Clues
Across
- 1 Rely on putting an end to salt corrosion (5)
- 4 Topped and tailed, flipping unconscious fish (4)
- 7 Material was part of ‘Occupy’ protests (5)
- 8 First surprising chart comeback for Meat Loaf in the can? (4)
- 9 Valuable resource buried in Texas settlements (5)
Down
- 1 Lurch in the direction of steamer (4)
- 2 Brings in harvest of fresh pears… (5)
- 3 …summer’s first fruit pulp (5)
- 5 Ballpark for touchdown? It’s Greek to me (3)
- 6 Annoying kid lifting weights (4)
Setter’s notes
A quick one.
Across
- 1 The end of “salT” + “corrosion” = RUST — TRUST, “rely on”.
- 4 “Unconscious” = ASLEEP, topped and tailed (SLEE) and flipped — EELS.
- 7 “Was part of ‘Occupy’ protests” = SAT IN — SATIN, a material.
- 8 The first of “Surprising” + “chart” = MAP, making a comeback (reversed) — SPAM, Meat Loaf in a can.
- 9 Hidden (“buried”) in “texAS SETtlements” — ASSET.
Down
- 1 “In the direction of” = TO + “steamer” = SS — TOSS, “lurch”.
- 2 An anagram (“fresh”) of PEARS — REAPS.
- 3 “Summer’s first” = S + “fruit” = LIME — SLIME, “pulp”.
- 5 Double definition: an estimated time of arrival (“ballpark for touchdown”), and a Greek letter — ETA.
- 6 “Weights” = TONS, lifted (reversed) — SNOT, an annoying kid.