The Sunday Crossword No 3156, Sunday 27 Jun 2021

ACROSS

1   Credit's bad? Switch to these! (5,5) DEBIT CARDS* Semi&lit

6   Conceited runner? Not half! (4) SMUG SMUGgler

9   After Disruption, find Free Church deviation (10) DIFFERENCE {FIND+FREE}*{CE}

10 A little misty-eyed ... because of this? (4) STYE [T] &lit

12 Dog's fine, in Ghana mobile hospital, dressing removed from wounds (6,5) AFGHAN HOUND {A{F}GHAN*}{H}{wOUNDs}

15 Offered response when director quit (having undergone censorship) (7) REACTED REdACTED

16 Hold about: dull way of learning subject in food science (7) PROTEIN {P{ROTE}IN}

17 Five gold cases aunt misappropriated somewhere in South Pacific (7) VANUATU {V}{A{AUNT*}U}

19 Qualifying match entered, reserve gets roasted again? (7) REHEATS {RE{HEAT}S}

20 After training, Perth girl is more nimble (11) SPRIGHTLIER*

23 Treats ... treats injury (4) ICES [DD]

24 In Tianjin, Tim ate lychees with a certain warmth (10) INTIMATELY [T]

25 Rod's called out in hellish water (4) STYX (~sticks)

26 Cash in kind of roll from S African politicians (5,5) SWISS FRANC {SWISS} {FR}{ANC}

DOWN

1   Commercial retrospective repeatedly displaying nihilistic art (4) DADA {AD<=}{AD<=}

2   Polish expert (4) BUFF [DD]

3   Ultimate success, stealth deployed by the French: I don't like it (3,4,5) THE LAST LAUGH {STEALTH}*{LA}{UGH}

4   Got back engraved bust right away (7) AVENGED ENGrAVED*

5   Displaying un chose, his art mimicked plumbing, primarily! (7) DUCHAMP Acrostic Semi&lit

7   Everyman 'so robust': on the contrary, he reached age of 969! (10) METHUSELAH {ME}{THUS}{HALE<=}

8   German quality of woodwinds: always wanting more (10) GREEDINESS {G}{REEDINESS}

11 Loft and hearth he renovated for spouse (3,5,4) THE OTHER HALF {LOFT+HEARTH+HE}*

13 Apologies and attempts to hide a piece of underwear (10) TRAVESTIES {TR{A}{VEST}IES}

14 At last, Danny Dyer runs a reform school, of sorts (3,7) DAY NURSERY {d..nY+DYER+RUNS+A}*

18 Before today, author Sinclair seen with pained expression (2,2,3) UP TO NOW {UPTON}{OW}

19 Ingredient of madeira is ... insidiously ... some old grapes (7) RAISINS [T]

21 Fantastic, seeing a jewel mounted (4) MEGA {A}{GEM}<=

22 We're told to set kind of update (4) SYNC (~sink)

Reference List

Church = CE, Fine = F, Hospital = H, Director = D, From = FR, Commercial = AD, The in French = LA, Right = R, German = G