Only 20 puzzleS to go now till Quixote’s 1000th. Always a very accessible puzzle, solving time, 15 mins.
* = anagram < = reversed
ACROSS
1 CEREAL “Serial”
4 A B ERRANT (ranter)* rogue (adj)
9 AS TUT(u) E
10 K (EDGER) EE(n) (greed)*
11 SH EER
12 SIDETRACK (kid reacts)*
13 ELIMINATION Excellent cryptic definition – heat of a race
16 P (ERSIST) ENCE (rest is)*
21 RECTIFIER Double definition
22 RAST A (a tsar)<
23 DAINTIER (I trained)*
24 WELL I.E. & lit
25 SOLECISM (Miss Cole)*
26 S (TAR) CH (art)*
DOWN
1 CHA (I) SE
2 RAT HER
3 A STARTE(r)
5 BREADWINNER Cryptic definition – nan is a type of bread
6 REGATTA (a target)*
7 ADR(I)ATIC I(one) in (tar acid)*
8 T WEAK(l)ING
12 S (AINT) LINESS ain’t = isn’t in (sinless)*
14 UP (G) RADES g in (super ad)*
16 BRA CHI AL (Capone)
17 IDI (Amin) O TIC
18 EAR NEST
19 ASH LAR (pagan god)
20 LAME CH