The Sunday Crossword No 3226, Sunday 30 Oct 2022

ACROSS

1   Quick drink, tipsily strut about hotel where some pork pies might be found? (4-6) HALF-TRUTHS {HALF}{TRUT{H}S*}

6   Row with flipping concerning Italian (4) TIER {RE}{IT}<=

9   Eccentrics, according to Spooner, jeer at scribbles (10) SCREWBALLS (~ boo scrawls to screwballs)

10 The stunted not-half ugly lout (4) THUG {THe}{UGly}

11 Educates boy wizard, one seen on King's Cross platform? (12) TRAINSPOTTER {TRAINS}{POTTER}

15 Celebrate detailed newspaper (7) OBSERVE OBSERVEr

16 Closely examine peculiar shelled jellybean (7) EYEBALL jELLYBEAn*

17 Architect, so to speak, to collapse (7) FOUNDER [DD]

19 Pastes group of cricketers, now (7) BATTERS [DD]

20 Keen tourist, German, given piece of brain and pig's foot (12) GLOBETROTTER {G}{LOBE}{TROTTER}

23 Some light fish (4) RAYS [DD]

24 In pursuit of muscles, taking exercise? Right away, refusing to take part (10) ABSTAINING {ABS}{TrAINING}

25 Band essential to salsa shows (4) SASH [T]

26 Fixed unhealthy Basil's diet (10) STABILISED*

DOWN

1   Compère presenting piece from Shostakovich (4) HOST [T]

2   Sightseer bloated, ultimately, following the French calorific ingredient (4) LARD {s...eR}{b...eD}<=>{LA}

3   English getting run, going after draw: game in London location (5,6) TOWER BRIDGE {E}{R}<=>{TOW} and {BRIDGE}

4   Ian and Luke, wildly different (7) UNALIKE*

5   State whose borders are all land – or entirely water, we're told (4,3) HOLY SEE (~ wholly sea)

7   Encountering trouble, like one using 19? (2,3,5) IN HOT WATER Definition by example

8   Ignore more, by implication anyway (10) REGARDLESS {REGARD LESS}

12 Getting on in the Runaway Train's destination (4,3,4) OVER THE HILL [DD]

13 Shapes wobbling about: refocusing (10) CONFIGURES*

14 So send up my silly aliases (10) PSEUDONYMS*

18 Regionally associated refreshment: evidently beery, invariably toasted, primarily? (7) RAREBIT Acrostic Semi&lit

19 Flutter, only hot when rising in location for washing (7) BATHTUB {BAT}{H}{BUT<=} (Correction - {BAT}{BUT+H<=} - See comments)

21 Everyman's up and about on front of stage, needing help to address audience (4) MICS {I'M<=}{C}{St..e}

22 For example, a daughter giving antiquated oath (4) EGAD {EG}{A}{D}

Reference List

Hotel = H, Concerning = RE, Italian = IT, German = G, Pig's foot = TROTTER, Muscles = ABS, Right = R, The in French = LA, English = E, Run = R, Hot = H, About = C, Daughter = D