This is yet another well-crafted puzzle from Sankalak. Felt it was slightly more challenging than yesterday but nonetheless entertaining. The long anagram for PASS ROUND THE HAT was really nice.
ACROSS
1 Held in great respect, naval officer tangles with engineer (9) ADMIRABLE ADMIRAL & BE enmeshed
5 Father goes around
university
somewhere in Oceania (5)
PAPUA PAPA outside U8 Water ice served with peaches or better (6) SORBET Hidden
9 Given elaborate treatment, wily, sly editor is confused about time (8) STYLISED (SLY ED IS)* outside T why are two anagram indicators needed? (wily & confused)
11 Confrontleaders of Eastern Europe in Montana (4) MEET E E inside MT
14 Eminentnorthern editor gets hold of the book (5) NOTED N + ED outside OT
15 A talk about the French treatment to contain the onset of tetanus (7) LECTURE LE + CURE outside T
16
Card game for two for which a sly chap has the skill (7)
COONCAN COON + CAN My chambers dictionary defines coon: a sly thief
, but can't find a reference online17 Light vehicle removed from the
front by
railway man (5)
GUARD vanGUARD19 Sweet, insubstantial stuff in Sweden — fancy! Soldsurreptitiously (5,5) CANDY, FLOSS (S + FANCY + SOLD)*
20 60 minutes on the outskirts of Sivakasi for Mr. Indian (4) SHRI HR inside S I
22
Torporof member,
youth leader, crossing
Rajasthan desert (8)
LETHARGY LEG + Y outside THAR24 Thread one's way through a scree very carefully (5) REEVE Hidden
25 Expert on the cup that cheers (3,6) TEA, TASTER CD
DOWN
1 Thinkthat there is money in a small enterprise to start with? (6) ASSUME SUM inside A S E
3 The grass to study, say (4) REED ~ READ
4
Scientist, one of the
gloomiest, not to be corrected (12)
ENTOMOLOGIST (GLOOMIEST NOT)*5 An aspiring member or already one? (10) POLITICIAN CD
6 Collect contributions in pounds? Hear that'scomplicated (4,5,3,3) PASS, ROUND, THE, HAT (POUNDS HEAR THATS)*
7 German automobile engineer, holding top of loudspeaker, can be heard (7) AUDIBLE AUDI + L inside BE
10 Eminent person showing the way, carefree (7,5) LEADING, LIGHT LEADING + LIGHT
13 It is used to join things with a tough record (6,4) STICKY, TAPE STICKY + TAPE
16 He laughs loudly and caught the king in cleardisarray (7) CACKLER C + K inside CLEAR*
18 But does itreally show how others see you? (6) MIRROR CD
21 Girlin an illusion (4) MAYA DD
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