Solving time, 19 mins
* = anagram < = reversal
ACROSS
1 RE (GA)IN
4 CHASSEUR (crushes a)*
9 MORE L
10 BAR BAD IAN
11 STE (AmsterdaM)ER
12 TEN DRIL “drill”
13 TABLE MOUNTAIN (a nation tumble)*
16 COUP DE THEATRE (He acted troupe)*
20 (st)UTTERER way = street = st
22 ST RETCH porridge = time (in prison)
23 CAR NATION My favourite clue
21 OWNER Hidden reversal Definition: I have Tricky
25 RUSH MORE
26 (w)ASSAIL
DOWN
1 RE MISS
2 G (ARM)ENT
3 IS LAMA BAD
5 H (ORATIO N) ELSON Helston, in Cornwall, less t
6 SWA(I)N
7 ERIT RE A (a ER tire)<
8 RANK LING Excellent
10 B ORDER TERRIER
14 NOT (O RIO) US Hitchcock film
15 SCOU (T CA) R act<
17 UPTURNS (Spurn TU)*
18 ESTONIA (into sea)*
19 CHERYL Hidden
21 RE A(L)M Tricky
A really lovely puzzle by Dac, who likes to stick to what they call ‘Ximenean principles’, I learned the other day!
Please let all the Indy compilers keep up the good work.
Agreed, Shirley. Entirely smooth and elegant.
Hear, hear!