Dac’s weekly crossword always looked forward to as a delight. This I found quite easy, solving time 16 mins.
* = anagram < = reversed
ACROSS
1 GI(GOT)S
4 MI XER TA P (extra)*
9 TONG UE EU<
10 S T RANGE R
12 ADVENT URE (alternate letters in curries)
13 DYLAN Thomas (poet) and Bob Dylan (singer)
14 DI’S TURBAN CE A rare post-1997 crossword outing for the Princess
18 P (A RISHI ONE) R (Irish)*
21 (g)RUNTS
23 NAN OMETRE (remote)*
24 ILL I NOIS(e)
25 A T WILL
26 G (ANGST) ER
27 BREE ZanY
DOWN
1 G (A TEA) U(y)
2 GE NEV A (Ven eg)<
3 TOUR NED OS
5 IN THE RUNNING double definition
6 chasE LAND
7 TAG ALO(N)G Lucky I’d met Tagalog (= Filipino) before in a puzzle. Definition: to join rest of group
8 PYRE NEES Seen<
11 QUESTION TIME (Ministe quote)* The q made this easy, solved on first run thro
15 BAR (O ME) TER barter = exchange
16 SPAR KING A chain of supermarkets.
17 F RANKLIN’ From Canterbury Tales, quite a few themed puzzles have been based on that.
19 STRIVE (rivets)*
20 RE (ALl)LY Amusing, topical, surface.
21 SI NUS (Sun is)<
Lovely, impeccable clueing as always.
(The Indy is clearly way ahead of the Guardian in quality at the moment, I think.
Thanks, Eimi).
That’s very nice of you to say so, Ian. And I agree about the quality of Dac’s clueing.
Agreed on all counts. The Indy is now my first port of call every day as I’m almost scared I’ll miss out on something good if I don’t!
Brilliant stuff once again from Dac.
Thanks, Ali. For those who enjoy the Indy crossword online and would like to interact with some newsprint for a few weeks at minimal cost, they’re running a £1 a week trial offer at the moment:
https://www.bookshoppartnership.co.uk/poundaweek/
Though I was intrigued to see that the 7 days a week (Monday to Sunday) option will not include The Independent on Sunday.
After much deliberation, I think I’ve worked it out… 😉