THE CRYPTIC:
ACROSS
1. A circular turn across the nuts? (6,3,4)
9. Popular, loud French single – but not serious (2,3)
10. Happen to be plain? Turn into the gallery! (9)
11. A beans meal provided for the sailor (4,6)
12. Dial out for the supermarket
(4)
14. Tea, dear? Awful – it’s
a pantomime (7)
16. Present to parliament, gold picture (7)
17. Disgrace – a time to pollute (7)
19. An unbeliever in this place – a jerk (7)
20. A thousand and two irrationals under the French soldier’s cap (4)
21. The Americans call it a ranch,
but it’s about metal craft (6,4) 24. A fair star performing, one of
Marley’s mob (9)
25. An Englishman in spirit, but
an Asian capital (5)
26. In the open, a television set
is unexpected(7,3,3)
DOWN
1. Life with 50 nuts – in the old song they’re in my soup! (6,8) 2. Kill Capone – could be liver or heart (5)
3. A saint, icon – unlikely, not part of the largest continent (3-7)
4. Degenerate badly, but not Red – adolescent! (7)
5. Find angle between earliest limits – excellent! (7)
6. Seat damaged by grub (4) 7. Late pork pies with tea, they say – the most toxic! (9)
8. For the love of mother, opposed clue – mix interpretation! (7,7)
13. Cherubs and men form
Nietzsche’s superman (10)
15. Can apes come together against the old times circle? (9)
18. Siamese hold back Turnbull’s
brain parts (7)
19. Top level communication facility, popular in rundown hotel (7)
22. 11, with mob dispersed by
frightful weapon (1,4)
23. Rave for royal worker (4)