The Sunday Crossword No 3212, Sunday 24 Jul 2022

ACROSS

1   Nutritious and well done (4,3,3) GOOD FOR YOU [DD]

6   Idolised bird in Sinai, primarily? (4) IBIS Acrostic 

9   Acquire habit of roly-poly pudding containing date, say (3,7) GET DRESSED {DESSER{D}T}{EG}<=

10 A drink then, Father (4) SODA {SO}{DA}

12 Fifty soldiers involved in transport ordinance (11) LEGISLATION {L}{E{GI'S}LATION}

15 Runs at what may be run up? (7) CHARGES [DD]

16 Ultimate challenge: getting First Lady to have a siesta? (7) EVEREST {EVE}{REST}

17 Went round half of Oxford eating snack (7) ORBITED {oxfOR{BITE}D}

19 Artist's image with donkey and duck (7) PICASSO {PIC}{ASS}{0}

20 Urged fiscal reforms: awful (11) DISGRACEFUL*

23 Removing head from French sculptor's Supreme God (4) ODIN rODIN

24 Playing viol in tunic, not keeping time, in arrangement for two (5,5) CIVIL UNION {VIOL+IN+tUNIC}*

25 Write your name on board outside pub (4) SIGN [DD]

26 Some champers is (tentatively) endless (10) PERSISTENT [T]

DOWN

1   Coaches and horses: Everyman's aboard! (4) GIGS {G{I}GS}

2   German lad in bellbottoms (4) OTTO [T]

3   They're incendiary crusaders for truth, says Spooner (12) FIRELIGHTERS (~liar fighters to firelighters)

4   Ingress winding with steps down (7) RESIGNS*

5   Run obtained by England's opener twice after at least 12 balls (7) OVERSEE {E}{E}<=>{OVERS}

7   'Like the rainforest?' 'Baking: I've disrobed abruptly' (10) BIODIVERSE {IVE+DISROBEd}*

8   Male people in unwholesome condition (10) STAGNATION {STAG}{NATION}

11 Lower Court as represented in paintings (12) WATERCOLOURS*

13 Agree what must be positive or negative is folk instrumentation (10)  ACCORDIONS {ACCORD}{IONS}

14 Strongly criticising meat with a pungent taste (10) LAMBASTING {LAMB}{A}{STING}

18 Degenerate duke to lie back, topless (7) DECLINE {D}{rECLINE}

19 Mostly wheezy Southern seabirds (7) PUFFINS {PUFFINg}{S}

21 Conceal monstrous alter ego on the radio (4) HIDE (~hyde)

22 Insect with acerbic taste brought up (4) GNAT<=

Reference List

Date = D, Fifty = L, Soldier = GI, Time = T, Horse = GG, Southern = S