The Sunday Crossword No 3191, Sunday 27 Feb 2022

 

ACROSS

1   Shake up failing orangeries (10) REORGANISE*

6   Bird's hiding in hibiscus (4) IBIS [T]

9   Student getting in to poor folk's banter (10) PLEASANTRY {P{L}EASANTRY}

10 Country's drier, we're told (4) EIRE (~airer)

12 Ordained priest taking jab next to outhouse (11) ESTABLISHED {E{STAB}LI}{SHED}

15 Manages a warning (5-2) HEADS-UP [DD]

16 Drunkard now offering defiant expression (2,5) SO THERE {SOT}{HERE}

17 Shifting a drop of Sancerre in wine glasses might help them focus (7) RETINAS RET(-s)INA(+s)S

19 Most of newspapers getting letter: 'Flog, in advance!' (3-4) PRE-SELL {PRESs}{ELL}

20 Sportsman angers as aid redistributed (5,6) ANDRE AGASSI* 

23 A practice exam delivered orally: that's crazy (4) AMOK {A}{MOK(~mock)}

24 Clobber living things – desire's suppressed (10) BELONGINGS {BE{LONG}INGS}

25 Frame that's worn over shoulder (4) SASH [DD]

26 More toasts raised here? (10) STATEROOMS* Semi&lit

DOWN

1   Criticises what hip-hop artist does (4) RAPS [DD]

2   Fictional captain looking up for a sign (4) OMEN<=

3   Vocalist, Spice Girl, slopes off part-way through (6,6) GOSPEL SINGER {GINGER} over {G+SLOPEs}*

4   Incessant refusal in Lyon: diners get no soup in the end (3-4) NON-STOP {NON}{d...rS}{geT}{nO}{souP}

5   Writers' second copies' entertaining energy (7) SCRIBES {S}{CRIB{E}S}

7   Song, live, enthralling: indeed, indeed (6,4) BRIGHT EYES {B{RIGHT}E}{YES}

8   Primarily slender perennials, encroachers extraordinaire, dwelling within England's landscaped lawns, sadly! (10) SPEEDWELLS Acrostic Semi&lit

11 Body part: it gets rubbed up. Wait around (6,6) LITTLE FINGER {L{IT}{FELT<=}INGER}

13 Who's not to be trusted, nastier than rascal? (10) CHARLATANS*

14 Meticulous, firm, Everyman had promises to pay later (10) FASTIDIOUS {FAST}{I'D}{IOUS}

18 Recommend extremely self-satisfied Frenchman leaves (7) SUGGEST SmUGGEST

19 Deal to collapse (4,3) PASS OUT [DD]

21 Details concerning nickel written up (4) INFO {OF}{NI}<=

22 Goddess seen in Ellis Island (4) ISIS [T]

Reference List

Student = L, Letter = ELL, Refusal in French = NON, Second = S, Energy = E, Frenchman = M