Crossword for Sunday 13 September 2026

Across

1. 1. An Instagrammer's primary vacation activity
2. 5. abbr. Domino's 30-minute promise, in corporate speak
3. 8. What every social media guru wants to help you crack, in short
4. 9. Where stans are deeper than fans
5. 10. Place of learning in the hills, with half the name of its town
6. 11. Recruit
7. 12. Jungle resort activity that calls for expectation management
8. 14. The fates of Sula and others like it hang off these
9. 15. See 22D
10. 18. Keepsake from one: once an autograph, now a selfie
11. 19. abbr. Curt answer to 'When?' that sounds more reasonable when expanded
12. 23. When repeated, blah blah
13. 24. The gloop inside a gloopy lamp
14. 25. abbr. Reddit's Q&A format, where anything goes
15. 26. I agree

Down

1. 1. "Lit", to a GenXer
2. 2. Chess player's ladder
3. 3. "Room full of ____": A corporate boardroom is a good example, maybe
4. 4. Wet season tourist magnet known for the brittle candy named after it
5. 5. Pointed or tapering structure on the roof of some buildings
6. 6. Slender _____, the primate with its own Tamil Nadu sanctuary
7. 7. You are a great one, taxonomically
8. 9. Wet season tourist magnet known for its Bollywood invitation
9. 13. A fish has one; a diver straps on a copy
10. 15. Word following "O Re" or preceding "Basanti"
11. 16. Bhakra-Nangal is _ ___
12. 17. Fizz for your whisky
13. 20. Vicky Kaushal's Field Marshal
14. 21. A tree-lined street, in short
15. 22. With 15A, candy that left you red-tongued