The Sunday Crossword No 3144, Sunday 04 Apr 2021

ACROSS

1   Dancing will get you prone with hip replacement (8) HORNPIPE {PRONE+HIP}*

5   Holy man, righteous, flips, goes bananas (6) ERUPTS {ST}{PURE}<=

10 I see diving bird returning to very cold water (7) ICEBERG {I}{C}{GREBE<=}

11 Poor misguided fool in the lead somewhere in Japan (7) SAPPORO {POOR}*<=>{SAP}

12 Because of odour, eat cod only now and then (3,2) DUE TO {oDoUr+EaT+cOd}

13 Van is seen moving with simplicity (9) NAIVENESS*

14 Bread boxes? (4,8) CASH MACHINES [CD]

18 Like Enid Blyton vis-à-vis tiny blonde? (12) ANAGRAMMATIC &lit Defintion by example

21 Earl finally – finally! – has estate ringed by 52 hedges (9) LEYLANDII {E}{f...lY}{LAND} in {LII}

23 Perhaps Muscat resident will be back soon (5) OMANI {IN A MO}<=

24 Productive government losing power, irritating (7) GAINFUL {G}{pAINFUL}

25 Oddly, drew a little shrine; close to flock, highest screen displaying icons (7) DESKTOP {DrEw}{Sh...e}{f..cK}{TOP}

26 Provokes some toilet-roll shortages (6) TROLLS [T]

27 We're prepared to go back to the old you, once a little delightful innocent (4-4) DEWY-EYED {WE'D<=}{YE}{YE}{De...l}

DOWN

1   Difficult, love, to get over Everyman's coiffure (6) HAIRDO {HA{I}RD}{0}

2   Staggered, seeing fish in merlot, perhaps (6) REELED {R{EEL}ED}

3   Prehistoric beast – monster – spotted, in reports (9) PTEROSAUR {PTEROS{AU}R*}

4   In impeded light, playing game (3-2-3-6) PEG-IN-THE-MIDDLE*

6   Regularly fry up pieces of bread in Asia (5) RUPEE {fRy+Up+PiEcEs}

7   Spooner's expressed anti-Scandinavian policy as radio programming (5-3) PHONE-INS (~ no finns to phone ins)

8   Director adding touch of silliness to film's music before vacuous scene (8) SCORSESE {SCOR{Si...s}E}{ScenE}

9   If fat, side salad could make you healthy (2,3,2,1,6) AS FIT AS A FIDDLE*

15 He and I sense lobby will be evacuated in an awful way (9) HEINOUSLY {HE}{I}{NOUS}{LobbY}

16 Riotous lady, topless, drunk after sunrise (8) DAYLIGHT {LADY*}{tIGHT}

17 Primarily bubbly, a beverage your child is nowadays offered? (8) BABYCINO Acrostic &lit

19 Little Morgan trying to get support (6) GANTRY [T]

20 Bit hurried (6) RIPPED [DD]

22 Pollarding allowed – that's terrible (5) AWFUL lAWFUL

Reference List

Earl = E, Government = G, Power = P