The Sunday Crossword No 3176, Sunday 14 Nov 2021

 

ACROSS

1   Establish boundaries: Jutland's country not Norse (6) DEMARK DEnMARK

4   Burns poem suggesting where deskbound worker's hand sent? (2,1,5) TO A MOUSE [C&DD]

9   Attaches blame when returning veg (7) PARSNIP {PINS}{RAP}<=

11 Avoiding bungling, putting 'depth' for 'breadth' (7) DODGING (-b+d)DODGING

12 Cutting costs twice, Oscar, Mark and Mike – who live together? (9) ROOMMATES {R{O}{O}{M}{M}ATES}

13 Ad-lib sentence enthralling dramatist (5) IBSEN [T]

14 Editor off, she'll recast novel (4,2,3,5) LORD OF THE FLIES* 

17 Here's a tip: cultivate white wood aster (1,4,2,3,4)  A WORD TO THE WISE*

21 Phrase uttered connoting keen approbation, primarily? (5) PUCKA Acrotic Semi&lit

23 Wine-lover, slippery weaselly one (9) WOLVERINE*

24 Artist's image equally small and ordinary (7) PICASSO {PIC}{AS}{S}{O}

25 Plaintiff framing police officer increasingly in a lather (7) SUDSIER {SU{DSI}ER} 

26 Situations when that woman explodes (8) SHEBANGS {SHE}{BANGS}

27 Acted evasively, being surrounded by bushes (6) HEDGED [DD]

DOWN

1   Banish Dutch figure of speech that's come up (6) DEPORT {D}{TROPE<=}

2   Leading car brand announced: old Explorer (5,4) MARCO POLO (~marque opel}{MARC OPOL}{O}

3   North American, European tucked into wine with new label (7) RENAMED {RE{N}{AM}{E}D}

5   He's all doltish, confused: that's long-established (3,2,3,5) OLD AS THE HILLS*

6   Diaphragm suggesting how song may abruptly end? (7) MIDRIFF {MID RIFF}

7   Servicemen with quantities of booze (5) UNITS [DD]

8   Nervousness? Take some distilled gin essence (8) EDGINESS [T]

10 Blunder, as tin-eared poet may? (3,1,4,5) PUT A FOOT WRONG [C&DD]

15 Rousing being part of espionage plot, we're told (9) INSPIRING (~ in spy ring)

16 Obtain smokers' instruments (8) BAGPIPES {BAG}{PIPES}

18 Spooner's pronounced Scottish river and lake (4,3) DEAD SEA (~ said dee)

19 I'm excited, finally: Alfred Russel Wallace to attempt charm (7) WHEEDLE {WHEE}{a...eD}{r...lL}{w...cE} 

20 In France, Everyman – seeing beer with head regularly – laughed derisively (6) JEERED {JE}{bEeR}{hEaD}

22 Conceal money, reportedly (5) CACHE (~cash)

Reference List

Norse = N, Depth = D, Breadth = B, Oscar = O, Mark = M, Mike = M, Small = S, Ordinary = O, Dutch = D, Old = O, North = N, American = AM, European = E, I in French = JE