ACROSS
1 First admission at Victoria and Albert liable to be made free (9) AVAILABLE {A
6 Extravagant advertisement for pastry (4) PUFF [DD]
8 Dangerous for college if leading original painters abandon pictorial representation (8) CRITICAL {C}{
9 Scrutinise exercise stratagem (6) PERUSE {PE}{RUSE}
10 Delegation treacherous, titan perseveres (15) REPRESENTATIVES*
11 Digression from ideas I detailed (5) ASIDE [T]
13 Shafts "Special One" in Paris and smiles (8) SUNBEAMS {S}{UN}{BEAMS}
15 Match alternatives left for female contestants (8) LIGHTERS (-f+l)LIGHTERS
18 In recital, need trumpet (5) VAUNT (~want)
20 Archer's tactic is shattering marks (15) CHARACTERISTICS*
23 Engineer receiving advance gets suit (6) BECOME {BE}{COME}
24 Old fogey's building is around (8) DINOSAUR*
25 Shake pen (4) STIR [DD]
26 Revolutionary gentleman overwhelmed by distraught prudes lost for words (9) SURPRISED {SURP{RIS<=}ED*}
DOWN
1 Go along with eager insurgent (5) AGREE*
2 Modified treadle (7) ALTERED*
3 Clasps curls (5) LOCKS [DD]
4 Credits for columns beside rows (2-5) BY-LINES {BY}-{LINES}
5 Accounts find former flame unpretentious, simple initially (8) EXPLAINS {EX}{PLAIN}{S
6 Swinish policeman sent back to overcome resistance in Spain (7) PORCINE {PO{R}C<=}{IN}{E}
7 He might be working an angle! (9) FISHERMAN [CD]
12 Most paltry content in Maxwell's light estimates (9) SLIGHTEST [T]
14 Darjeeling and Assam, for instance, swamped with dear French instructors (8) TEACHERS {TEAS} over {CHER}
16 Protect port (7) HARBOUR [DD]
17 Small transmitter receives signal finally (7) SLENDER {S{
19 Musicians in Dire Straits (7) ARTISTS* &lit as well
21 Mental criminal decapitated (5) INNER
22 Can future university abide in hostile environment? (5) COULD {CO{U}LD}
GRID
15 Ac : Hindu print edition shows it as FIGHTERS, Sir!
ReplyDeleteOf course, LIGHTERS seems to be the correct answer.
ReplyDelete23 Engineer receiving advance gets suit (6) BECOME {BE}{COME}
ReplyDeleteIf 'receiving' is not a containment ind here, what is it called then, in this clue?
In cryptic reading u can take that as BE receives COME to get SUIT
DeleteThanks, Vasant!
DeleteSuperb xword!Loved the stirring wordplay..the two long ones were quite easy, they being anagrams, but had to work hard for others
ReplyDeleteSpecial thanks to Col for sending the clues
Come for advance?
ReplyDelete13A- Needless apostrophe or should I say purposely misleading. Okay, when we talk about extra a, the, of etc.?
The enu is
S- special
one in Paris- Un
Smile- beam
Then why club "Special one"?
Come = advance as in making progress
DeleteWhy club "special one"?I think just to throw us off track-a red herring
I thought go would be closer than come for advance.
Deletee (1) : to advance toward accomplishment : come along (2) : to advance in a particular manner (3) : to advance, rise, or improve in rank or condition
DeleteFrom my webster's
DeleteThank you Vasant- "sort of" convinced!
DeleteToo many anagrams, nine in all, partially and fully, six across and three down, made things easier to solve! Overall an entertaining puzzle.
ReplyDeleteIt took time due to the Hindu paper's feature update problem today.
ReplyDeleteThanks to Col for timely assistance.
The quick solve helped forget the difficulty. Thanks Skulldugger!
Didn't have to use any TREPAN for this CRANIOLOGIST's compilation. The 15 letter words were so easy, without having to use any anagram solver.!
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