The Sunday Crossword No 3157, Sunday 04 Jul 2021

ACROSS

1   Rattled by death, calm Shakespearean character (4,7) LADY MACBETH*

9   Collected idiot found in a body of water (7) AMASSED {A}{M{ASS}ED}

10 Initially oriental recreation, it generates animalist miniature imagery? (7) ORIGAMI Acrostic &lit

11 Best section of comparative literature (5) ELITE [T]

12 Where might you find plates of meat under a desk? (8) FOOTREST [CD] Cockney rhyming slang 'Plates of meat= Feet'?

14 Unhappy interrogator runs away twice, becomes diplomat (10) NEGOTIATOR INTErrOGATOR*

15 Flipping catastrophe leading to ill temper (4) MOOD<=

17 After a drop of Hermitage, old boy wanting seconds where food's prepared (4) HOBS {He...e}{OB}{S}

19 Handsome narcissist in angry radio broadcast (6,4) DORIAN GRAY*

21 Hard to ignore anguished moving prayer (5,3) AGNUS DEI ANGUIShED*

23 Virgin goddess. Guardian angel? Not entirely (5) DIANA [T]

25 Ma wanting marsh tits represented in casual clothing (1-6) T-SHIRTS {maRSH+TITS}*

26 Protective equipment that may be black and hairy? (3,4) LAB COAT [CD] Lab/Labrador

27 Movie's averages sources of pleasure, we're told (4,7) MEAN STREETS {MEANS}{TREETS}(~treats)

DOWN

1   Activity of oaf, primarily indolent, lazy, no good? (7) LOAFING {OAF+In...t+Lazy+No+Good}* &lit

2   Tense up, seeing cobblers, etc (8) DESSERTS<=

3   Announced young woman is accomplished (4) MADE (~maid)

4   One with sweet tooth's terribly chic: oh, cool! (10) CHOCOHOLIC*

5   A depicter of English rural life, he brought down Al Capone (5) ELIOT [DD]

6   He's next to a bar, temperature becoming hot, getting rejection (5-2) HEAVE-HO {HE}{A}VE(-t+h)HO}

7   Well, hot drink dispelled any hatred (4,3,6) HALE AND HEARTY {H}{ALE}{ANY+HATRED}*

8   Pithy bard launched pretentious annual celebration (8,5) BIRTHDAY PARTY {PITHY+BARD}*{ARTY}

13 Everyman's drained Soave in pubs with posh ladies (10) BARONESSES {BAR{ONE'S}{SoavE}S}

16 Dine out in France: the starters of intestines and brains ingested – unfit for consumption (8) INEDIBLE {DINE*}{In...s}{Br...s}{LE}

18 Moral philosopher, dishonest pig (7) BENTHAM {BENT}{HAM}

20 Rationale for decapitation: acts of betrayal (7) REASONS tREASONS

22 Spy ... or vicar? Odd characters noted in country (5) SYRIA {SpY+oR+vIcAr}

24 Slight component of fisherman's lures (4) SLUR [T]

Reference List

Run = R, Old boy = OB, Second = S, Hard = H, Temperature = T, Hot = H, The in French = LE