The Sunday Crossword No 3208, Sunday 26 Jun 2022

 

ACROSS

1   Yes, biddies perambulating two abreast (4,2,4) SIDE BY SIDE*

6   Covering part of altarpiece (4) TARP [T]

9   Records when things happened in newspaper presses (4-6) TIME-STAMPS {TIMES}{TAMPS}

10 Little rascal destroying quiet, making racket (4) SCAM SCAMp

11 He tosses and turns: Spooner's hearing a little flea? (5,7) LIGHT SLEEPER (~slight leaper)

15 Contacted when Everyman's beginning to get bothered about Frenchman (1-6) E-MAILED {Ev...n}{M}{AILED}

16 Queen boarding Eurostar, perhaps for the landscape (7) TERRAIN {T{ER}RAIN}

17 Pilgrimage venue was enticing, they say (7) LOURDES (~lured)

19 Once Prince Hamlet's 'evermore lady'; insanity awaits, primarily? (7) OPHELIA Acrostic &lit

20 Naïvely fight being re-allocated toughest part of project (5,7) HEAVY LIFTING*

23 Issue of magazine recalled (4) EMIT<=

24 Making low-down English share (10)  GENERATION {GEN}{E}{RATION}

25 Many women leaving urban communities (4) TONS TOwNS

26 Scouts' pies rancid? You're probably right (1,7,2) I SUSPECT SO* 

DOWN

1   Where to find badgers in Massachusetts (4) SETT [T]

2   Desert, unpleasant place (4) DUMP [DD]

3   At last, Sacha Distel ably performing Le 14 juillet (8,3) BASTILLE DAY {s..hA+DISTEL+ABLY}*

4   Small potatoes: journalist inebriated (7) SMASHED {S}{MASH}{ED}

5   Vacuous divorcé to assume payment made earlier (7) DEPOSIT {Di...cE}{POSIT}

7   Satisfactory working, capable, etc (10) ACCEPTABLE*

8   In open air, man exercising dog (10) POMERANIAN {OPEN+AIR+MAN}*

12 Near the NW area's constituents – or the Potteries? (11) EARTHENWARE [T]

13 Husband skipping starter – extremely rich – is most wholesome (10) HEALTHIEST {H}{wEALTHIEST}

14 In King's Cross, perhaps, regularly call out greeting (10) SALUTATION {S{cAlL+oUt}TATION}

18 Their web sites hopefully contain bugs! (7) SPIDERS [CD]

19 Shops for sockets (7) OUTLETS [DD]

21 Menu? Tip (4) HINT [DD] (Correction - LIST [DD] - See comments)

22 Cancel a French party (4) UNDO {UN}{DO}

Reference List

Quiet = P, Frenchman = M, Queen = ER, Women = W, Small = S, Journalist = ED, Man = M, Husband = H, A in French = UN, Party = DO