The Sunday Crossword No 3188, Sunday 06 Feb 2022

ACROSS

1   Fish on strike? I don’t believe that (10) CODSWALLOP {CODS}{WALLOP}

6   Flipping crazy attempt (4) STAB<=

9   Somewhat resembling how the Burj Khalifa was constructed? (2,2,1,5) UP TO A POINT [DD]

10 Broadcaster; put another way, Auntie (4) BEEB [Palindrome/GK]    

11 Bus gets represented with short movie (12) GHOSTBUSTERS {BUS+GETS+SHORT}*

15 Having lost both axes, extremely tricky to get wood (3,4) ELM TREE ExTREMELy*

16 Letters to spell ‘spit’? That’s child’s play (7) SANDPIT {S and PIT}

17 Creepy uniform, nothing less to be worn (7) OMINOUS {O}{MIN{O}US}

19 Loudly discussing Eucharist ‘as a body’ (2,5) EN MASSE (~ on mass)

20 Very expensive films – they bomb (12) BLOCKBUSTERS [DD]

23 Brainwave: Everyman had meal but not sides (4) IDEA {I'D}{mEAl}

24 Spite, that’s about right – leading to appeal (10) PRETTINESS {P{R}ETTINESS}

25 Gristle regularly refused in French holiday accommodation (4) GITE GrIsTlE

26 So-called ‘best insole’ stinking (10) OSTENSIBLE*

DOWN

1   It’s a kind of salmon, pal (4) CHUM [DD]

2   In report, see a collection of information (4) DATA {~ date){DAT}{A}

3   Hatch ‘wrote a check’ for meteorological kit (11) WEATHERCOCK*

4   Peer and knight, stuck in bathrooms, regularly vexed (4-3) LOOK SEE {LOO{K}S}{vExEd}

5   Replace second overturned vehicle (7) OMNIBUS {SUB IN}{MO}<=

7   Play’s unusual theme, describing Tesla, a nuisance (3,7) THE TEMPEST {THE{T}EM*}{PEST}

8   By brat I set to work! (4-6) BABY-SITTER* &lit

12 Who sings? Smooth Rat Pack member Sinatra, to start with (4,7) SAND MARTINS {SAND}{MARTIN}{Si...a}

13 Embarrassed with opulence, Oxford University accepted it’s increasing (10) REDOUBLING {RED}{OU}{BLING}

14 Very strong pimento not digested (10) OMNIPOTENT*

18 One is one of these fuddy-duddies (7) SQUARES [DD]

19 Permit’s ambivalent: it legalises ‘to some extent’ (7) ENTITLE [T]

21 Southeastern European, Raškian Balkan primarily? (4) SERB Acrostic &lit

22 ‘Key’, somewhat misleadingly (4) ISLE [T]

Reference List

Axes = X,Y, Right = R, Knight = K, Bathroom = LOO, Tesla = T, Oxford University = OU