The Sunday Crossword No 3218, Sunday 04 Sep 2022

ACROSS

1   What makes a rainbow concerning, a little bit? (10) REFRACTION {RE}{FRACTION}

6   Appropriate site to get dates (4) PALM [DD]

9   Low temperature beers – getting round in? They're undecided (4,6) MOOT POINTS {MOO}{T}{P{O}INTS}

10 Drop undergarments; heavenly body (4) MOON [DD]

12 Login's with two characters swapped; tablet acting up: it's doomed to fail (6,6) LOSING BATTLE {LO(-g+s)SIN(-s+g)G}{TABLET*}

15 Drunken outburst suppressed by unnamed others: good (7) ETHICAL {HIC} in {ET AL}

16 I endlessly exasperate Scotsman, over in African city (7) NAIROBI {I}{BORe}{IAN}<=

17 Webmail regularly dropped price in Dubai? (7) EMIRATE {wEbMaIl}{RATE}

19 Cuban sheepishly conceals spirit (7) BANSHEE [T]

20 Lie about with ale six times? It's idle gossip (6-6) TITTLE-TATTLE {LIE+ALE+TTTTTT}*

23 Perhaps writer of Happy Birthday's more friendly not initially (4) ICER nICER

24 Lenient – or by the letter! (10) PERMISSIVE {PER}{MISSIVE}

25 Lunatic in daze knocked back (4) NUTS<=

26 Immediately, jerks concealing bias regularly in facts and figures (10) STATISTICS {STAT}{TICS} over {bIaS}

DOWN

1   Wander around noisily in European capital (4) ROME (~roam)

2   Part of poem where 'legend' is seen in two parts? (4) FOOT (LEGEND in tow parts = LEG END which is FOOT) 

3   'Warm and cooked.' 'A crab apple. Oh!' (12)  APPROACHABLE*

4   Rival IT firm? Not so small (7) TRIVIAL*

5   Autumn month, November, enthralling America: go figure (7) OCTAGON {OCT}{N} over {A}{GO}

7   Primarily adaptable punctuation: one stroke to represent omission / possession (howsoever erroneously!) (10) APOSTROPHE Acrostic &lit

8   WW2 general caught on tape in Uruguayan port (10) MONTEVIDEO {(~monty){MONTE}{VIDEO}

11 Cuts down on waste with unfortunate realisations (12) RATIONALISES*

13 Banal, affected pedantries (10) PEDESTRIAN*

14 Extremely into economy, taking FT in 30s, wonky (10) THRIFTIEST {FT} in {THIRTIES}*

18 Appeal to characters in Jobcentre attractively (7) ENTREAT [T]

19 Bravo that Ma knitted rectangle of fabric? (4,3) BATH MAT {B}{THAT+MA}*

21 Flightless bird that's edible and its flesh is green (4) KIWI [DD]

22 Everyman's beginning to tuck into the French wines' worst parts (4) LEES {LE{Ev...n}S}

Reference List

Low = MOO, Temperature = T, Concerning = RE, Immediately = STAT, November = N, Bravo = B, The in French = LE