No 14606, Monday 06 October 2025, Karaoke

Solution to 11D 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 solve, if not solved by 1 PM.

ACROSS

1   Feel indignation about missing first award (6) RESENT pRESENT

4   Expert shot to contain almost well-built outlaw (8) PROHIBIT {PRO}{{HI{BIg}T}

9   First and second pocketed by soldiers (6) MAIDEN {M{AID}EN}

10 Yahoo has to bring in woman with brown hair (8) BRUNETTE {BRU{NET}TE}

12 OK, none left, quite contrary (3,5) ALL RIGHT [C&DD]

13 Despises intensely missing parking in dizzy bar hops (6) ABHORS {BAR+HOpS}*

15 Avoid channel ignoring time for kids mainly (4) DUCK DUC(-t+k)K

17 Man, gents' room mainly in ruins, so... (10)  STRENGTHEN {GENTS+Room}*{THEN}

19 ...You will do this when things are terribly taking time (10) STRAIGHTEN {THINGS+ARE}* over {T}

20 Many cycling for an opening in the organisation (4)  SLOT (+s)SLOT(-s)

23 Group of four in illegal trade with model (6) TETRAD {T} in {TRADE}*

24 Flying or sailing? No good to go (8) AVIATION nAVIgATION

27 Film duck swimming underwater without breathing equipment (8) SKINDIVE {SKIN}{DIVE}

28 Save Conservative from fire, that is more coloured with embers (6) ASHIER cASHIER

29 Japanese dish from Tokyo mostly cooked with a mirin essentially (8) YAKITORI {TOKYo+A+mIRIn}*

30 Hitmen shot one going for a song (6) ANTHEM H(-i+a)ATMEN*

DOWN

1   Butter and most of dairy destroyed in robbery in store (3-4) RAM-RAID {RAM}{DAIRy}*

2   Immobile cashboxes on rotation (5) STILL (+s)STILL(-s)

3   Noises disturbing the activity of the intellect (6) NOESIS*

5   Exceptional rule long time back (4) RARE {R}{ERA<=}

6   Spooner's forbidden ugly women with reticules (8) HANDBAGS (banned hags to handbags)

7   Model entering exotic hotel with bar for marriage proposal (9) BETROTHAL {T} in {HOTEL+BAR}*

8   Trotsky essentially the main cause for mutiny (7) TREASON {troTsky}{REASON}

11 Calling rogues as animals? (7) ?H?T?H? (Addendum - CHETAHS (~cheaters) - Wrongly spelt)

14 Merit of book, readers heartily finished first reading (7) DESERVE  {rESERVE}<=>{reaDers}

16 Maybe magicians' favourite vehicle, mainly dirty to take for a ride (4,5) CARD TRICK {CAR}{Di..y}{TRICK}

18 Indian buffet in extremely great cocktail (3,3,2) GIN AND IT {Gre{INDIAN}*aT}

19 In a manner of speaking, alcoholic is extremely oblivious, yes (2,2,3) SO TO SAY {SOT}{Ob...uS}{AY}

21 Beginning of tooth cavity causes fit of rage (7) TANTRUM {To..h}{ANTRUM}

22 Endlessly flattering Sultana (6) RAISIN pRAISINg

25 Language, it is before setter (5) IRISH {IRISH setter}

26 State of public house mostly ignoring time (4) AVER tAVERn

 

Reference List

Parking = P, Time = T, Model = T, No = N, Good = G, Conservative = C, Rule = R, Reading = R 

The Hindu Cryptic on Sunday No 24, Sunday 05 Oct 2025, Arden

ACROSS

1   Morning meeting of influential people might stop quickly (5,9) POWER BREAKFAST {POWER}{BREAK FAST}

10 Liable to gather essential idea from expert (5) ADEPT {A{iDEa}PT}

11 Third bomb blast - also twice outside the famous test site (3,6) LOS ALAMOS {boMb} in {ALSO+ALSO}*

12 Spindle diameter providing fast movement inside (7) DISTAFF {DI{FAST*}F} Diameter/Dif? (Correction - {D}{I{FAST*}F} See comments

13 "Island in part" - a musical review (7) SUMATRA [T]

14 Bad smell? Chop head off fish (5) TENCH sTENCH

16 He was philosophical about 14 size (9) NIETZSCHE {TENCH+SIZE}*

19 Insult to church, shape to be altered (5,4) CHEAP SHOT {CH}{SHAPE+TO}*

20 Loves speed, get-up-and-go (5) OOMPH {OO}{MPH}

22 Blister means hearts go for spades (7) VESICLE VE(-h+s)SICLE

25 Greek Goddess's gift, giving out half (7) ARTEMIS Anno pending (Addendum {ART}{EMISsion} - See comments)

27 Bones broken - team on pitch is recalled (9) METATARSI {TEAM}*{TAR}{IS<=}

28 Perfect inside a laundry (5) IDEAL [T]

29 Follow direction, then play around with girls - it's a natural phenomenon (8,6) NORTHERN LIGHTS {NORTH}{THEN+GIRLS}*

DOWN

2   Be nice - so a criminal gets respect (9) OBEISANCE*

3   Old painting hung up additionally (5) EXTRA {EX}{ART<=}

4   Bird having a fill perhaps amid the flowers (9) BULLFINCH {BU{FILL*}NCH}

5   Chides for the lack of time, becomes moderate (5) EASES tEASES

6   Ex-president before a menagerie in US city (9) KALAMAZOO {KALAM}{A}{ZOO}

7   Student essentially comes in the morning, it becomes own (5) ADMIT {A{stuDent}M}{IT}

8   Having the will, say to support those disheartened... (7) TESTATE {STATE}<=>{ThosE}

9   ...and getting in touch with the criminal (6) BANDIT {B{AND{IT}

15 Hard work to score in a game (9) HOPSCOTCH {H}{OP}{SCOTCH}

17 Hormone details or composition (9) ESTRADIOL*

18 Cat hides hand, say, when it's used to catch mice (9) CAMEMBERT {CA{MEMBER}T}

19 Beginning with Charlie and Victor - name picked up by our ancestor (4,3) CAVE MAN {Ch...e}{And}{Vi...r}{NAME<=}

21 Bother with high sales output (6) HASSLE {H}{SALES*}

23 Instrument in transit, arriving shortly (5) SITAR [T]

24 Merry sort, no covers, one slip (5) ERROR {mERRy}{sORt}

26 Connecting it perhaps when height is unknown (5) TYING T(-h+y)YING

Reference List

Diameter = D, Church = CH, Hearts = H, Spades = S, Old = EX, Time = T, Hard = H, High = H, Height = H, Unknown = Y