The Sunday Crossword No 3103, Sunday 07 Jun 2020

ACROSS
1   When making comeback, some overuse botox? Certainly (2,2,4) TO BE SURE [T<=]
5   At first, servant can help out and pull something, heavily (6) SCHLEP {Se...t}{Can}{HELP*}
10 Salve composed of lithium, lead, aluminium and teensiest bit of magnesium (3,4) LIP BALM {LI}{PB}{AL}{Ma...m}
11 In Channel Isles, traces of some old ruined cutter (7) INCISOR {IN}{CI}{Some}{Old}{Ru...d}
12 Extremely palatable sauce that’s often seen in starters? (5) PESTO {Pa...lE}{Sa..e}{Th..s}{Of..n} &lit

13 Pop star into opium losing head, addled, becoming less clear (7,2) MISTING UP {STING} in {oPIUM}*
14 The seminar is about an artist (5,7) HENRI MATISSE*
18 Old author ashen? Mr Sheen will refresh (7,5) HERMANN HESSE*
21 Passage ceded regularly in own sweet time (9) HALLOWEEN {HALL}{OW{cEdEd}N}
23 Affair, maybe – often unethical romance, primarily? (5) AMOUR Acrostic &lit
24 American state that’s next to Russia (7) GEORGIA [DD]
25 Actor // who’s started to honk a bit? (7) GOSLING [DD]
26 Watching the old getting home, for example, to give accommodation (6) EYEING {YE}{IN} in {EG}
27 Sound, sounded sound (8) STRAIGHT (~ strait)

DOWN
1   Plath poem recited, Chomp with Part of Mouth (6) TULIPS (~ chew){TU}{LIPS}
2   Reportedly purchase permit to get around city (6) BYPASS (~buy){BY}{PASS}
3   For starters, Scrubs, Oz, American Dad! are revolutionary kind of TV (4,5) SOAP OPERA {Sc...s}{Oz}{Am...n}{POP}{ARE<=}
4   Derby cameramen drunk at solemn occasion (11,3) REMEMBRANCE DAY*
6   Prickly sorts, front of cast at start of play (5) CACTI {Cast}{ACT 1}
7   Survive … hold on … no hint of recovery … then this? (4,4) LAST GASP {LAST}{GrASP} Semi&lit
8   Instances of fabrication producing hats (4,4) PORK PIES [DD]

9   Dimmer sun might rise ... after this? (9,5) MIDSUMMER NIGHT* Semi&lit
15 A small island’s in these empty Australian waters! (6,3) TASMAN SEA {A}{S}{MAN'S} in {ThesE}{A}
16 Top Tory supports Article delivering seat of power to Europeans (3,5) THE HAGUE {HAGUE} under {THE}
17 Either of two writers to be annoying online, unblocked for the most part (8) TROLLOPE {TROLL}{OPEn}
19 Where prince said he could be seen running (with no hint of running) (6) WOKING {WOrKING} Had to Google this
20 Either of two pilots River Island's taken on (6) WRIGHT {W{R}IGHT}
22 Nothing good published about The Observer perhaps (5) ORGAN {O}{R{G}AN}

Reference List

Channel Isle = CI, The old = YE, American = A, Small = S, Island = (ISLE OF) MAN, Australian = A, River = R, Island = (ISLE OF) WIGHT, Good = G