| Across | |
|---|---|
| 11 | TESTAMENTS – the definition is “more than one will” and I think the wordplay is suggesting moving the TE from STATEMENTS to the front. |
| 12 | TARS,US |
| 14 | GIN< in THE,NO (also reversed) – ONE-NIGHT. “Mother’s ruin” is GIN. |
| 17 | ASPIRIN[-g] |
| 20 | PROA in (CHAP)* |
| 23 | ASS,I,N in STATS – in physics I is the symbol for an electric current. |
| 24 | ALTO[-gether] |
| 25 | BILLET – fits with “quarters” as a definition but I can’t work out the rest of the clue: “Quarters a log for fuel”. |
| 26 | (IS S TITLE)* – ELITISTS. I think the definition must be “pick? They think they are”. |
| Down | |
| 1 | IT,IV in TATE – SA (“sex appeal”) is IT. I liked “looking at art in London” to indicate [something] in TATE. |
| 2 | hidden in “puT IT On” – with “bottles” as the hidden indicator. |
| 3 | TITO<,IS |
| 4 | BR,ISTO,L – shouldn’t BR be “old/former/ex transport organisation” |
| 6 | REPETITION – Don’t know if this is right as I can’t work out the wordplay for this one either: “Pardon the request for it getting on a little bit charged”. |
| 13 | PERT,IT,L in SUE – if you’ve been a foreign language opera you’ll know what these are, although I think they’re more commonly called “surtitles” in this country. |
| 16 | HAS,T in CITY |
| 18 | IT in I,DENT,Y |
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6D The definition is “Pardon the request for it” (saying “pardon” is a request for the person to repeat what they said) the wordplay is “on”=RE “a little”=PETIT and “bit charged”=ION
25A is a double definition (a BILLET is also a log used for fuel)
One clue that I really liked, not mentioned in the blog above, is “Playwright who doesn’t do things by halves?” PINTER.