A nice round number this week, and a nicely-rounded puzzle from Quixote to complement it.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | HENRY THE FIRST – (FRESH ENTRY HIT)*. |
| 8 | ASSAILER – hom. of “a sailor”. |
| 9 | RAGLAN – RAG + L + AN[on]. |
| 10 | HIED – HI + ED. |
| 11 | IRIDIUM – IDI (Amin) in (I + RUM). |
| 14 | DEGREASE – AS in DEGREE. |
| 15 | HUDDLE – (Roy) HUDD + LE. |
| 16 | BATHOS – BATH + OS. |
| 18 | SHEEPISH – HEEP in HISS*. |
| 20 | RELATED – TALE< in RED. |
| 21 | NOSH – NO + S + H. |
| 23 | WRITHE – WRIT + HE. |
| 25 | CRUDE OIL – CLOUDIER*. |
| 26 | WEATHER-BEATEN – (WHAT A TREE BEEN)*. |
| Down | |
| 1 | HOSPICE – HO + SPICE. |
| 2 | NEANDERTHAL – (ALAN THE NERD)*. |
| 3 | YALE – [butter]Y + ALE. |
| 4 | HEROINE – HER + 0 + IN + E. |
| 5 | FAR-SIGHTED – G[o] in (HEAD FIRST)*. |
| 6 | RIG – [f]RIG[ate]. |
| 7 | TRAMMEL – TRAM + LEM<. |
| 12 | INDEPENDENT – (PEN in INDEED*) + NT. |
| 13 | FALSE TEETH – (FEEL TASTE)* + [lunc]H. |
| 17 | AIRCREW – (RAW RICE)*. |
| 18 | SIDECAR – (A CIDER’S)*. |
| 19 | SESSION – S in NOISES<. |
| 22 | SURE – S + URE. |
| 24 | TEA – TEA[r]. |
1 Across matched the puzzle number, of course. I sign off with my last IOS (but not my last Indy) puzzle next Sunday.