The Sunday Crossword No 3160, Sunday 25 Jul 2021

ACROSS

1   Duck, swans, tercel mostly flap about – everyone knows it (4,6) OPEN SECRET {0}{PENS}{TERCEl}*

6   God's surpressed by Schrodinger (4) ODIN [T]

9   Fish, some wines, then who's inclined to have a snooze? (3,7) RED SNAPPER {REDS}{NAPPER}

10 Uriah, beheaded, coming back: bit of a shock (4) HAIR uRIAH<=

12 Bunch of keys? (11) ARCHIPELAGO [CD]

15 Walked casually, topless: deliberately caused provocation (7) TROLLED sTROLLED

16 Mostly worry, back and forth; energy to go all over the place (7) SUFFUSE {FUSs<=FUSs}{E}

17 Song whereby fool captivated by childish things (3,2,2) LET IT GO {LE{TIT}GO}

19 Some silica gel essence makes you eternally young (7) AGELESS [T]

20 The French, OK, are into fizzy water in abundance (4,7) LAKE ONTARIO {LA}{OK+ARE+INTO}* 

23 'Duffer's not half fouled up with ball!' (4) FORE {dufFER}*{0} Semi&lit

24 Whose make-up is dorsal mail? (10) ARMADILLOS* &lit

25 Announced prophet's brand (4) SEAR (~seer)

26 Cast spells, seen to leave you without anger (10) SPLEENLESS*

DOWN

1   Bad-tempered person's so stuck up (4) OGRE<=

2   Blyton's vacuous designs (4) ENDS {ENiDS}

3   Batty aunt's idea: covering lake with cream (6,6) SUNTAN LOTION {AUNTS*}{N{L}OTION}

4   Coast's Atlantic; people enjoying clams or dogfish for starters? (4,3) CAPE COD Acrostic Semi&lit

5   At heart, men's semis test rivals (7) ENEMIES {mENs}{sEMIs}{tESt}

7   Drink a quart and careen, half-cut: who'll worry? (5,5) DRAMA QUEEN {DRAM}{A}{QU}{carEEN}

8   Censor play, suffering drowsiness (10) NARCOLEPSY*

11 Generosity fed into love's invigorating (4-8) SELF-DEVOTION*

13 Second time Everyman will crop selfie, ghastly imagery (5,5) STILL LIFES {S}{T}{I'LL}{SELFIe}*

14 King and a horse out travelling country (5,5) SOUTH KOREA {K+A+HORSE+OUT}*

18 Spur to win in hairdressing contest!? (7) OUTCROP {DD]

19 Rabelais composed line wanting source of flight (3,4) AIR BASE RABElIAS*

21 In Köln, ewer oddly depicted by artist (4) KLEE {KoLn+EwEr}

22 Employs some house-sitters (4) USES [T]

Reference List

Energy = E, The in French = LA, Lake = L, Quart = QU, Second = S, Time = T, King = K, Line = L