The Sunday Crossword No 3175, Sunday 07 Nov 2021

  

ACROSS

1   Someone helping Everest's reconnoitrers planning ascent, primarily? (6) SHERPA Acrostic &lit

5   Musical parade (4,4) SHOW BOAT [DD]

9   Arranged toccatas, far from legato (8) STACCATO*

10 Ladies' man returning, embracing initially everyone – ladies' man! (6) FELLOW {F{Ev...e}{La...s}LOW<=}

11 With no means of escape from latex, I cry: 'bin pants' (12) INEXTRICABLE* (Correction - INEXTRICABLY* - See comments)

13 Boyfriend to play fiddle noisily (4) BEAU (~bow)

14 Achievement on field that might involve rabbit (3,5) HAT TRICK [C&DD]

17 Wanting more, slice of gâteau with extra piping (8) GREEDIER {Ga...u}{REEDIER}

18 Step gives way in, we're told (4) GAIT (~gate)

20 Films a bird that was in country once (7,5) WESTERN SAMOA {WESTERNS}{A}{MOA}

23 Pair of kings? You could do better (3-3) TUT-TUT {TUT}{TUT}

24 Orchestral performance: singer Rita's Brazil-bound? (8) ORATORIO {ORA}{TO}{RIO}

25 Counterfeit stone that's worn on March 17th? (8) SHAMROCK {SHAM}{ROCK} 

26 Ovine detailed by Eliot in parts of book (6) SHEETS {SHEEp}{TS}

DOWN

2   Feel aversion to some châteaux (4) HATE [T]

3   Goodness, die cutter in need of repair (9) RECTITUDE*

4   Jazzman regularly seen with meadow flower (6) AZALEA {jAzZmAn}{LEA}

5   What's given to yobs? Spirits, lagers, wine (5,5,5) SHORT SHARP SHOCK {SHORTS}{HARPS}{HOCK}

6   Old fellow, confounded pest if not on-topic (3-5) OFF-PISTE {O}{F}{PEST+IF}*

7   A little tribal sacrament in wood (5) BALSA [T]

8   Each lecturer scratching head, frantic, seething (10) APOPLECTIC APOPLECTIC {A POP}{L}{hECTIC}

12 President of Spain in canyon with scrubland (6,4) GEORGE BUSH {G{E}ORGE}{BUSH}

15 Set up spy, hiding a ruble, leading to palaver (9) RIGMAROLE {RIG}{M{A}{R}OLE}

16 No-good silver-tongued weaselly type written up in book (8) LIBRETTO {gLIB}{OTTER<=}

19 Everyman going north, hostelries providing stops (6) EMBARS {ME<=}{BARS}

21 Met up with scripture that's sacred (5) TOTEM {MET}{OT}<=

22 Frenchman is tense finding water sprayed (4) MIST {M}{IS}{T}

Reference List

Eliot = TS, Old = O, Fellow = F, Each = A POP, Lecturer = L, Spain = E, Ruble = R, Good = G, Scripture = OT, Frenchman = M, Tense = T