Guardian Cryptic #27916

2019-09-03

Solve on Guardian →

Across

1a

CID's possibly back in trouble with this (7,4)

flowerflowerflower
9a

Large 'astral' cast might be(3-4)

10a

... backing Scot, singer briefly appearing in African capital (7)

11a

Element symbolised by O, oddly (9)

12a

Duck eaten by greedy duck (5)

flowerflowerflower
13a

Contents of clutch bag finally found in, say, front of skip (4)

flowerflowerflower
14a

Voters potentially have online reader worried (10)

16a

One might tear along this(6,4)

19a

bank enthusiasticallyeventually fishing, initially for carp (4)

flowerflowerflower
21a

Apart from 50% of OAPs, too lazy to go round foreign capital (5)

22a

Informed about hard right, she changed point of entry (9)

24a

Most attractive female consumed by sexual desire (7)

flowerflowerflower
25a

Charge American a pound, placed on account (7)

26a

Chicken satay and tikka starters at lunchtime, current in the western US (11)

Down

1d

Condemned lifeless yoghurt in holier-than-thou fashion (4-11)

flowerflowerflower
2d

Entry passage given coat by paint roller (5)

flowerflowerflower
3d

Someone adversarial, extremely biased (7)

4d

Driving mounted policemen around a lot (7)

5d

Somewhat contrary parrot, a timid parrot (8)

flowerflowerflower
6d

Sweet shade of brown hair product (9,6)

flowerflowerflower
7d
16d

Heading off, worn out, to laze around taking in unknown song from Chicago (6,6)

8d
20d

Do become confused, following female nonsense (6-6)

15d

Sort of light source OK in the pink? (4,4)

flowerflowerflower
16d

See 7

17d

Fool has broken child's toy in half? Be forgiving (3,2,2)

flowerflowerflower
18d

Opera covering polar opposites? Wisdom was famously one of them (7)

20d

See 8

23d

Painting on plaster that's dry and firm (5)

flowerflowerflower