The Sunday Crossword No 3211, Sunday Sunday 17 Jul 2022,

 

ACROSS

1   Goes for salad? (6) LEAVES [DD]

4   Princess is embarrassed describing old boy in state of undress (8) DISROBED {DI'S}{R{OB}ED}

9   Self-service meal? That's a blow (6) BUFFET [DD]

10 Police Chief has surrounded site of major battle (8) HASTINGS {HA{STING}S}

11 Time for solver and setter's announced (4) HOUR (~our)

12 Everyman's wanting praise, or otherwise he'll initiate a performance (10) IMPRESARIO {I'M}{PRAISE+OR}*

15 Source of cash – or 'penny mines', whimsically? (5-7) MONEY-SPINNER*

18 Nuns drained bubbly to suppress yen for large meal (6,6) SUNDAY DINNER {NUNS+DRAINED}* over {Y}

21 Successful sorcerer's American (10) PROSPEROUS {PROSPERO}{US}

22 Sent back the French starters of offal, flageolets and a little horse (4) FOAL {LA}{Of..l}{Fl...s}<=

24 Pursue hint about ... about money (8) CONTINUE {C{ON}{TIN}UE}

25 Green, unrefined (6) COMMON [DD]

26 Revolutionary runs for Elizabeth I et al. (8) REDHEADS {RED}{HEADS} 

27 Romeo's seen before these mountains? (6) SIERRA [DD] 

DOWN

1   Finales of Figaro, Macbeth and Salome involved in Melba's orchestration for operatic show (2,6) LA BOHEME {f...rO+m...tH+s...mE} in {MELBA}*

2   Australian fellow's far from tongue-tied – that's rich (8) AFFLUENT {A}{F}{FLUENT}

3   'Somewhat unprecedented' state of happiness (4) EDEN [T]

5   Stormy, raw and rainy out, to be sure (1,7,3)  I WARRANT YOU {RAW+RAINY+OUT}*

6   Stuffing Parrot is series where you see bird being cooked (10) ROTISSERIE [T]

7   In which this clue would be numbered 111th? (6) BINARY [CD]

8   Head's journalist in the ascendant, tyrannical type (6) DESPOT {TOPS}{ED}<=

13 Vehicle jars, having moved without clear direction (5,6) MOPED AROUND {MOPED}{A ROUND}

14 For Spooner, online reward arriving unexpectedly (2,8) BY SURPRISE (~ cyber prize to by surprise)

16 Adeptly performing The Queen and Traitor (8) INFORMER {IN FORM}{ER}

17 Ran a silk works somewhere in the Indian Ocean (3,5) SRI LANKA*

19 Summary's offered up: it keeps items separate (6) SPACER<=

20 Bird once keened: not half made sorrowful sounds (6) MOANED {MOA}{keeNED}

23 What's primarily gigantic, open, barren and inhospitable? (4) GOBI Acrostic &lit

Reference List

Princess = DI, Old boy = OB, Yen = Y, The in French = LA, About = ON, Australian = A, Fellow = F, 7 in Binary = 111, Journalist = ED, Queen = ER