The Sunday Crossword No 3195, Sunday 27 Mar 2022

ACROSS

1   Commonplace kind of crossing? (10) PEDESTRIAN [DD]

6   Old tribesman regularly used lion's claw (4) INCA {lIoNs+ClAw}

9   Turnips! I am displaying austerity (10) PURITANISM*

10 Hands back in exchange (4) SWAP<=

11 Apportion old rule encountering demonstrator and streakers (6,6) METEOR SHOWER {METE}{O}{R}{SHOWER}

15 Soil, grit mostly mixed for platforms (3,4) OIL RIGS {SOIL+GRIt}*

16 At first, soldiers and meditators; ultimately, rulers – awfully intense! (7) SAMURAI Acrostic Semi&lit

17 Flipping artificial intelligence to arrest gangster leading Balkan state (7) ALBANIA {AI}{NAB}<= after {AL}

19 Food options hotel bar detailed for musician (7) MENUHIN {MENU}{H}{INn}

20 Key vehicle pulling another in part of airport (7,5) CONTROL TOWER {CONTROL}{TOWER}

23 Takeaway where French is spoken (4) TOGO {TO}{GO} 

24 Still, that's how a very brief debate is? (10) MOTIONLESS {MOTION LESS}

25 Auditor's opposed to advance payment (4) ANTE (~anti)

26 Give speech to drinkers, depicting what's often included in tab (7,3) ADDRESS BAR {ADDRESS}{BAR}

DOWN

1   Everyman engaged in second clarifying remark in tweets (4) PIPS {P{I}PS}

2   One creating stain, we're told, is dreadful (4) DIRE (~ dyer)

3   Who creates backdrops representing singed trees? (3,8) SET DESIGNER*

4   They smuggle strips of carpet (7) RUNNERS [DD}

5   Adult, tension rising, swears (7) ASSERTS {A}{STRESS<=}

7   Why we snort dubiously is significant (10) NEWSWORTHY*

8   Poisonous creature's hosting 'topless' version: slander! (10) ASPERSIONS {ASP{vERSION}S}

12 Shun big name, resolving to see people in general (5,6) HUMAN BEINGS*

13 Peculiar avocations in Canadian province (4,6) NOVA SCOTIA*

14 Questionable, seeing military demonstration when it's dark (3-2-5) FLY-BY-NIGHT {FLY-BY}{NIGHT}

18 A Lord Lieutenant, elderly, taking time taking everything in (3,4) ALL TOLD {A}{L}{L}{OLD} over {T}

19 Less cheerful: French sea swallows specs, swim cut short (7) MOODIER {M{OO}{DIp}ER}

21 Perhaps Basil's tucked into feather bed (4) HERB [T]

22 Powerful person in sports arena (4) TSAR [T]

Reference List

Old = O, Rule = R, Gangster = AL, Hotel = H, Adult = A, Lord Lieutenant = LL, Time = T, Sea in French = MER, Specs = OO