Cakewalk with samosas today, too many giveaways and lengthy clues. Shades of our old enemy No 1 seen in some clues today?
ACROSS
7 Royal Engineers take fees with hesitation, but they ensure fair play (8) REFEREES {RE}{F{ER}EES}
9 A condition of general abundance at the French National Theatre on the outskirts of Pondicherry (6) PLENTY {Pondi{LE}{NT}cherrY}
10 German leader had food at the passageway (4) GATE {G}{ATE}
11 Everybody wants to die in this manner. Will it not be better if they live together in this manner? (10) PEACEFULLY [CD]
12 You and I go to Andhra Pradesh playing a type of instrument (6) WEAPON {WE}{AP}{ON}
14 Constituents of Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Space (8) ELEMENTS [GK]
15 Prepared food for commander with approval of journalist (6) COOKED {CO}{OK}{ED}
16 Rides a bicycle to the footstalls disheartenedly (6) PEDALS PEDestALS
19 One who is the first to think of fashionable outlet for gold (8) INVENTOR {IN}{VENT}{OR}
21
Satisfy the French, like in Peru (6)
PLEASE {P{LE}{AS}E}
24 A layer of earth's surface with sulphur and petroleum (4) SOIL {S}{OIL}
25 Editor turned up and allowed Edward to remove something (6) DELETE {DE<=}{LET}{E}
26 Sample of special ice sent back to soldiers (8) SPECIMEN {SP}{ECI<=}{MEN}
DOWN
1 Belgian leaders have to act properly (6) BEHAVE {BElgian}{HAVE}
2 Listen to the audience at this place (4) HERE (~hear)
3 Extraordinary person facing South-East gets an answer (8) RESPONSE {PERSON*}{SE}
4 Superintendent of police here has his area of influence (6) SPHERE {SP}{HERE}
5 Make payment to neuter mare surgically (10) REMUNERATE*
6 The least trained to compete in sports! (8) ATHLETES*
8 Scary creatures that emerge from darkness when healer goes out (6) SNAKES dArKNESS*
13 Attributes of correct social relationships (10) PROPERTIES {PROPER}{TIES}
15 Bewildered by trick that fellow employed (8) CONFUSED {CON}{F}{USED}
17 Former political leader and journalist grew vigorously (8) EXPANDED {EX}{P}{AND}{ED}
18 Paths of satellites or small fragments (6) ORBITS {OR}{BITS}
20 Of no use to treasured cocktail dealer (6) TRADER TReAsuRED*
22
Tremble convulsively like tennis player Pam (6)
SHIVER She was '
Shriver' and not Shiver!!!
24 Flask insulated with an outer covering (4) SKIN [T]
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