The Sunday Crossword No 3101, Sunday 24 May 2020

Day 61 of 68 Stay safe at home

(I am maintaining lockdown till 31 May)

ACROSS
1   Become reconciled to US rock band (and what they wear) (4-3-4-2) KISS-AND-MAKE-UP {KISS}{AND}{MAKE UP}
8   Averse to walnut oil every now and then (4) ANTI {wAlNuT}{oIl}
9   Prince Andrew, say, visibly ashamed: it’s a big deal (5,5) ROYAL FLUSH {ROYAL}{FLUSH}

10 Japanese discipline, computing, hard to get to highest point (6) ZENITH {ZEN}{IT}{H}
11 Old drunkards hurl crockery (8) TOSSPOTS {TOSS}{POTS}
12 Set off explosive in pursuit of bit of sediment here? (5,4) STRIP MINE {TRIP}MINE} after {Se...t} &lit
14 Scandinavian with some belief in Nordism (4) FINN [T]
15 Fill up with seconds devoured? (4) SATE {S}{ATE}
16 Times of day when sight wilts almost hazily? (9) TWILIGHTS {SIGHT+WILTs}*
20 Dancing seen around here drunkenly? (4,4) BEER HALL {B{HERE*}ALL} &lit
21 Gestures showing respect; king, on reflection, observed around 50 (6) KNEELS {K}{S{L}EEN<=}
23 Timeless, warmer, quiet composition of Britten? (3,7) WAR REQUIEM {WARMER+QUIEt}* Composition on double duty
24 Comic character landed? Not half (3,1) ALI G ALIGhted
25 Feel overwhelmed? Town begged God for release (3,6,4) GET BOGGED DOWN*

DOWN
1   Almost all German children say ‘thankyou’ at first: most agreeable (7) KINDEST {KINDEr}{Say}{Th...u}
2   Primarily, stories concerning imagined fantastical impacts? (3-2) SCI-FI Acrostic &lit
3   A Hindu god, minutes later, becomes Jewish patriarch (7) ABRAHAM {A}{BRAH(-m)A(+m)M}
4   Creating barriers, arousing any strong-willed characters (3-5,7) DRY-STONE WALLING*

5   Finally, he with weight on shoulders given time (2,4) AT LAST {ATLAS}{T}
6   Covering up European cuts in Guardian’s leader (9) ECLIPSING {E}{CLIPS}{IN}{Gu...n}
7   Afghan people joke about a quiet time (7) PASHTUN {P{A}{SH}{T}UN}
13 Revamped teleprinter, ignoring the French, to decode (9) INTERPRET TElePRINTER*
15 Informed about Hebrews’ affair (7) SHEBANG {S{HEB}ANG}
17 According to Spooner, Everyman’s dressed hurriedly (4,3) LIKE MAD (~ my clad)
18 To make up tale about Khuzdul, for starters – and Sauron, in the end – he did! (7) TOLKIEN {TO}{L{Kh...l}IE}{s...oN} &lit
19 Shakespearean character, Caliban, quotable to some extent (6) BANQUO [T]
22 Muse sequester a tourbus? Not entirely (5) ERATO [T]

Reference List
Computing = IT, Hard = H, Seconds = S, King = K, 50 =L, Time = T, Minutes = M, European = E, Quiet = SH