The Sunday Crossword No 3155, Sunday 20 Jun 2021

ACROSS

6   Pastry's sour: bit of tarragon the French included (7) TARTLET {TAR{Ta...n}{LE}T}

7   Tea room sent back plaited loaf (7) CHALLAH {CHA}{HALL<=}

9   The origin of Emmaus, Liebesahnung, Gloria, Arthur and Rosemary! (5) ELGAR Acrostic &lit

10 Tried to listen with attention, like a judge (9) EARWIGGED {EAR}{WIGGED}

11 Cuthbert, less bold, quivering somewhere in Low Countries (7) UTRECHT CUTHbERT*

13 Some boycott a warmonger: capital! (6) OTTAWA [T]

15 Completes, romantically what icers do, showing enormous flair (10,5) CONSUMMATE SKILL {CONSUMMATES}{KILL}

17 Numbers intended to be heard by more; words intended to be heard by fewer (1-5) A-SIDES {ASIDES}

18 Stretchy base: perhaps Tupperware loses lid (7) ELASTIC {E}{pLASTIC}

21 Honouring monarch around end of day (9) KNIGHTING {K{NIGHT}ING}

22 A pooch rolled over, having eaten last of bleu cheese (5) GOUDA {A}{D{bleU}OG}<=

24 Unexpectedly encounter ram (3,4) RUN INTO [DD]

25 Health Secretary who reluctantly gave blood? (7) HANCOCK [DD]

DOWN

1   Dress up and show off (4) BRAG<=

2   'Uncle Ricky': deep down inside, a father (6) CLERIC [T]

3   Everyman's with drunken 'best mate'; I've no idea why (2,5,2) IT BEATS ME {I}{BEST+MATE}*

4   Sir, a tab's arranged for those at the drinks counter (8) BARISTAS*

5   Topless beekeeper going round trail: his ideas aren't fresh! (10) PLAGIARIST {LAG} in {aPIARIST}

6   Brazil might prove resistant to this ballet? (3,10) THE NUTCRACKER [DD]

7   Announced roadside limit (4) CURB (~kerb)

8   Curly hid a playing card: that'll help in raising! (9,4) HYDRAULIC JACK {CURLY+HID+A}*{JACK}

12 Performances: when they're extraordinary, they're secret? (10) RENDITIONS [CD]

14 Set free knight who's regularly hidden assets (9) STRENGTHS {SeT+fReE+kNiGhTs+wHoS}

16 'It's used for plastic coating': what Macbeth wanted to hear? (8) URETHANE (~ you're a thane)

19 Once clothing removed, managing to treat disorder (6) ANGINA mANAGINg*

20 Artist seen in mailroom every now and then (4) MIRO MaIlRoOm

23 Company abandoned voucher: it's over! (4) UPON coUPON

Reference List

The in French = LE, Bold = B, Base = E, Company = CO