Nice compact offering from Felix, little harder that usual, and with a few that took a while to parse. There are quite a lot of geographical references but if it’s a Nina I can’t see the connection. 8 minutes for me.
| Across | |
| 1 | Tailored suit in a foreign land (7) |
| TUNISIA – anagram (‘tailored’) of SUIT IN A | |
| 5 | Polish Yankee’s gem (4) |
| RUBY – RUB (polish) + Y | |
| 7 | Manage to flee (3) |
| RUN – double definition | |
| 8 | Stares at yours truly and cries out loud (8) |
| EYEBALLS – sounds like I + BAWLS | |
| 10 | Regular features of exposé on ME racecourse (5) |
| EPSOM – alternate letters of ExPoSe On Me | |
| 11 | Tramp around island to find collection of papers (7) |
| DOSSIER – DOSSER round I | |
| 13 | Learning about a hotel in Pakistani city (6) |
| LAHORE – LORE around A + H | |
| 15 | Bargain ultimately not available after struggle to produce capital (6) |
| VIENNA – N (last letter of BARGAIN) + N/A after VIE | |
| 17 | Thumbs down shattered Donna & co (2,3,2) |
| NO CAN DO – anagram (‘shattered’) of DONNA + CO | |
| 18 | Expression of disapproval, note, for the whole orchestra? (5) |
| TUTTI – TUT + TI (do re me etc ) | |
| 20 | Having rest of peelings thrown out? (8) |
| SLEEPING – anagram (‘thrown out’) of PEELINGS | |
| 22 | Girl from eastern America coming west (3) |
| SUE – E (eastern) + US all backwards | |
| 23 | Region that’s part of Far East (4) |
| AREA – hidden word: fAR EAst | |
| 24 | Mouth a sort of English? (7) |
| ESTUARY – double definition | |
| Down | |
| 1 | Pasta to order in one round container, finally (10) |
| TORTELLINI – TO + TELL + IN + I with R (last letter of CONTAINER) inserted | |
| 2 | Audible denials from 15 figures (5) |
| NINES – In 15ac (VIENNA), denials are NEINS | |
| 3 | Something pressing? Sadly, it means nothing — about right (5,4) |
| STEAM IRON – anagram (‘sadly’) of IT MEANS + O with R inserted | |
| 4 | Improves as noon strikes? (6) |
| AMENDS – AM (morning) ENDS at noon | |
| 5 | Heads for ravine in awfully narrow coastal inlet (3) |
| RIA – first letters of Ravine In Awfully | |
| 6 | European ale in GB getting drunk (7) |
| BELGIAN – anagram (‘getting drunk’) of ALE IN GB | |
| 9 | Surreal yet real, Vic, in an imaginative way (10) |
| CREATIVELY – anagram (‘surreal’) of YET REAL VIC | |
| 12 | Family time in view: hugging one! (9) |
| SKINTIGHT – KIN + T inside SIGHT | |
| 14 | One interrupting Speaker — drat! — Liberal, before short hesitation (7) |
| HECKLER – HECK! + L + ER | |
| 16 | Coppers in change initially pocketed by Rod (6) |
| POLICE – first letters of In Change inside POLE | |
| 19 | Opera, not from southern California (5) |
| TOSCA – TO (not from) + S + CA | |
| 21 | Some waiter arrives in time (3) |
| ERA – hidden word: waitER Arrives | |
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