The Sunday Crosword No 3184, Sunday 09 Jan 2022

ACROSS

1   Academic point of view produces sympathy (6,7) FELLOW FEELING {FELLOW}{FEELING}

8   Post-It's regularly showing trident shapes (4) PSIS {PoSt+ItS}

9   Bungling tail captures spy concealing note that's irrelevant (10) TANGENTIAL {T{A{N}GENT}IAL*}

10 One might add fine powder; more often, one removes it (6) DUSTER [DD]

11 A performance-enhancing drug for a flier (8) ASTEROID {A}{STEROID}

12 However casually learner is given direction, styles ensue (9) LEASTWAYS {L}{EAST}{WAYS}

14 Misfortune: Everyman is going to speechify at the opening (4) ILLS {I'LL}{Sp...y}

15 Seamen like part of a church, we're told? (4) NAVY (~ navey)

16 Genova resort with boy making safe journey (3,6) BON VOYAGE {GENOVA+BOY}*

20 Most expensive horse doesn't finish – bother! (8) STEEPEST {STEEd}{PEST}

21 Greek island reportedly closes? (6) RHODES (~ roads)

23 Walk Amelia round body of water (4,6) LAKE MALAWI*

24 Enclosed by what pyramids must enclose (4) AMID [T]

25 Battered half of old sign seen in cataclysmic weather (5,8) FLASH FLOODING*

DOWN

1   Fussier tailoring producing slit (7) FISSURE*

2   Catalogue includes unknown composer (5) LISZT {LIS{Z}T}

3   Wore pants with gut that's got too big for? (7) OUTGREW {WORE+GUT}*

4   Loyal staff running with baton in team-building exercise (7,8) FANTASY FOOTBALL {LOYAL+STAFF+BATON}*

5   Fixtures in north taken on by northbound Redgrave? (6) EVENTS {ST{N}EVE<=}

6   Dramatist not beginning his work, 'Give And Take' (9) INTERPLAY {pINTER}{PLAY}

7   Some detecting rat in some French dishes (7) GRATINS [T]

13 Revolutionary operatives losing power: it ended with glasnost (6,3) SOVIET ERA OpERATIVES*

15 Tense following refusal. Little drink? Absolutely (3,4) NOT HALF {T}<=>{NO} {HALF}

17 From advert, I got a queasy feeling (7) VERTIGO [T]

18 What gingery may become? (7) GREYING* Semi&lit

19 Supremely ethereal, revered angel playing horn, primarily? (6) SERAPH Acrostic &lit

22 Yemeni's neighbour soon to be rising (5) OMANI {IN A MO}<=

Reference List

Note = N, Learner = L, Unknown = Z, North = N, Power = P, Tense = T