The Sunday Crossword No 3205, Sunday 05 Jun 2022

ACROSS

1   Sausage — small amount — more's consumed — entirety knocked back (10) MORTADELLA {MOR{TAD}E}{ALL<=}

6   Put a little design on one cake's exterior? (4) ICED {1}{De...n} over {CakE} &lit

9   Respected Costa Ricans abandoning island for resort (10) SACROSANCT {COSTA+RiCANS}*

10 In retirement, dined on fine cheese (4) FETA {ATE}{F}<=

11 Dessert platter, ripe piece of fruit prepared (5,7) APPLE FRITTER {PLATTER+RIPE+Fr..t}*

15 Indulgences lapsed Catholic applies? (7) EXCUSES {EX}{C}{USES}

16 Scampered round pale Dutch national (7) RWANDAN {R{WAN}{D}AN}

17 Welcome dictionaries' inclusion of 'LOLsome'? (7) COMEDIC [T]

19 Lapse in rule after year's end (7) DECLINE {LINE}<=>{DEC}

20 In France, having tucked into bean tart, you'll get something to drink (4,2,6) PINT OF BITTER {PINTO}{F{B}ITTER}

23 Knowing what's between heel and toes (4) ARCH [DD]

24 Practical information announced, underwear in piles (5,5) BRASS TACKS (~ bra stacks)

25 Infielder regularly gets a flower (4) NILE iNfIeLdEr

26 Losing train of thought visiting Australian bronzed fella (2,1,7) AT A TANGENT {AT}{A}{TAN}{GENT}

DOWN

1   Semi-solid extract? (4) MISO [T] &lit

2   Meet people (4) RACE [DD]

3   Rather than pose, Pa stood awkwardly (2,7,2) AS OPPOSED TO*

4   Gives power to Lebanese, endlessly in revolution (7) ENABLES LEBANESe*

5   Fallen angel's striking if cruel (7) LUCIFER*

7   Singer's credit test declined (7,3) CRESTED TIT*

8   I look just like someone: Quasimodo, famously (4,6) DEAD RINGER [DD]

12 Physicist contains awe in congregation (5,6) ISAAC NEWTON {CONTAINS+AWE}*

13 Mariner's heading to Egypt, a piece of headgear covered in blotchy marking (3,7) SEA CAPTAIN {S{Egypt}{A{CAP}TAIN}

14 Interdenominational material welcoming trendy (essentially smug) church offered up (10) ECUMENICAL {LAC{IN}E}{sMUg}{CE}<=

18 '70s film Taxi Driver abrasive, ultimately capturing a time (7) CABARET {CAB}{d...eR}{a...vE}{T} over {A}

19 Spooner's chosen a time for collection of information (4,3) DATA SET (~ set a date to data set)

21 Here you see outsized competitors hover excitingly, primarily? (4) OCHE Acrostic &lit

22 Surreptitious announcement: 'May I also say: good man' (4) PSST {PS}{ST}

Reference List

Island = I, Fine = F, Catholic = C, Dutch = D, Australian = A, Church = CE, Time = T, Good man = ST