The Sunday Crossword No 3075, Sunday 24 Nov 2019

ACROSS
1   Fruit salad (6) TOMATO [DD]
4   Catching chum? Bait is unnecessary (1,3,4) A BIT MUCH*
9   Headbanger? (6) NUTTER [E]
10 Runs obtained by English in cricket, perhaps with no-one watching (2,6) IN SECRET {R}{E} in {INSECT}
12 Clumsy tragedian, not a star (3,5) RED GIANT TRaGEDIAN*
13 Four admitted to surrealist festival (6) DIVALI {D{IV}ALI}
15 Make little 'uns surround chaps with flowers (6-2-4) FORGET-ME-NOTS {FORGE}{T{MEN}OTS}

18 PM having shag and a lie-down (9,3) AFTERNOON NAP {AFTER NOON}{NAP}
21 President to be suspended, admitting nothing (6) HOOVER {HO{0}VER}
22 Opposite number in disguise, seen intermittently (8) CONVERSE {CO{N}VER}{SeEn}
24 Left ... left ... voila! Cubs assembled shelters (8) BIVOUACS {VOIlA+CUBS}*
25 Home with tatty walls, heartless relatives (2-4) IN-LAWS {IN}{WAlLS}*
26 Special sci-fi device that's used by Banksy (5,3) SPRAY GUN {SP}{RAY GUN}
27 For starters, I'll serve this halloumi marinated in strips (6) ISTHMI Acrostic

DOWN
1   Drunken teens endlessly abounding on resort island (8) TENERIFE {TEENs}*{RIFE}
2   In conversation, Damon is keen on Spanish performers (8) MATADORS (~matt adores)
3   'Buoyant Eel Thief', unusual Booker winner (3,4,2,6) THE LINE OF BEAUTY*
5   Bowled over by two names for old capital (4) BONN {B}{O}{NN}
6   Art event that Serena wasn't in time for? (3,5,2,5)  THE BIRTH OF VENUS [DD]
7   Fantastic to unwind, they say (6) UNREAL (~unreel)
8   Shock: describing most of the bible as cobblers (3,3) HOT AIR {H{OT}AIR}
11 Men I see struggling? (7) ENEMIES* Definition?
14 Biblical character, fellow apparently lasting forever (2,3,2) ON AND ON {ONAN}{DON}
16 Impose second of levies on North Carolina fish (8) ENCROACH {lEv..s}{NC}{ROACH}
17 Evening of fun with squeeze, getting into a kiss? Not half (5-3) SPEED-SKI ?? SPEEDS{KIss} (Addendum - APRES SKI {A}{PRESS}{KIss} - See comments)
19 Some writhe besottedly in old city (6) THEBES [T]
20 Lover's ravished you (6) SOLVER*
23 Booze cruise: case of white? Not quite (4) ECRU [T]

Reference List
Runs = R, English = E, Nothing = 0, Number = N, Left = L, Home = IN, Special = SP, Bowled = B, Over = O, Name = N, Bible = OT