The Sunday Crossword No 3063, Sunday 01 Sep 2019

ACROSS
1   Sly boasts must supply evidence of wealth (6,7) STATUS SYMBOLS*
8   Section of atlas, I assume! (4) ASIA [T] Semi&lit
9   Degrader of transportation? (4,6) FARE DODGER* &lit
10 Health expert let fish go bad after flipping (6) DOCTOR {ROT}{COD}<=
11 Find out about unusual radiation (5-3) INFRA-RED {INF{RARE}D*}
12 Actor – Alec Guinness, say – given line (9) KNIGHTLEY {KNIGHT}{LEY}

14 Unappealing, lousy (on the outside)? (4) UGLY {Un...nG}{LousY} Semi&lit
15 Head of Blackpool Zoo, bumbling buffoon (4) BOZO {Bl...l}{ZOO*}
16 You've let me down, putting rotten butter on butties regularly (2,2,5) ET TU BRUTE {BUTTER*}{bUtTiEs}
20 Committed saint with extremely abnormal verruca (8) STALWART {ST}{Ab...aL}{WART}
21 Dishevelled, untidy, in state of undress (6) NUDITY*
23 Part of Yorkshire fighter rose for the audience? (5,5) PLAIN FLOUR (~ plane flower)
24 Compact weapons withdrawn (4) SNUG<=
25 Religious instruction fervently shuns cold soya (6,7) SUNDAY SCHOOLS*

DOWN
1   Halfwit gets in early to see poet (7) SASSOON {S{ASS}OON}
2   This actor wants to get away (5) APART {A}{PART}
3   Enthusiastic usurer initially obtaining obscene profit (2,3,2) UP FOR IT {Us...r}{PROFIT*}
4   Here you might rest with 'Paddington Enters Armed Forces'? (7,8) SERVICE STATIONS {SERVICE{STATION}S}
5   Financier Bernie did this with the loot, we're told (6) MADOFF (~made off)
6   A heap, old boy? Not a sausage (3,6) OLD BANGER {O}{LaD}{BANGER}
7   Unseemly exchange by railway is quite a sight (7) SCENERY {SCENE}{RY}
13 Ultimately, visiting Arizona, Illinois, Long Island and Ontario is big deal (9) GAZILLION {v...nG}{AZ}{IL}{LI}{ON}
15 Campaigns against 'having area for old wine collection' (7) BATTLES B(-o+a)ATTLES
17 Hunt: pro renewal of Humberside etc (2,5) UP NORTH*
18 Vacant twit in tutu's dancing, getting sounds of disapproval (3-4) TUT-TUTS {TwiT} in {TUTUS}*
19 Sordid affair that's seen at evening classes (6) RAFFIA* Evening classes?
22 Every so often, DJ is sick of dance music (5) DISCO {Dj+Is+SiCk+Of}

Reference List
Saint = ST, Old = O, Railway = RY, Area = A

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