The Sunday Crossword No 3203, Sunday 22 May 2022

ACROSS

1   Gadgets displaying pretension (3,7) TIN OPENERS*

6   Yin's antithesis – nature's governor, to begin with? (4) YANG Acrostic Semi&lit

9   Swan Island's latest script (10) PENMANSHIP {PEN}{MAN'S}{HIP}

10 German lad looking back and forth? (4) OTTO <=>

11 Unsettling joke welcomed by bachelor, relaxing (4-8) BONE-CHILLING {ONE} in {B} {CHILLING}

15 Wear out car part (7) EXHAUST [DD]

16 Washing facility, bar and hotel bill in retreat (7) BATHTUB{BUT}{H}{TAB}<=

17 Some French ate aubergines in their big house? (7) CHATEAU [T]

19 Over-use worn-out bodies of work (7) OEUVRES*

20 Drunk eager to follow competition, Rangers gutted (4-8) BEER-SWILLING {WILLING}<=>{BEE}{Ra...rS}

23 Good to throw a ball (4) GLOB {G}{LOB}

24 Charitable gesture in which writer's backing tyranny (10) DOMINATION {DO{I'M<=}NATION}

25 Hairy beasts' jaws (4) YAKS [DD]

26 Stresses from unfortunate mishaps, see? (10) EMPHASISES*

DOWN

1   Ends giving clues (4) TIPS [DD]

2   Grandma's somewhat bananas (4) NANA [T]

3   Engineer ruins tape: no help for musicians (5,6) PIANO TUNERS*

4   Nostrils running, you say? Easily fixed! (2,5) NO SWEAT (~ nose wet)

5   Perhaps Victoria's sporting mostly blue hair (4,3) RAIL HUB {BLUe+HAIR}*

7   That man's Conservative: the old are first thing to study (3,7) ART HISTORY  {HIS}{TORY}<=>{ART}

8   He defeated Gore; he bugs Gore terribly (6,4) GEORGE BUSH*

12 EU members shun Italian reforms (11) LITHUANIANS*

13 Bravo for every malfunctioning vehicle (5,5) BEACH BUGGY {B}{EACH}{BUGGY}

14 Tourist guide, Romeo during season, with hygiene problem? Yes (6,4) PHRASE BOOK {PH{R}ASE}{BO}{OK}

18 All the same, perhaps, Oxford students (7) UNIFORM {UNI}{FORM}

19 Spooner's expressed imperial desire to be like Saudi Arabia (3-4) OIL-RICH (~royal itch to oil rich)

21 Pork pies in France leading to intestinal discomfort (4) FIBS {F}{IBS}

22 Pubs in which Everyman sits finally absorbing news (4) INNS {I}{sitS} over {NN}

Reference List

Joke = ONE, Bachelor = B, Hotel = H, Good = G, Bravo B, Romeo = R, Hygiene problem = BO(Body odour), France = F, News = NN