to observe fine digital publication (1-4) E-BOOK {BE<=}{Ob...e}{OK}

27 Exaggerate with wild promises? Have to win election primarily (13) OVEREMPHASISE {PROMISES+HAVE]* over {El...n}

DOWN

2   Fools made noise, expressing obscenities at entrance outside bar (7) NINNIES {NoISE}* over {INN}

3   Elaborate on the rationale relating to study of cultures (10) ETHNOLOGIC {ON+THE}*{LOGIC}

4   Son avoids fast food (5) T?B?E (Addendum - TABLE sTABLE - See comments)

5   Accuracy of former player, sacrificing rook for knight (9) EXACTNESS {EX}{ACT(-r+n)NESS}

6   Chief is avoiding drinks in retreat? I very much doubt it! (2,2) AS IF [T<=]

7   The girl's exercising to get thinner (7) LIGHTER*

8   Achieve heavenly body, hot and rugged (4,7) COME THROUGH {COMET}{H}{ROUGH}

10 Captain's reckless plan causing episode of intense anxiety (5,6) PANIC ATTACK {CAPTAIN*}{TACK} 

13 Motive in a leak about officials (10) APPOINTEES {POINT} in {A}{SEEP<=}

15 Warning given by gun-wielding gangster (4,5) FIRE ALARM  {FIRE{AL}ARM}

18 Brief report on oral exam coming up in Middle Eastern city (3,4) TEL AVIV {TELl}{VIVA<=}

20 Revolting indiscretion involving immoral ones found in bedroom (7) PILLOWS {PIL{LOW}S<=}

23 Pull up champion in ravine (5) GULCH {LUG<=}{CH}

24 Couple split up over a little argument (4) PAIR {RI{Ar...t}P<=}

Reference List

Model = T, Time = T, Very loud = FF, Physical training = PT, Gangster = AL, Boy = B, Son = S, Rook = R, Knight = N, Hot = H, Champion = CH