The Sunday Crossword No 3222, Sunday 02 Oct 2022

ACROSS

1   Remove restrictions on students I caught in dare (10) DECLASSIFY {DE{CLASS}{I}FY}

6   Public transport in shopping centre that's revolutionary (4) TRAM<=

9   Poor plasma set is quite unsuitable (10) MALAPROPOS*

10 Seen in royal racecourse, topless Northerner (4) SCOT aSCOT

11 Regretfully rue cosy hut? No, it's a grand home (7,5) COUNTRY HOUSE*

15 Deliveries proceed quickly in storm (7) OVERRUN {OVER}{RUN}

16 Dog suppressing disgusted expression in entrance (7) BEWITCH {B{EW}ITCH}

17 Early aviator regarded highly as redoubtable trailblazer, primarily? (7) EARHART Acrostic &lit

19 Male, hairy: to him it's a salutation! (7) SPOONER {male hairy to hail mary) Defintion by example

20 Land one time in blazing row with Massenet about second piece in Manon (7,5) WESTERN SAMOA {ROW+MASSENET}* over {mAnon}

23 Sea eagle's gross, we're told (4) ERNE (~earn)

24 What ten dancers will hold: an audience? (10) ATTENDANCE [T]

25 Special Forces getting hot in military gear (4) SASH {SAS}{H}

26 Characters in R&B, &c.? (10) AMPERSANDS Definition by examples

DOWN

1   Not smart to send up bishop with slander (4) DUMB {B}{MUD}<=

2   In report, betray group of spies (4) CELL(~sell)

3   Assume it's suitable (11) APPROPRIATE [DD]

4   Given investment, son made more comfortable (5,2) SWORN IN  {S}{WORN IN}

5   Service provided by personal digital assistant? (4,3) FOOT RUB [CD]

7   Narrating another reckoning (10) RECOUNTING {RE-COUNTING}

8   Discharge warning signal somewhere in the Alps (10) MATTERHORN {MATTER}{HORN}

12 Awkward situations, greetings (3-2-3-3) HOW-DO-YOU-DOS [DD]

13 Householders, horrible horsewomen (10) HOMEOWNERS*

14 Agent is bitter about shows (10) REPRESENTS {REP}{RESENTS}

18 Small-time Everyman's a pitiful character (4,3) TINY TIM {TINY}{T}{I'M}

19 Messiaen abruptly composed description of blue-eyed cat (7) SIAMESE MESSIAEn*

21 A little man, one who hasn't been named? (4) ANON [DD]

22 The French starters of snails – succulent? Not so much (4) LESS {LE}{Sn...s}{Su...t}

Reference List

Hot = H, Bishop = B, Son = S, Time = T, The in French = LE