Sunday 13 December 2020

The Sunday Crossword No 3128, Sunday 13 Dec 2020


ACROSS
1   Source of ice cream – indulgence, they say – somewhere in NYC (4,6) WALL STREET {WALLS}{TREET}(~treat)
6   Trees where key limes regularly plucked (4) ELMS {kEy+LiMeS}
9   Everyman's invested in ... in smallest amounts of money to get carrots (10) INCENTIVES {IN}{CENT{I'VE}S}
10 Deer will suffice (4) DOES [DD]
12 A Greek character with liquor and a nudge: careful what you're getting into here (1,3,2,1,4) A PIG IN A POKE {A}{PI}{GIN}{A}{POKE}
15 Eaves' droppers? (7) ICICLES [CD]
16 Eugene's Israelite carrying part of Torah (7) GENESIS [T]
17 Pontoons needing love, once renovated constantly (3-4) NON-STOP PONToONS*
19 In favour of U2's singer not getting any money (3,4) PRO BONO {PRO}{BONO}
20 Religious symbol, where dancing or pants are not common (6,5) PATRON SAINT {OR+PANTS}*{AINT}
23 Sister's outspoken; not at all! (4) NONE(~nun)
24 One who sells essence of rum, mixed with ice or neat (10) AUCTIONEER {rUm+ICE+OR+NEAT}*
25 Where you can see Asia's grandest royal abode, primarily? (4) AGRA Acrostic &lit
26 Numbers overwhelm these whizzes (10) SENSATIONS [DD]

DOWN
1   Hesitate to bring food to table (4) WAIT [DD]
2   Delicate fabric is 'slightly irreplaceable' (4) LACE [T]
3   Incredibly, last union not offering protection (6,6) SUNTAN LOTION*
4   Oddly straying, priapic with lust and greed for sweet things (7) RAISINS {pRiApIc}{SINS}
5   Ironing, perhaps at end of day (7) EVENING [DD]
7   Novelist's novel, O, To Sell Trifle (3,7) LEO TOLSTOY {O+TO+SELL}*{TOY} 
8   Type of bridge in South America given means of support (10) SUSPENSION {S}{US}{PENSION}
11 Prepared a burrito; won't give you fish (7,5) RAINBOW TROUT*
13 And a pig ferociously eats tiny creature to become enormous beast (5,5) GIANT PANDA {AND+A+PIG}* over {ANT}
14 Technician: 'A spot of sepia? Not unerasable' (5,5) PIANO TUNER [T] 
18 Ace succeeding, old stance, getting to green area (7) PASTURE P(-o+a)ASTURE
19 Uplifting quiet time with love, quietly offering support (7) PLINTHS {SH}{T}{NIL}{P}<=
21 Confused vote delivering presidential power (4) VETO*
22 Regularly in bedrooms, making love (4) EROS bEdRoOmS

Reference List
Love = 0, South = S, Ace = A, Old = O, Quiet = SH, Quietly = P 

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