The Sunday Crossword No 3173, Sunday 24 Oct 2021

ACROSS

1   12 sheep delay broadcast (10) SLEEPYHEAD* (See 12 below)

6   Employs guessers now and then (4) USES gUeSsErS

9   Traditional musician's fiddle enthralling ol' Kansas (4,6) FOLK SINGER {F{OL}{KS}INGER}

10 Fossil fuel in eyeliner, we're told (4) COAL (~kohl)

12 Somnolent type to tear open vehicle with seafood (3,3,6) RIP VAN WINKLE {RIP}{VAN}{WINKLE}

15 A little unclear, nervous beginner (7) LEARNER [T]

16 Gets in boats to resort (7) OBTAINS*

17 Spend a lot, swell place obtained (7) SPLURGE {S{PL}URGE}

19 Go Dutch, splash out, save penny – stroke of luck! (7) GODSEND {GO}{D}{SpEND}

20 I saw Gary race around roads (12) CARRIAGEWAYS*

23 Highway travelled by horse noisily (4) ROAD (~rode)

24 Fastidious Everyman given time: 'silly not to deliver' (10) METICULOUS {ME}{T}{ridICULOUS}

25 Egyptian city where god's rejected (4) SUEZ<=

26 Ungodliest, harrowing: together they circle the world (10) LONGITUDES*

DOWN

1   Primarily, spiritualist ultimately finding ihsān? (4) SUFI Acrostic &lit

2   Beauty magazine, whichever way you look at it (4) ELLE [GK]

3   Granadilla spread one consumed on Friday. Peeled? Quite (7,5) PASSION FRUIT {PASS{1}ON}{FR}{qUITe}

4   Constituents of Antioch, an overseas principality once (7) HANOVER [T]

5   I tucked into tea, not ardently consumed (3,4) ATE INTO {I} in {TEA+NOT}*

7   Bouillon for starters: pungent, inedible, the French food not yet eaten? (10) STOCKPILES {STOCK}{Pu...t}{In...e}{LES}

8   No end of fish and beef (10) SILVERSIDE SILVERSIDEs 

11 The raw bananas: I try a dish, but ... (8,4) BIRTHDAY SUIT*

13 Vulgar wiseacre's teaching aids (5,5) FLASH CARDS {FLASH}{CARDS}

14 Bespoke material old duke ordered (6-4) TAILOR-MADE {MATERIAL+O+D}*

18 Artist representing Creole? Good (2,5) EL GRECO {CREOLE+G}*

19 Slack-jawed at first, getting affectionate with royal (7) GAWKING {Ge...g}{Af...e}{With}{KING}

21 Spy giving up date of birth (including name) (4) BOND {BO{N}D<=}

22 Wife avoiding insects and snakes (4) ASPS wASPS

Reference List

Place = PL, Dutch = D, Penny = P, Time = T, The in French = LES, Old = O, Duke = D, Good = G, Date of birth = DOB, Name = N, Wife = W

The Hindu Cryptic on Sunday #59, Sunday 24 Oct 2021, Afterdark

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