| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1. | CHEESE – Cryptic def. |
| 4. | REASON – (Sane or)* |
| 8. | A,C,COUNT(=tell) |
| 9. | PFENNIG – 100 pfennigs to an old German mark |
| 11. | ASPIRATION – (a pianist or)* |
| 12. | LEES – “leas” (What you might get if you’re scraping the barrel.) |
| 13. | ENNUI – (Nun i.e.)* |
| 14. | HOWITZER – (with zero)* |
| 16. | KHARTOUM – author* in km (short measure) |
| 18. | IDEAS – cryptic def. |
| 20. | OM,AN – OM=Order of Merit |
| 21. | SCREEN TEST |
| 23. | ARM(OUR)Y |
| 24. | CAR(NAG)E |
| 25. | LARIAT ?? Oh yeeha! Now I get it. |
| 26. | THWART – double def. |
| Down | |
| 1. | COCKS “cox” |
| 2. | EROSION – (Noise or)* |
| 3. | SAN MARINO – (Romanians)* |
| 5. | ELFIN – f in (Nile)^ |
| 6. | SINGLE,T(eacher) |
| 7. | NOISELESS (Lionesses*) |
| 10. | NIGHT,MARE |
| 13. | EPHEMERAL – double def. Good surface between wings and span. |
| 15. | WHITEWASH – double def. |
| 17. | RANCOUR – “ranker” i.e. sounds like a private (as Wossy might say) |
| 19. | ESTONIA (at noise)* |
| 21. | SYRIA – S(chool), AIRY^ |
| 22. | SIGHT |