The Sunday Crossword No 3137, Sunday 14 Feb 2021

ACROSS

1   Hector can't change into outerwear (6,4) TRENCH COAT*

6   Equivalent to 'rings'? Largely! (4) TORI [T] &lit

9   Worrying down pork pies before an all-night feast (5,5) LYING AWAKE {LYING}{A}{WAKE}

10 Sinfully help gambler regularly getting tense (4) ABET {gAmBlEr}{T}

11 Notice glow or blast in industrial facility (7,5) COOLING TOWER*

15 This iconic movie embraces chronologically oriented paradoxes, initially! (4,3) TIME COP Acrostic &lit

16 A cuddle? Flipping Everyman wants two! (7) EMBRACE {ME<=}{BRACE}

17 Capital cartel cannot pay regularly (7) ATLANTA {cArTeL+cAnNoT+pAy}

19 Confused peer: 'Ten ... twelve ... or less' (7) PRETEEN*

20 What resident does when doctor has expressions of pain and uncertainty, seeing guts (7,5) STAYING POWER {STAY IN}{GP}{OW}{ER}

23 Painted a picture, retrospective displays a tablet (4) IPAD [T<=]

24 One-time art involved this? (10) MARIONETTE* &lit

25 That woman would get rid of Slough (4) SHED SHE'D

26 Sorting out arranger for musician (5,5) RINGO STARR {SORTING}*{ARR}

DOWN

1   Story's end read aloud (4) TALE (~tail)

2   Drug dispenser using ingredients in decigrammes (1-3) E-CIG [T]

3   Those who know iodine component has no odour at first (11) COGNOSCENTI  {I}<=>{COG}{NO}{SCENT}

4   Primrose causes dismay with impertinence (7) COWSLIP {COWS}{LIP}

5   Unmask ancestor a little suspiciously (7) ASKANCE [T]

7   After a steer, confused bloke was finding water (2-3,5) OX-BOW LAKES {OX}{BLOKE+WAS}*

8   Rising fury about time not indicating, initially, breaches in continuity (10) INTERREGNA {ANGER}{RE}{T}{Not}{In...g} <=

12 Pill given to Team GB champ for game (5,6) TABLE TENNIS {TABLET}{ENNIS}

13 Second crews in second boats (10) STEAMSHIPS {S}{TEAMS}{HIP}{S}

14 Combine, in the morning, seaweed and chum (10) AMALGAMATE {AM}{ALGA}{MATE}

18 Dog's got one tongue (7) AFGHANI {AFGHAN}{1}

19 Demonstrating procedure on Bake Off (7) PROVING [DD]

21 Mountain of Vietnam (4) ETNA [T]

22 Announced seaside structure for aristocrat (4) PEER (~pier)

Reference List

Tense = T, Doctor = GP, Arranger = ARR, About = RE, Second = S, In = HIP