THC-crossword thread-6; 4 ans PP till 4 pm IST

[deepakgita]

Across
7 Orderly’s reluctance not about to change (5-3)
9 Part of the hardware testing is in the mountain ridges (6) ARETES
10 Recommendation by the novice to include the four… (10)
11 …options for a computer user in the bill of fare (4) MENU
12 Yahoo stock dropped in the crash (4)
13 Ideal American lawyer and king enamoured by the viewpoint (8) STANDARD
16 Lunacy to check retreat in the north-east with saints (7)
18 Polite set entertains upset teen (7) GENTEEL
20 Drying aid in the kitchen (3,5)
21 It might be hit on the head to come to the point (4) NAIL
23 Dislike urgency when disheartened (4)
24 Speaker’s standing with the letter paper (10)
25 Pole entering Chile’s awful with a hand tool (6)
26 Watch the beaker with a monocle (8)

Down
1 Flat panel with Elizabeth for the king (5)
2 Does this final announcement steal the show? (4,3,3,5)
3 Eager to make straight the German’s dismissal (7)
4 Touch up on the Oriental band (4)
5 Damaged mail-bag returned to a supposedly mysterious part of the Atlantic ocean (7,8) BERMUDA TRIANGLE
6 Returns to Turkey with Indo-European leaders subject to ridicule from the south (9)
8 Slap the Frenchman coming in with a holding tool (5)
14 Had a meal with a number on the radio (3)
15 March easy at sea, hoping to avoid being shot? (6,3) CAMERA SHY
17 Proverb showing return of a historic verb? (3)
19 Vagrant’s answer gets rid of the upper-class satirist (7)
21 Candid letters from a Chennai veterinarian (5) NAIVE
22 Rat in the lawn (5) GRASS
24 Classes where the Pole’s out of place with kimono fabric (4) SILK