Everyman 3270 – Fifteensquared

Nothing too taxing this week, although perhaps not the most exciting crossword. The conductor in 24ac was new to me, but I think all of the other “well known people” answers were incredibly famous in their fields (9ac, 11ac). All in all, no complaints but not my favourite ever.

Across
1	TICK – dd. Instant as in “I’ll be there in a tick” and credit check as in a tick giving credit for some schoolwork.
3	WIDESPREAD – WIDE = extra, as in outside + SPREAD
9	RITZ – “Writs”
10	COORDINATE – (DECORATION)*
11	AGATHA CHRISTIE – (CARHASHITGATEI)*. Depending on what you read she is apparently outsold only by the Bible, or the Bible and Shakespeare, so it would be hard to find a more well-known writer!
14	BOSSA NOVA – BOSS + A NOVA
16	ARENA – AREA around N = neutral
17	READY – dd
19	STABILITY – ST + ABILITY
21	GIVE UP THE GHOST – GIVE UP + THE + GHOST
24	GEORG SOLTI – (GEOLOGIST + R)*. Georg Solti was a Hungarian-British orchestral and operatic conductor and KBE. I guessed Georg and then googled combinations of the rest of the letters until he came up!
25	DACE – D(ee) + ACE. Dace is a pretty generic name for many types of small fish.
26	SMART ALECK – (SMACKLATER)*
27	JEST – S in JET

Down
1	THREADBARE – THREE around A D BAR.
2	CUTLASS – CUT (g)LASS
4	IRON CROSS – IRON = wedge, say (golf) + CROSS = teed off
5	ERROR – (t)ERROR
6	PAINSTAKING – PA IN S(tore) TAKING
7	EXAMINE – (MAIN)* in EXE
8	DEED – cd (palindrome)
12	HEAVYWEIGHT – HEAVY + W + EIGHT = rowing crew
13	EASY STREET – dd incl. cd. A postman (roundsman) enjoys an “easy street”.
15	APATHETIC – A + PATHETIC
18	ARIZONA – (AN + OZ + I + RA)<
20	ISOLATE – I + SO LATE
22	PROWL – PROW + L
22	AGES – hidden in rummAGE Sale

Common crossword abbreviations this week:
good man = ST [Saint]
article = THE [also A and AN]
king = R [Rex]
Dutch – D
good = G
with = W
one = I
artist = RA [Royal Academy]
left – L

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