The Sunday Crossword No 3142, Sunday 21Mar 2021

ACROSS

1   Crows behind the writer's disturbed rest, taking year to produce book (6,7) MURDER MYSTERY {MURDER}{MY}{REST*}{Y}

8   A Campbell ... and where he might live (4) GLEN [DD]

9   Evenly fold material ... becoming this? (6-4) TAILOR-MADE  {fOlD+MATERIAL}* &lit

10 Rib leading to human, oddly; ousted in Bible book (6) JOSHUA {JOSH}{hUmAn}

11 Harshly disciplined, ignoring corrupt ICI? Excellent! (8) SPLENDID DiSciPLINED*

12 Friend, not at home among clerical profession, finding form of divination (9) PALMISTRY {PAL}{MinISTRY}

14 Head of state (& historically, Arabic honcho)? (4) SHAH Acrostic &lit

15 For you and me, time's called (4) OURS (~hours)

16 Lost, alone, after pub crawl's initiation in the City (9) BARCELONA {ALONE}* after {BAR}{Cr..l}

20 Another way to see romp around sordid flat? Windows, perhaps (8) PLATFORM {ROMP}* around {FLAT}*

21 I regularly told fiancée to obtain antiseptic (6) IODINE {I}{tOlD+fIaNcEe}

23 Clothes shop helper not, on the face of it, a kind of servant (10) HANDMAIDEN {H and M}{AIDE}{Not}

24 Speaker's helper to be found before November (4) MIKE M comes before N in NATO Phonetic alphabets

25 'Milord? Graham's performing something in the bog' (5,8) MARSH MARIGOLD*

DOWN

1   Starter of mayonnaise and stale eggs in European country (7) MOLDOVA {Ma...e}{OLD}{OVA}

2   There's a place for cattle in Lutheran Church (5) RANCH [T]

3   Catches half-decent hip-hop performances (7) ENTRAPS {decENT}{RAPS}

4   Maid Marian meets unfortunate town crier's descendents (10,5) MAINSTREAM MEDIA*

5   Pistol fired, expecting your attention (6) SPOILT*

6   Most of lamb the men cooked with cheese (9) EMMENTHAL {LAMb+THE+MEN}*

7   Work in the home, coming up with meal: some tongue (7) YIDDISH {DIY<=}{DISH}

13 When embracing a king, Everyman's reportedly gnawed on a royal personage (4,5) MARY TUDOR {M{A}{R}Y}{TUDOR}(~ chewed a)

15 Drunken Milo embraces mate (it's a tree) (3,4) OIL PALM {OIL{PAL}M*}

17 Red couch I 'antiqued' to some extent (7) CHIANTI [T]

18 Kind of sole you shouldn't find on a slipper? (3-4) NON-SKID {NON}{SKID}

19 Half of spuds hidden by second-hand agricultural compound (6) POTASH {POTAtoes}{SH}

22 Old boy with gossip about 'remarkable elephant' (5) DUMBO {OB}{MUD}<=

Reference List

Year = Y, King = R, Old boy = OB