The Sunday Crossword No 3138, Sunday 21 Feb 2021

ACROSS

1   Dire moments represented in Chaplin classic? (6,5) MODERN TIMES*

9   Every now and then, organist has dairy dish (5) RAITA {oRgAnIsT+hAs}

10 'Listen: I get votes. Listen: "masses"' ... (3,6) HOI POLLOI {HO}{I}{POLL}{OI}

11 ... empower crazy nut as leader? Indefensible (9) UNTENABLE {ENABLE}<=>{NUT}*

12 Some Hindu calendar concerning a nobleman (5) DUCAL [T]

13 Student, not so clean, loses money, gets more lean (7) LANKIER {L}{mANKIER}

15 Nowadays, character from Nato goes around boasting (7) BRAVADO {BRAV{AD}O}

17 Fried horse contains a little taste of umami (7) SAUTEED {S{A}{Um..i}TEED}

19 Book of little weight to cause injury (7) GRAMMAR {GRAM}{MAR}

21 You Trekkies suppress too much (5) OUTRE [T]

23 Campanologist feigned bad mood (9) QUASIMODO {QUASI}{MOOD*}

25 Low-quality Spanish wine consumed by personnel (5-4) TENTH-RATE {TENT}{HR}{ATE}

26 Resembling gold. Containing uranium. Shame (5) GUILT {G{U}ILT}

27 Household appliance increasingly warped as animals found inside (6-5) WASHER-DRYER {W{AS}{HERD}RYER}

DOWN

1   In France, Everyman gathers up water (7) MOISTEN {MOI}{NETS<=}

2   With end removed, India paper rolled into tube (9) DRAINPIPE {INDIa+PAPER}*

3   Expressions of frustration and uncertainty arising in health facility (5) REHAB {BAH}{ER}<=

4   Something seen in bathroom; big tale to unfold (6,3) TOILET BAG*

5   Pet noisily bellowed (5) MOOED [CD]

6   Sail cut off somewhere in the W Indies (2,5) ST LUCIA*

7   Looks for problems, finding Russian cash, heroin, cocaine's all around (13) TROUBLESHOOTS {ROUBLES}{H} in {TOOT'S)

8   I'll buy soot for reunion; make the most of it (4,4,5) FILL YOUR BOOTS*

14 Where Lenin may be seen as bloody bourgeois (3,6) RED SQUARE {RED}{SQUARE}

16 In the morning, a spirit loudly evacuated, causing astonishment (9) AMAZINGLY {AM}{A}{ZING}{Lo..lY}

18 Finally, John Woo put reboots all in the past (2,2,3) UP TO NOW {johN+WOO+PUT}*

20 Less decisive omnivore, not very prone to change (7) MOONIER {OMNIvORE}*

22 Primarily, essentially, that habitual organisational spirit? (5) ETHOS Acrostic &lit

24 In advance, or yet to come? (5) AHEAD [DD]

Reference List

Money = M, Personnel = HR, Heroin = H, Very = V