Across
1 Fish on strike? I don’t believe that (10)
6 Flipping crazy attempt (4)
9 Somewhat resembling how the Burj Khalifa was constructed? (2,2,1,5)
10 Broadcaster; put another way, Auntie (4)
11 Bus gets represented with short movie (12)
15 Having lost both axes, extremely tricky to get wood (3,4)
16 Letters to spell ‘spit’? That’s child’s play (7)
17 Creepy old Oscar wearing less (7)
19 Loudly discussing Eucharist ‘as a body’ (2,5)
20 Very expensive films — they bomb (12)
23 Brainwave: Everyman had meal but not sides (4)
24 Spite, that’s about right — leading to appeal (10)
25 Gristle regularly refused in French holiday accommodation (4)
26 So-called ‘best insole’ stinking (10)
Down
1 It’s a kind of salmon, pal (4)
2 In report, see a collection of information (4)
3 Hatch ‘wrote a check’ for meteorological kit (11)
4 Peer and knight, stuck in bathrooms, regularly vexed (4-3)
5 Replace second overturned vehicle (7)
7 Play’s unusual theme, describing Tesla, a nuisance (3,7)
8 By brat I set to work! (4-6)
12 Who sings? Smooth Rat Pack member Sinatra, to start with (4,7)
13 Embarrassed with opulence, Oxford University accepted it’s increasing (10)
14 Very strong pimento not digested (10)
18 One is one of these fuddy-duddies (7)
19 Permit’s ambivalent: it legalises ‘to some extent’ (7)
21 Southeastern European, Raškian Balkan primarily? (4)
22 ‘Key’, somewhat misleadingly (4)
Published - February 05, 2022 04:08 pm IST
