No 13334, Tuesday 24 Aug 2021, Skulldugger

Solution to 3D has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only by a non-regular / novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.

ACROSS

5   Coaches retinues (6) TRAINS [DD]

6   Terrible person that might give you salmonella (3,3) BAD EGG [DD]

9   A victory party Hyderabad openers kicked off in Central Court (6) ATRIUM {A}{TRIUMph}

10 Loiter about in posh region’s western suburb, intentionally hidden (8) ULTERIOR {U}{LOITER*}{Re...n}

11 How a wild Arabian may be stopped — like this! (4) WHOA* Semi&lit

12 Vice cell to bust individual? On the contrary (10) COLLECTIVE*

13 Incapable of a light touch? (5-6) HEAVY-HANDED [CD]

18 Studies gripping screenplay’s drafts (10) CONSCRIPTS {CON}{SCRIPTS} (Correction - {CON{SCRIPT}S} - See comments)

21 Partially returned dragon’s smack (4) SNOG [T<=]

22 Mysterious ritualism left out in trattoria treat (8) TIRAMISU RITUAlISM*

23 Infrequent panics, in a manner of speaking (6) SCARCE (~scares)

24 Freeload off alcoholic (6) SPONGE [DD]

25 Staff accommodating, nearly ingratiating at first, to setter, among others (6) CANINE {CA{Ne...y}{In...g}NE}

DOWN

1   Mixture of oils and spices concocted in a dream (8) MARINADE*

2   Coming off as enigmatic (6) GNOMIC*

3   Find fault with the baroness’s core group of illustrious people (8) ?A?T?E?N (Addendum - PANTHEON {PAN}{THE}{barONess} - See comments)

4   Sorrowful feeling for feathered creature after summer’s end (6) REGRET {EGRET}<=>{s...eR}

5   Crusty as your old cakes and so on (6) TETCHY [CD] (Addendum - {T{ETC}HY} - See comments)

7   Inspect railway going up channel (6) GROOVE G(+r)RO OVE(-r)

8   Abandon a project, turn off life support (4,3,4) PULL THE PLUG [DD]

14 Very eager, excited, employing twice as many words (8) VERBIAGE {V}{ER{BI}AGE*}

15 Jumping for joy, extremely energetic tops staying inert (8) ECSTATIC {En...iC}{STATIC}

16 Blood libels regularly resulted in corpses (6) BODIES {BlOoD+lIbElS}

17 You got me to extol the virtues of head cook endlessly (6) TOUCHE {TO}{U}{CHEf} U/Virtues?

19 Salt in track discovered south of water body (3,3) SEA DOG {DOG}<=>{SEA}

20 Walk ostentatiously around tree, for example (6) SASHAY {S{ASH}AY}

Reference List

Posh = U, Left = L, Railway = R