Daily hard — 2026-09-16

Across

1. 1. _____ of Perpetual Indulgence, order of drag nuns founded in San Francisco in 1980 (7)
2. 6. Action taken during a parliamentary election process (7)
3. 9. Indonesian dish often used as a side to enhance flavours. (6)
4. 10. Dressed in a particular style or clothing. (8)
5. 11. Investment bank surname that follows Goldman in a famous New York firm. (5)
6. 12. Home to the Sandia Peak Tramway, a popular attraction. (6)
7. 15. George who served in the Vermont House in the 1930s before becoming governor (5)
8. 19. Actor known for his role in 'The Pianist'. (5)
9. 20. The act of defaming or misrepresenting someone's character. (10)
10. 21. Polish tennis champion born in 2001 who won the French Open multiple times (7)
11. 22. Term in psychology for the process of rejecting the unacceptable self. (9)
12. 24. Chemical agent often used in personal care for bug avoidance (9)
13. 25. Olympic competitor in a combined event of ten disciplines (10)

Down

1. 1. Smallest pitch difference in Western music notation (8)
2. 2. In a manner that shows willingness to yield (12)
3. 3. American automobile company disestablished in 1929 after a merger (8)
4. 4. Bruce who played action hero John McClane in Die Hard (6)
5. 5. The Belarusian capital city where many Afro-Belarusian figures were raised. (5)
6. 7. This iconic venue is often associated with elegance and glamour. (7)
7. 8. Alfred von Tirpitz, architect of the German navy's expansion. (7)
8. 13. Value representing distance from the vertical axis (8)
9. 14. Set out in a particular format or design (7)
10. 16. An old term for a sweet or charming person. (8)
11. 17. John who wrote bestselling legal thrillers like The Firm (7)
12. 18. French term for 'without equal', often used in baking. (10)
13. 23. Actress who starred in West Side Story and Rebel Without a Cause, born in 1938. (4)