ACROSS
1 Set free anaemic pet after treatment (10) EMANCIPATE*
6 Sell fine record (4) FLOG {F}{LOG}
9 Father’s teary about primarily sad time gone by (4,5) PAST YEARS {PA'S}{TEARY*}{Sad}
10 Golf attendant leaves container (5) CADDY [DD]
11 A set not up to mantra in US city for rural economy (8) AGRONOMY {A}{GROup}{N{OM}Y}
12 Such a frame gives a still picture (6) FREEZE [CD]
14 She and I protract construction of area for players (9,3) ORCHESTRA PIT {SHE+I+PROTRACT}*
17 Not that it adds spice to the fare’s repeated travel (6,6) SEASON TICKET [DD]
20 Sudden rap, but goes awry (6) ABRUPT*
21 Son moved slowly and wrote hurriedly (8) SCRAWLED {S}{CRAWLED}
23 You, oldie, go in for an anteroom (5) FOYER {FO{YE}R}
24 Interrupting copper and model, causing irritation endlessly (7,2) CUTTING IN {CU}{T}{sTINGINg}
25 Dismiss English royal house (4) YORK [DD]
26 Makes real old American, showy, to leave nothing to Pole (10) INCARNATES {INCA}{oRNATE}{S}
DOWN
1 He makes good for every other luck deserting one who explains (8) EXPIATOR EXPlIcATOR
2 Remove a kind of painting (8) ABSTRACT [DD]
3 Dance, possessing desire and spirit, taking in almost new hot stuff (7,6) CAYENNE PEPPER {CA{YEN}{NEw}{PEP}PER}
5 Perform a money-spinner? (4) TOSS [CD]
7 Long summer aid to get high (6) LADDER {L}{ADDER}
8 Man heard to get water heater (6) GEYSER (~ gee sir) (Correction - (~geezer) - See comments)
10 Rectification tweaked by trading two letters — there’s documentary confirmation (13) CERTIFICATION (-r+c)CE(-c+r)RTIFICATION
13 Thanks to MP district’s small house’s Italian custard (10) PANNACOTTA {PANNA}{COTe}{TA}
16 Boss on hospital department’s pupils (8) STUDENTS {STUD}{ENTS}
18 Good lady cleverly circumvents female troublemaker (6) GADFLY {G}{AD{F}LY*}
19 One giving money includes right appeal (6) PRAYER {P{R}AYER}
22 Independent British party symbol (4) ICON {I}{CON}
Reference List
Fine = F, Son = S, Model = T, Pole = S, Long = L, Thanks = TA, Good = G, Female = F, Right = R, Independent = I
8d I took it as ~Geezer ( an old man)
ReplyDeleteBut the interactive version took geyser as right. Becos i wrote that. I thought geyser heard as geezer.
DeleteThe silence from commentators today is due to the difference between this blog and the online version?
ReplyDeleteHow do we get this cw for solving - since there was no paper yday & i dont want to miss gridman.
ReplyDeleteOk. I got it by signing into my free trial.
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