Puzzles September 2026

Across

• 7 No beginning or end to an anatomy dissection in 12 14 (7)
• 8 Criticise a church that's the ultimate in Baroque style (7)
• 9 Clumsy hitchhikers use them to follow everybody (3,6)
• 11 Pull 12 (4)
• 12 In the morning, Mr Trump meets a northern 11 (8)
• 14 Condition report (5)
• 16 Beaches, for example, fulfil me to some extent (4)
• 18 Stupidly naive to reveal birthmarks (5)
• 20 12 invading Denmark sometime before nightfall (4)
• 21 Stand with comfort before starting to limp (5)
• 23 12 14 16 (8)
• 25 Good day to wear specs in 12 14 (4)
• 27 Fun ahead of wedding spectacle includes ticket for Nag's Head (4,5)
• 29 12 14's sovereign territory on Russia's southern border (7)
• 30 This is central to the 12 14 of mind relit by accident (7)

Down

• 1 The Isle of Wight is twinned with an 12 14 (4)
• 2 More hackneyed elements of first alert (6)
• 3 Ready to be viewed on the toilet (2,3,3)
• 4 12 14 held back by Vanessa's nakedness (6)
• 5 Virgin territory for 12 14 (8)
• 6 At what point will he explore new openings? (4)
• 10 Mentions a struggling 12 14 (9)
• 13 Leading outspoken 12 14 (5)
• 15 Poems about Derby venue (5)
• 17 Neglect of us touches one 12 14 (8)
• 19 Lactobacilli noiselessly covering 12 14 (8)
• 22 Drinking yoghurt given to extremely nice dog on television (6)
• 24 Rent, we're told, is to be increased (6)
• 26 That man will broadcast in Cuban, for example (4)
• 28 On two occasions, when in France, you manufactured dancewear (4)