The Sunday Crossword No 3099, Sunday 10 May 2020

Day 47 of 54 Stay safe at home

ACROSS
1   According to Spooner, conveniences for pets are symbols of the working class (4,4) FLAT CAPS (~cat flaps)
5   Church music: where to be seated (5) CHAIR {CH}{AIR}
9   So, an African country, a nation of Africa (7) SOMALIA {SO}{MALI}{A}

10 What's caused by cold weather? I see, I see: son’s skipping lesson (7) ICICLES {I}{C}{I}{C}{LESson}
11 Respected figure among midfielders (5) ELDER [T]
12 A pony went bananas: that's seen all the time (3-1-5) TWO-A-PENNY*

Hot cross buns,

Hot cross buns,

One a penny,

Two a penny,

Hot cross buns.

If you have no daughters,

If you have no sons,

One a penny,

Two a penny,

Hot cross buns.

If your sons don't like them,

They're the only ones,

One a penny,

Two a penny,

Hot cross buns.

I don't tell jokes

And I don't tell puns,

One a penny,

Two a penny,

Hot cross buns.

Get them while they're hot

And eat them by the ton,

One a penny,

Two a penny,

Hot cross buns.

13 Use your wits: plunge into water and plunge into water (4,3,4) DUCK AND DIVE {DUCK}{AND}{DIVE}
17 Trail guides displayed technique with axe (5,6) SLIDE GUITAR*
20 To ridicule the French, Trump recalled battle they lost (9) TRAFALGAR {RAG}{LA}{F}{ART}<= Semi&lit
22 NY sportsmen filled with energy for fixtures (5) MEETS {ME{E}TS}
23 Consume some buckwheat in tortilla (3,4) EAT INTO [T]
24 Hastily ‘reunited’ with North excluded – very clever (7) ERUDITE REUnITED*
25 Neuroses involving money (5) EUROS [T]
26 In Yorkshire you will enter hostelry, with a little drink sooner or later (2,3,3) IN THE END {IN{THEE}N}{Dr..k}

DOWN
1   Believer during Ramadan getting more resolute (6) FASTER [DD]
2   Primarily, ancient Royal Marines’ adversaries Drake annihilated? (6) ARMADA Acrostic &lit
3   Between mountain pass and narrow elevation, English versifier (9) COLERIDGE {COL}{E}{RIDGE}
4   Corpulent sags I cut up! (7,7) PLASTIC SURGEON* &lit
5   Junk food firm (5) CRISP [DD]
6   What can be seen in book of maps? Not this island, for starters! (8) ATLANTIS {ATLA{Not}{This}{Is...d}S} &lit
7   Filthy location left amid tall grass given new appearance (8) RESTYLED {RE{STY}{L}ED}
8   Countries getting along swimmingly? She might not agree (6,8) NICOLA STURGEON {COUNTRIES+ALONG}* Semi&lit
14 Fly south, taking minutes, not seconds, to coastal town (9) DARTMOUTH {DART}{(-s+m)MOUTH}
15 A model? The Observer is, in a way (2,2,4) AS IT WERE {A}{SIT}{WE'RE}
16 Type of movie where star dies surprisingly? (8) DISASTER*
18 City, European, very pleasant to go around? (6) VENICE {V}{E}{NICE}
19 Wasted, stoned in European city (6) OSTEND*
21 Unionist soldiers surrounding female family members (5) AUNTS {A{U}NTS}

Reference List
Church = CH, Energy = E, North = N, English = E, Left = L, Minute = M, Second = S, European = E, Very = V, Unionist = U