The Sunday Crossword No 3219, Sunday 11 Sep 2022

ACROSS

1   Subjects such as History, English, Classics on ice regrettably (6,8) SOCIAL SCIENCES {E+CLASSICS+ON+ICE}*

8   Primarily Islamic republic, Azerbaijan's neighbour? (4) IRAN Acrostic &lit

9   '80s ballad that's ornate was fast enthralling one (6,4) PURPLE RAIN {PURPLE}{RA{1}N}

10 C. European city, in retrospect, used to be chilly (6) WARSAW {WAS RAW<=}

11 Oddly, loner awash, swimming with toothy mammals (8) NARWHALS {LoNeR+AWASH}*

12 Great Dane cavorting in genteel eatery (3,6) TEA GARDEN*

14 Scoffs wines, spirits etc loudly (4) BOOS (~booze)

15 Pint? Regularly bleary, Everyman's beginning to tuck in (4) BEER {BlEaRy} over {Ev...n}

16 Beautiful princess with roly-poly dessert: very excited! (7,2) PSYCHED UP {PSYCHE}{PUD}* ( Correction - {PSYCHE}{PUD<=} - See comments)

20 Ale container, a large piece of brass (4,4) BASS TUBA {BASS}{TUB}{A}

21 Somewhere in France, piece of offal's acerbic (6) ALSACE [T]

23 Good old pancakes, finally disappeared inside cookers: frightful apparitions (10) HOBGOBLINS {HOB{G}{O}{BLINi}S}

24 Extravagant praise for dance party (4) RAVE [DD]

25 Sees bronco told off on the wagon (5-4,5) STONE-COLD SOBER*

DOWN

1   Arise in plane, perhaps (7) SURFACE [DD]

2   Ice creams consumed by deaconess (5) CONES [T]

3   A nation with naval strength, we're told: it's in the mains (2,5) AC POWER (~ a sea power)

4   The queen to cross parting water (that is, lake), finding dog (8,7) SPRINGER SPANIEL {ER}{SPAN} in {SPRING}{IE}{L}

5   The writer had 50 hesitant expressions: they won't work (6) IDLERS {I'D}{L}{ERS}

6   Cold spot, Norway: the European's replaced by another (5,4) NORTH POLE {NOR}{TH(-e+pole}POLE}

7   Being somewhat high-minded, I blessed foodstuffs (7) EDIBLES [T]

13 It's used for pumping reggae with sun out (6,3) GREASE GUN {REGGAE+SUN}*

15 Corroborate order to get some distance from Paddington? (4,3) BEAR OUT [C&DD]

17 Lectures caught by young women (7) CLASSES {C}{LASSES}

18 Show half of mum's brothers having left (7) UNCOVER {UNCles}{OVER}

19 You should see Papa before seeing this city! (6) QUEBEC In NATO code P(papa) is before Q(QUEBEC)

22 Abandon in brushwood (5) SCRUB [DD]

Reference List

English = E, Dessert = PUD(Pudding), Good = G, Old = O, Queen = ER, Lake = L, 50 = L, European = E, Caught = C