The Sunday Crossword No 3098, Sunday 03 May 2020

Day 40 of 54 Stay safe at home

ACROSS
1   ‘Perhaps Stamp Act’s boring?’ – renowned army officer (1,1,8) T E LAWRENCE {TE{LAW}RENCE}
6   Second chop is unappealing food (4) SLOP {S}{LOP}
9   Lacking a piano, music therapy revised for '80s pop duo (10) EURYTHMICS {MUSIC+THERapY}*

10 Berliner oddly taken with cheese (4) BRIE BeRlInEr
12 Little is known about these biscuits baked with roe (11) OBSCURITIES {BISCUITS+ROE}*
14 Instrument whereby Europe divides UK and the French, twice (7) UKELELE {UK}{E}{LE}{LE}
15 Son loses enthusiasm about, primarily, higher educational establishments (7) SCHOOLS {S}{C{Hi..r}OOLS}
16 During crash of Euro, fellow returns with charm (7) ENAMOUR {E{MAN<=}OUR*}
18 Solver’s taking long time? I accept that (5,2) YOU'RE ON {YOUR}{EON}
19 Narcissistic novelist given small amount of money and wine (4-7) SELF-CENTRED {SELF}{CENT}{RED}
22 What odds may – or may not – be (4) EVEN [CD]
23 Comedian's heartless joke describes higher echelons (4,6) JOHN CLEESE {JokE} over {ECHELONS}*
24 Idiot comes back with waterproof (4) TARP<=
25 Going around Cyprus, Dick gets something to eat (6,4) CRISPY DUCK*

DOWN
1   Draws even with final four of penalties (4) TIES penalTIES
2   Primarily, lipoid adiposity rendered digestible? (4) LARD Acrostic &lit
3   Notice how I’ve given free rein to a man (4,3,5) WITH ONE VOICE*
4   All together, magically, finally: ‘Open Sesame!’ (2,5) EN MASSE {opeN+SESAME}*
5   Company with £1,000 invested in support’s making mistakes (4-3) COCK-UPS {CO}{C{K}UPS}
7   Act as master in torrid love resort (4,2,4) LORD IT OVER*
8   Throng, with nose out of joint, continues moving forward (7,2) PRESSES ON {PRESS}{NOSE*}
11 Wild youth ate nuts hastily (7,5) WITHOUT DELAY*
13 Suppressing a pain, regret inflamed rear that’s used in cycling (10) DERAILLEUR {A}{ILL} in {RUE}{RED}<=

14 Independent in US Senate troubled, most troubled (9) UNEASIEST {I} in {US+SENATE}*
17 Enmity engendered by Franco urgently (7) RANCOUR [T]
18 Norse wearing strangely frosty underwear (1-6) Y-FRONTS {FROSTY}* over {N}
20 Assistance in ordering some prime numbers (4) MENU [T]
21 Queen’s shielded by bishop and king? Idiot (4) BERK {B}{ER}{K}

Reference List
Second = S, Piano = P, Europe = E, Son = S, Wine = RED, Company = CO, 1000 = K, Inflamed = RED, Independent = I, Norse = N, Bishop = B, King = K