Daily hard — 2026-09-22

Across

1. 4. Term for the front window in American English, often used in driving contexts (10)
2. 6. British company founded by Clive that produced early affordable home computers (8)
3. 8. Gluttonously enjoy a spread, often in good company (8)
4. 12. Catchphrase of a famous turtle in a shell. (9)
5. 14. First name of the US Vice President under Nixon (5)
6. 15. Astronaut born in 1951 who became the first American woman in space (4)
7. 17. French-Polish scientist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. (5)
8. 18. Visual representation of data using lines or bars (8)
9. 21. A far-right party that gained traction in Eastern Germany's elections. (3)
10. 23. French scientist who developed vaccines and a process to stop milk from spoiling. (7)
11. 24. Popular 1980s British home computer known for its rainbow logo and rubber keys (8)
12. 25. American aircraft company that merged to form Curtiss-Wright in 1929 (7)

Down

1. 1. A term often associated with totalitarian regimes in fiction. (9)
2. 2. In a manner that means touching or adjacent to each other. (12)
3. 3. Advisers who may assist in personal development and well-being. (11)
4. 4. Title of a British television series about a group of cadets. (10)
5. 5. Protective vessels for rolled tobacco products (10)
6. 7. American actor born in 1951 who played Batman in the 1989 movie (6)
7. 9. A popular hair colour choice that resembles silver. (12)
8. 10. Brief burst of electrical current used to flip a magnetic polarity state. (5)
9. 11. First name of Belarusian high jumper Eboagwu, of Nigerian descent. (6)
10. 13. A medical operation often used for patients who cannot eat normally (11)
11. 16. Tiny island in Jonathan Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels'. (8)
12. 19. Italian waffle cookies often dusted with icing sugar. (9)
13. 20. Grassland for keeping animals like sheep or cows (7)
14. 22. Howard who served in the Vermont House of Representatives in the 1980s (4)