The Sunday Crossword No 3095, Sunday 12 Apr 2020

Day 19 of 21 Stay safe at home

HAPPY EASTER

ACROSS
1   A U-boat, to begin with, has never exploded in German transport lanes (8) AUTOBAHN {A+UBOAT+Has+Ne..r}*
5   Ancient vessel emptied, filled with fizzy wine (4,2) PAST IT  {ASTI} in {PoT}
10 Horrible baby’s malodorous sample (7) ABYSMAL [T]
11 You finally admitting dead pager’s broken? Perhaps get a new phone (7) UPGRADE {yoU}{PGRA{D}E*}
12 Piece of cloth on goolies? (5) THONG [T] &lit
13 Tired, I cry about trendy street food (5,4) DIRTY RICE*

14 Dean’s address is, surprisingly, never ever dry (4,8) VERY REVEREND*
18 ‘Quakerism’ … not ‘quaking’ … ? (8,4) QUESTION MARK*
21 If parties needing animation, drinks served beforehand (9) APERITIFS*
23 Hellish character, government by the wealthy? Not half (5) PLUTO PLUTOcracy
24 Country song I Eat Bananas lacking gravity (7) ESTONIA {SONg+I+EAT}*

25 Country dancing rodeo mostly welcoming cougar, oddly (7) ECUADOR {RODEo}* over{CoUgAr}

26 Knock off turbulent priest beforehand (6) PIRATE {IRATE|<=>{P}
27 Rovers maybe making itinerant crusades (4,4) USED CARS*

DOWN
1   Set up in first pad, adolescent achieves accommodation (6) ADAPTS [T<=]
2   Beckett character turns up, carrying … finally, finally … a tiny pooch (3,3) TOY DOG  {GODOT}<= over {f...lY}
3   In audition, smile I supposed to be welcoming expression (2,2,5) BE MY GUEST {~beam i guess}
4   Foal had idly relaxed in hay for time off (4-3,7) HALF-DAY HOLIDAY {FOAL+HAD+IDLY}* in {HAY}
6   Primarily, annoyed, narked, getting extremely ratty? (5) ANGRY {An...d}{Na...d}{Ge...g}{RattY} &lit
7   ‘Where to drink, Everyman?’ (Everyman, at last, answers.) ‘When to drink?’ (8) TEATIMES {TEAT}{I}{ME}{a...rS}
8   To start with, Nicomachus died in his home with painful sickness (3,5) THE BENDS {Ni...s}{D} in {THEBES}
9   Army officers diverted stream in regions (14) QUARTERMASTERS {QUARTER{STREAM*}S}
15 Poet represented azure pond (4,5) EZRA POUND*
16 Prepare for fight … or settle (6,2) SQUARE UP [DD]
17 Merit given by the Queen to traitor (8) DESERTER (~dessert){DESERT}{ER} See comments
19 Cockney bruiser returns to wasteland (6) TUNDRA {'ARD NUT}<=
20 Dates and locations for actions (6) COURTS [DD]
22 Nooky after pub: do you agree? (5) INNIT {INN}{IT}

Reference List
Dead = D, Gravity = G, Priest = P