The Sunday Crossword No 3161, Sunday 01 Aug 2021

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ACROSS

1   Pile up tins for fish-eaters (8) PELICANS {PILE*}{CANS}

5   Biblical figure suppressed by vilest Herod (6) ESTHER [T]

10 Grotesque raptor in fantasy; fierce: I'm nervous, primarily! (7) GRIFFIN Acrostic Semi&lit

11 Denies time for the good in shelters (7) REFUTES REFU(-g+t)TES

12 Faith's tied up, we're told (5) TRUST (~trussed)

13 Four notes describing a meeting (4-1-4) TETE-A-TETE {TE}{TE}{TE}{TE} over {A}

14 21st book of O.T.: timeless casket displayed food containing fruit (6,5) ECCLES CAKES {ECCLES}{CASKEt}*

18 Herod's legacy depicted in film with a couple of lines (7,4) WESTERN WALL {WESTERN}{W}{A}{LL}

21 Everyman's run into lav: behold, Everyman's in a muddle (9) IMBROGLIO {I'M}{B{R}OG}{L{I}O}

23 Trainspotter ultimately missing mass transport system with old-school charm (5) RETRO {t...eR}{mETRO}

24 Smelling what goose produces (7) HONKING [DD]

25 Dictionary, American, minimal cash invested – a tragedy (7) OEDIPUS {OED}{1P}{US}

26 Voyeur, dismal fiancé – essentially, a creep (3-3) YES-MAN {voYEur}{diSMal}{fiANce}

27 Where Charlotte's often seen to be fancy (2,6) BY GEORGE {BY GEORGE}

DOWN

1   Sanctimonious, good and holy man with yen for filthy place (6) PIGSTY {PI}{G}{ST}{Y}

2   In France, the dessert one threw up, being sick (4,2) LAID UP {LA}{PUD 1<=}

3   Press relayed eerie fact (9) CAFETIERE*

4   He can't go on only ordering creation of tiny things (14) NANOTECHNOLOGY*

6   South of Iowa's capital city (5) SOFIA {S}{OF}{IA}

7   £1,000 sheds to become modern way of working (3,5) HOT DESKS {K+SHEDS+TO}*

8  Research Yeats. Puzzling? Don't worry! (4,4) REST EASY {RES}{YEATS*}

9   Grew ponytail to supply admission of error (7,7) WRITTEN APOLOGY*

15 Poet going north: 'Say, frightful water in Scotland, mostly' (9) COLERIDGE {EG}{DIRE}{LOCh}<=

16 In manner of a member of parliament? (8) OWLISHLY [CD]

17 New Saab assigned to Observer staff, recognizing good work? (2,1,5) AS A BONUS {SAAB*}{ON}{US}

19 Mist up oriel, a little haze (6) STUPOR [T]

20 'Dessert', Canadian native's announced (6) MOUSSE (~moose)

22 Advisory board where some participants are late? (5) OUIJA [CD] 

Reference List

Time = T, Good = G, With = W, Line = L, Run = R, Lav = BOG, Mass = M, Yen = Y, The in French = LA, South = S, 1000 = K