The Sunday Crossword No 3090, Sunday 08 Mar 2020

ACROSS
1   When topless man’s announced? (3,5) HEN NIGHT {wHEN}{NIGHT}(~knight) [CD]
5   Revolutionary Judea inspires very familiar feeling (4,2) DEJA VU {JUDEA}* over {V}
10 Star, laid back, is old timer (7) SUNDIAL {SUN}{LAID<=}
11 Staged tea dance without a pirouette (7) ENACTED {TEa+DANCE}*
12 Peacekeepers assembled with a marine to demilitarise (5) UNARM {UN}{A}{RM}
13 Visiting university, Australian redhead drained one firkin at first, large amount of booze (4,2,3) YARD OF ALE {Au...n}{Re...d}{Dr...d}{One}{Fi...n} in {YALE}

14 Act oddly, shake rump, getting as low as you can (2,4,6) AT ROCK BOTTOM {AcT}{ROCK}{BOTTOM}
18 Is circle flat? Possibly … doubtful (4-8) SELF CRITICAL*
21 Everyman misrepresents height a fraction (3-6) ONE-EIGHTH {ONE}{HEIGHT*}
23 German army’s spirit (5) GHOST {G}{HOST}
24 Patient’s ill – nearly about to amputate limb, to begin with (7) STOICAL {S{TO}ICk}{Am...e}{Limb}
25 Withholding sex appeal, not a Beatles song primarily wanting for orchestration! (3,2,2) LET IT BE {IT} in {BEaTLEs}*
26 Grim-sounding novelist (6) STERNE (~stern)
27 They say Mr. Broadbent's tired with sportswear (3,5) GYM PANTS (~jim){GYM}{PANTS}

DOWN
1   To suppress America, His Highness stifled rising (4,2) HUSH UP {H{US}H}{UP}
2   Light gas without energy floats around tank to begin with (3-3) NON-FAT {NeON}-{Fl...s}{Ar...d}{Tank}
3   Preposterous to describe mum using colloquialisms (9) IDIOMATIC {IDIO{MA}TIC}
4   Oh golly! Falling – not seriously – for society girl (5,9) HOLLY GOLIGHTLY {OH+GOLLY}*{LIGHTLY}
6   Some contents taken from refrigerator: famous inspiration for poetry (5) ERATO [T]
7   Draws a tableau originally with expanses of land (8) ATTRACTS {A}{Ta...u}{TRACTS}
8   Buckle under in the morning temperature? Inconceivable (8) UNDREAMT {UNDER*}{AM}{T}
9   Actress, one embraced by dissolute rake, chivalrous in conversation (5,9) KEIRA KNIGHTLEY {KE{1}RA*}{KNIGHTLEY}(~knightly)

15 Butterfly variety seen in books on Italy and Portugal (6-3) ORANGE-TIP {O{RANGE}T}{I}{P}

16 Champions see soup's prepared (8) ESPOUSES*
17 Jazz outfit thumping lute with bone (4,4) BLUE NOTE {LUTE+BONE}*
19 North-west town’s sportsman (forward) (6) BOLTON {BOLT}{ON}
20 Answer must include the ancient city (6) ATHENS {A{THE}NS}
22 Write-in candidates including South American (5) INCAN [T]

Reference List
Very = V, Marine = RM, German = G, Energy = E, Morning = AM, Temperature = T, Books = OT, Italy = I, Portugal = P