The Sunday Crossword No 3145, Sunday 11 Apr 2021

ACROSS

1   Clerks, chipper unless provoked (6-7)  PENCIL-PUSHERS*

8   Pasta accompaniment: some asparagus (4) RAGU [T]

9   Conversion of temperature scale in employment file (10) PROCESSION PRO(-f+c)CESSION

10 When startled, pets rejected unpleasant modified lettuce, perhaps (6) ANNUAL UNpLeAsANt*

11 Fashionable class, Old Norse, to sell out (6,2) INFORM ON {IN}{FORM}{ON}

12 Perhaps electrician winds item – a bobbin, ultimately (9) TRADESMAN {TRADES}{iteM}{A}{b...iN}

14 Vain movie star? Sounds like it (4) IDLE (~idol)

15 Important part of your foot (4) ARCH [DD]

16 Partially downgrades car tested by mathematician (9) DESCARTES [T]

20 Can love and hugs return? Quickly! (4,2,2) STEP ON IT {TIN}{0}{PETS}<=

21 Notice fissure at sea (6) ADRIFT {AD}{RIFT}

23 Not quite slim and small, having eaten more than three biscuits (5,5) PETIT FOURS {PETITe}{FOUR}{S}

24 Agreeable resort (4) NICE [DD]

25 Who'd make pale ale? Meanies (5-8) PENNY-PINCHERS [DD]

DOWN

1   Poet Laureate (republican) embraces queen: means to sort out future (7) PLANNER {PL}{ANNE}{R}

2   Run around collecting gold somewhere near Hawaii (5) NAURU {N{AU}RU*}

3   Everyman's 'friends' seen to include a group of antelopes (7) IMPALAS {I'M}{PAL{A}S}

4   Mix a Puerto Rican cocktail for nearby star (7,8) PROXIMA CENTAURI*

5   Take out fancy coffees, skipping college (3,3) SEE OFF cOFFEES*

6   Ray, trembling with desire, producing rebel movie (4,5) EASY RIDER {RAY+DESIRE}*

7   Primarily, somewhere African, occupying the ocean, manifestly equatorial! (3,4) SAO TOME Acrostic &lit

13 Lying down, topless – welcome (9) DECEPTION {D}{rECEPTION}

15 A nationalist idiot in Belgian city (7) ANTWERP {A}{N}{TWERP}

17 In Perth, girl almost admitted to cricket club? Excellent (7) CLASSIC {C{LASSIe}C}

18 Carries out clobber (7) EFFECTS [DD]

19 Suffering cold, student leaves, being disdainful (6) SNIFFY SNIFFlY 

22 Frailnesses regularly hidden; hairdresser might suggest one (5) RINSE fRaIlNeSsEs

Reference List

Temperature = F,C, Notice = AD, Small = S, Poet Laureate = PL, Republican = R, College = C, Down = D, Nationalist = N, Criscket Club = CC, Student = L