The Sunday Crossword No 3240, Sunday 05 Feb 2023

ACROSS

1   Grant's making excuses? (10) ALLOWANCES [DD]

6   An idiot right now (4) ASAP {A}{SAP}

9   Flag-waving Irishman: a funny fellow is Mark (10) PATRIOTISM {PAT}{RIOT}{IS}{M}

10 Pitch in triplets regularly ignored (4) TILT TrIpLeTs 

11 Following criticism, the French defend starter of 'succulent' spiny fish (12) STICKLEBACKS {STICK}{LE}{BACK}{Su...t}

15 Medicine's supposed to suppress frigidity (7) ICINESS [T]

16 Two presents that cannot be found (7) NOWHERE {NOW}{HERE}

17 Witch carrying hat's deformed: it's a sign (7) HASHTAG {HA{HATS*}G}

19 Mediterranean port seen three times, might you say? (7) TRIPOLI (~triply)

20 Lee's jetpack's malfunctioning, as you might see atop churches? (12) STEEPLEJACKS*

23 In Paris, that woman's twelfth letter read aloud (4) ELLE (~l)

24 They're adjacent to S. Australians – and Georgians (10) VICTORIANS [DD]

25 Son with difficulty rejected fizzy drink (4) SODA {S}{ADO<=}

26 Brings in crazy reductions (10) INTRODUCES*

DOWN

1   Foremost points seen in altitudinous Liechtenstein, predominantly snowy? (4) ALPS Acrostic Semi&lit

2   Supporting dated language in brief, Everyman's beginning to be behind the times (4) LATE {LATin}{Ev...n}

3   Flitting about with topless drunk (7-4) WHISTLE-STOP*

4   Doesn't ignore adverts (7) NOTICES [DD]

5   One's lip quivers seeing character from Greece (7) EPSILON*

7   Set off with it (8,2) SWITCHED ON [DD]

8   Asperities ruined cake shop (10) PATESSERIE*

12 Moustachioed Jacobi's island hotel: sign of disuse shown up (11) BEWHISKERED {DEREKS}{I}{H}{WEB}<=

13 What might describe marksmen who visit places of interest? (10) SIGHTSEERS [DD]

14 Endlessly young woman performed magic, as in Tolkein, say? (10) MISSPELLED {MISs}{SPELLED}

18 Fusty term for European: 'befuddled, Germanic, not married' (7) GRECIAN GERmANIC*

19 Electrical device, one that tests for poison (including duck) (7) TOASTER {T{0}ASTER}

21 I appreciate that Lucy oddly selected bathroom powder (4) TALC {ThAt+LuCy}

22 Employs some house servants (4) USES 

 

Reference List

Irishman = PAT, The in French = LE, Son = S, Island = I, Hotel = H