The Sunday Crossword No 3233, Sunday 18 Dec 2022

Margazhi Day 3 Rangoli by Gowri

ACROSS

1   English figurehead scrapped segregation (5,6) SAINT GEORGE*

9   Dozen or more deliveries before English finally secure run (7) OVERSEE {OVERS}{E}{s...rE} 

10 Aristocrat to avoid: awful cad with allure regularly lacking (7) DRACULA {CAD+ALlURe}*

11 Harry, graduate, assembled doctrine (5) DOGMA {DOG}{MA}

12 Memory's nudger, edifying, maybe one neatly inducing commemoration using initial letters? (8) MNEMONIC Acrostic Semi&lit

14 U.S. novel in translation defeats one (4,2,4) EAST OF EDEN*

15 Cattle and duck kiss, seen on-and-off (4) OXEN {0}{X}{sEeN}

17 What follows tango in hotel? (4) ECHO [CD] T(ango) comes after E(cho) in HOTEL

19 True tale I adapted about rector for serious reading (10) LITERATURE {TRUE+TALE+I}* over {R}

21 After Stella, tipsy Lord Lieutenant spills the beans (5,3) TELLS ALL {STELLA}*{LL}

23 Where a film is made (Inception) (5) ONSET {ON SET}

25 It's boos, regrettably, for woodwind players (7) OBOISTS*

26 Having lost bronze, Farah in Mediterranean city? (7) PALERMO {PALER}{MO}

27 Ruthless interrogation for Ph.D.? (5,6) THIRD DEGREE [DD]

DOWN

1   Winter transport conveying butchers to the audience (7) SLEIGHS (~slays)

2   Rinse a songbird's stuffing that's fit to be eaten (2,6) IN SEASON [T]

3   Gather up rain, intensely (4) TEEM<=

4   Threatened over suppressing fury (10) ENDANGERED {END{ANGER}ED}

5   Switching sides near the end, give new weapons to kingdom (5) REALM REA(-r+l)LM

6   In the end, Don Quixote wasting time, roaming when season ends (7) EQUINOX {doN+QUIXOtE}*

7   Essential part of successful wedding: four bars, perhaps (4,9) GOOD RECEPTION [DD]

8   'No, Bond: act nice' wavering in faulty phone line (3,10) BAD CONNECTION*

13 Appearing at regular intervals, unhinged idealisers (10) SERIALISED*

16 Festive entertainer, children's author, runs off with hesitant expression (8) CAROLLER {CARrOLL}{ER}

18 Last offer (4,3) HOLD OUT [DD]

20 Prosperous periods, yen showing rise (7) UPSURGE {UP}{SURGE}

22 S. American chain regularly offering rice-based dish (5) SUSHI {S}{US}{cHaIn}

24 Everyman's beginning to go under: a quiet bit of snoozing in part of church (4) APSE {Ev...n}<=>{A}{P}{Sn...g}

Reference List

English = E, Kiss = X, Rector = R, Lord Lieutenant = LL, Time = T, Runs = R, Quiet = P