ACROSS
1 Numerous Dutch rejected old go-getter (6) DYNAMO {MANY}{D}<={O}
4 Primarily ostentatious soirée comprising actors' rambling speeches? (6) OSCARS Acrostic &lit
8 Artist's unusual term describing mark (9) REMBRANDT {REM{BRAND}T*}
9 Gum unpasteurised? Not entirely (5) PASTE [T]
11 Nationals chant of Russia in revolution (5,8) SOUTH AFRICANS*
13 A baron puts to sea, we're told, goes down by rock (7) ABSEILS {A}{B}{(~sails)SEILS}
14 Unimaginative writer, 'dated': that's cutting (7) HACKSAW {HACK}{SAW}
16 Game play (7) OTHELLO [DD]
18 Fizzy cocktail in can (7) SLAMMER [DD]
20 Gossip: purveyor of beachwear catching cold? (13) SCANDALMONGER {SANDAL MONGER} over {C}
25 Horrified, as some windbag has telephoned (6) AGHAST [T]
26 Holy person unchanged, in equilibrium (6) STASIS {ST}{AS IS}
DOWN
1 Either end of dayroom providing somewhere to sleep (4) DORM D or M
2 Siemens' corrupt adversary (7) NEMESIS*
3 Frenchman with awfully cruel air, temperamental (9) MERCURIAL {M}{CRUEL+AIR}*
4 Wonderful, for it told us how to dance (3,2,4,5) OUT OF THIS WORLD*
5 Sign showing absence of growth in Italian island (5) CAPRI CAPRIcorn
6 Class war with no leader, revolutionary scoundrels (7) RASCALS {CLASS+wAR}*
7 Unusually lithe thing opts to become famous (2,3,9) IN THE SPOTLIGHT*
10 After Spain, a flight attendant losing energy – thence to Italy? (8) EASTWARD {E}{A}{STeWARD}
12 Charlie excited, having boozed it up (8) CAROUSED {C}{AROUSED}
15 Familial emblem incorporating a horse and Everyman, most weather-beaten? (9) CRAGGIEST {CR{A}{GG}{I}EST}
17 Judicial investigation making sense (7) HEARING [DD]
19 Ones going through exams with felt tips (7) MARKERS [DD]
21 Greek character, one down in the mouth? (5) DELTA [DD]
22 Verbally make fun of golfers' items (4) TEES (~tease)
Reference List
Dutch = D, Old = O, Baron = B, Cold = C, Frenchman = M, Spain = e, Energy = E, Charlie = C, Horse = GG
21d can the second part be
ReplyDelete1d (Dorm) in the mouth! D.
Delta is more at the (river) mouth, right?
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