No 14612, Monday 13 Oct 2025, Gridzilla

Solution to 6D 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   Having roses perhaps of all forms, essentially all over the place (6) FLORAL {OF+ALL+foRms}*

4   Got ruined, reportedly (6) RAISED (~razed)

8   Ronaldo played in this city (7) ORLANDO*

9   Pick up posh car for new drivers? That's right (7) CORRECT CO(-ll+rr)RRECT

11 Plot in musical about to become interesting (10) ATTRACTIVE {TRACT} in {EVITA<=}

12 Activities requiring tremendous skill basically (4) ARTS Acrostic &lit

13 Place in America wanting more spicy curry? (5) BALTI BALTImore

14 She is angry and a little taken aback, getting booed (6,2) HISSED AT {SHE+IS}*{TAD<=}

16 The old man's happy to spend 500 for alcohol (8) METHANOL {THE+OLd+MAN}*

18 President once recalled banning radical paper (5) ESSAY YASSEr <=

20 Some painstakingly reviewed dyeing technique (4) IKAT [T<=]

21 Square of seventeen could be divided by five (4-6) EVEN-STEVEN {SEVENTEEN}* over {V}

23 Cut and fixed (7) CLIPPED [DD]

24 Points where campers can be found (7) INTENTS {IN TENTS}

25 Henry leaves run-down part of town carrying a little smack and arrives (4,2) GETS TO {GhETTO} over {Sm..k}

26 Keep late hours with Insta? Not cool, right? (4,2) STAY UP {inSTA}{YUP}

DOWN

1 & 2 A day to play harmless pranks? (5,2,5) FIRST OF APRIL {April}

2 See 1 Down

3   Supplement featuring Charlie's obsession (9) ADDICTION {ADDI{C}TION}

5   Love passing through Palakkad or Ernakulam (5) ADORE [T]

6   Leaving island nation for Washington, say (7) S?R?A?E () 

7   A tricky cryptic definition, primarily about a private eye (4,5) DICK TRACY {A+TRICKY+Cr...c +De...n}*

10 The Reverend says "Rise to greater heights, ambitious one" (4-5) HIGH-FLIER (fly higher to high flier)

13 All the best, Gale! (5,1,3) BREAK A LEG {GALE}* [RA]

15 Relative I tolerated initially, gets going (5,2,2) STEPS ON IT {STEPSON}{I}{To...d}

17 Stops to have drinks around a night club perhaps (3,4) HOT SPOT [T<=]

19 A society with this outlook may be necessary (7) SCENERY {SCENERY+A+S}*=NECESSARY [CA]

21 Game is tied by end of set (5) EVENT {EVEN}{seT}

22 Placed a starter of eggplant on the counter to consume (3,2) EAT UP {PUT}{A}{Eg...t}<=

Reference List

Posh car = RR{Rolls Royce}, New = N, 500 = D, Radical = R, Five = V, Henry = H, Cool = IN, Charlie = C, Society = S