Solving time: 19 mins
* = anagram
ACROSS
1 T(RAJ)AN A Roman Emperor Raj = British rule in India
4 OBSERVER A competing Sunday newspaper
9 COT Short for cotangent – a trig function
10 CH (Companion of Honour) RON IC ALLY
14 NACRE Hidden
15 (OVERSP) ILL (proves)*
17 A(E)ROS PACE Earth’s surface = its first letter in (soar)*
23 (w)INTER VIE W’ED
25 FLY (PAP) ER
26 SEVE(R)N
DOWN
1 T(he) ACT
3 A C-CRETE
5 BEND ONES ELBOW (seen Don wobble)*
6 ES CAP ES cap = put on a limit on. Incoming = put it inside e s – first letters “repeatedly”. Definition is ‘flights’
7 VALE (Latin for farewell) T
8 ROYAL FLUSH From poker, the top five cards are honour cards
11 RADIO CAROLINE (c – beginning to crackle) in (indoor aerial)* Pirate Station from the 1960s.
16 I MP E DANCE mezzo piano (mp)
21 KITTY A kitten and the jack in bowls
22 SPIN(e)