What would Morse have thought of this? Nothing to distract him from the tedium of staving off adoring females and keeping up his lugubrious aspect 24/7. 16 minutes for me, so who knows what records may be set today? Jimbo may not have even entered the park.
Across
1 FOUR-LETTER WORD
9 LASER BEAM - anagram* of L + SEA BREAM.
10 SWISH - W+IS in SH.
11 IRATE - I+RATE.
12 DISAPPEAR - N + APPRAISED*.
13 GATHERED - GAT + HERE + D.
15 BISTRO - ST in BIRO; am I the only person to internally (and sometimes externally) say this word in a Lorraine Chase sort of way? I know, I'm a dreadful snob.
17 TIGGER - GG in TIER.
19 TEXT+BOOK
22 TOUCH + WOOD
23 RATIO[n]
24 OPTED - PT in OED.
25 CONUNDRUM - O+NUN in CD + RUM.
26 KNOW ONES ONIONS - ON SOON ONE WINKS* for a definition that may make you cry if you don't run the tap...
Down
1 FILLING STATION - 'standing' in the sense of social position, hence station, above which one can get ideas. 'At times' I suppose to satisfy the pedant who might point out that a petrol station is sometimes sans customers.
2 UPSTART - UP + START ('jump').
3 LARNE - L(A+RN)E; years wasted studying maps finally pays dividends.
4 TRENDIER - END in TRIER; ditto ('tho a bit of a write-in, TBH).
5 ENMESH - HE (His/Her Excellency) reversed around an A-less NAME.
6 WEST POINT - a write-in for those like me who've only heard of one US military academy; okay, maybe two...
7 RAIMENT - AIM in RENT; we've had enough of this recently to stock a lock-up.
8 SHERLOCK HOLMES - Holmes is okay, but there's only one Endeavour Morse. Oh yes - getting carried away with the promo - it's HELL SHOCK MORSE*.
14 EYE SHADOW - EYE + SH(AD)OW.
16 READINGS - READING + S; the alma mater which I try to keep quiet about...
18 GLUTTON - GUILT minus I* + TON; a gourmand can be a connoisseur and s/he can be a glutton. I have never knowingly been the former.
20 ONTARIO - 'here' is the literal, from which Rhode Island is indeed S-E; so, ON followed by A+RI in TO.
21 TOUCAN - South American bird that is partial to a drop of the black stuff; OUT* ('flying') + CA ('about') + N.
23 RUN IN - N ('knight' - in chess) in RUIN; Morse leaves this kind of thing to Lewis.
Across
1 FOUR-LETTER WORD
9 LASER BEAM - anagram* of L + SEA BREAM.
10 SWISH - W+IS in SH.
11 IRATE - I+RATE.
12 DISAPPEAR - N + APPRAISED*.
13 GATHERED - GAT + HERE + D.
15 BISTRO - ST in BIRO; am I the only person to internally (and sometimes externally) say this word in a Lorraine Chase sort of way? I know, I'm a dreadful snob.
17 TIGGER - GG in TIER.
19 TEXT+BOOK
22 TOUCH + WOOD
23 RATIO[n]
24 OPTED - PT in OED.
25 CONUNDRUM - O+NUN in CD + RUM.
26 KNOW ONES ONIONS - ON SOON ONE WINKS* for a definition that may make you cry if you don't run the tap...
Down
1 FILLING STATION - 'standing' in the sense of social position, hence station, above which one can get ideas. 'At times' I suppose to satisfy the pedant who might point out that a petrol station is sometimes sans customers.
2 UPSTART - UP + START ('jump').
3 LARNE - L(A+RN)E; years wasted studying maps finally pays dividends.
4 TRENDIER - END in TRIER; ditto ('tho a bit of a write-in, TBH).
5 ENMESH - HE (His/Her Excellency) reversed around an A-less NAME.
6 WEST POINT - a write-in for those like me who've only heard of one US military academy; okay, maybe two...
7 RAIMENT - AIM in RENT; we've had enough of this recently to stock a lock-up.
8 SHERLOCK HOLMES - Holmes is okay, but there's only one Endeavour Morse. Oh yes - getting carried away with the promo - it's HELL SHOCK MORSE*.
14 EYE SHADOW - EYE + SH(AD)OW.
16 READINGS - READING + S; the alma mater which I try to keep quiet about...
18 GLUTTON - GUILT minus I* + TON; a gourmand can be a connoisseur and s/he can be a glutton. I have never knowingly been the former.
20 ONTARIO - 'here' is the literal, from which Rhode Island is indeed S-E; so, ON followed by A+RI in TO.
21 TOUCAN - South American bird that is partial to a drop of the black stuff; OUT* ('flying') + CA ('about') + N.
23 RUN IN - N ('knight' - in chess) in RUIN; Morse leaves this kind of thing to Lewis.