The Sunday Crossword No 3243, Sunday 26 Feb 2023

ACROSS 

1   Exclaims: Aha! Rabat, somewhat hot African location (6) SAHARA [T]

4   Manliest, but suffering indispositions (8) AILMENTS*

9   Spin doctor's concern: where to get strong liquors (6) OPTICS [DD]

10 Repeated: 'Everyman bought a round!?' (Right to be slightly moved) (8) ITERATED {I}{T)-r)E(+r)RATED

11 Primarily, acknowledgement hollered on yacht? (4) AHOY Acrostic &lit

12 Slur (not acceptable), curious, distorted, defamatory (10) SCURRILOUS {SLUR+CURIOuS}* 

15 Protecting Australia, Darwin shall reassemble defensive structure (8,4) HADRIANS WALL {A} in {DARWIN+SHALL}*

18 'Remarkable cure-all' – banal actress (6,6)  LAUREN BACALL*

21 Pious posse on the rampage? You're probably right (1,7,2) I SUPPOSE SO*

22 Bird seen back in Novosibirsk (4) IBIS [T<=]

24 One who travelled far with dog hostelry (a hotel) rejected (8)  HANNIBAL {LAB}{INN}{A}{H}<=

25 That which neighs loudly, being gravelly (6) HOARSE (~horse)

26 Irate, Sir? Bats? They're seldom seen (8) RARITIES*

27 Means of obtaining fish and asparagus (6) SPEARS [DD]

DOWN

1   Bears' bellies (8) STOMACHS [DD]

2   Rum in peach drink that's sweet (3,5) HOT TODDY {HOT{ODD}TY}

3   Fabulous fliers in dazes, we're told (4) ROCS (~rocks)

5   Temperature in still: alcohol's making blends (11) INTERTWINES {IN{T}ERT}{WINE'S}

6   Draconian measures with everyone uprising after extra-terrestrial docked (7,3) MARTIAL LAW {MARTIAn} and {W}{ALL}<=

7   State idea, answer for duck (6) NATION N(-o+a)ATION

8   Regularly ignored staid, hirsute brute (6) SADIST {StAiD+hIrSuTe}

13 Secret agent redeployed where attention's focused (6,5) CENTRE STAGE*

14 Frustrate detectives needing a parking place (10) DISAPPOINT {DIS}{A}{P}{POINT}

16 Capital's aberrancy mostly represented (8) CANBERRA ABERRANCy*

17 Lesser celebrities in painful spots (8) BLISTERS {B-LISTERS}

19 ... and uncertain expression is to lose freshness (6) WITHER {WITH}{ER}

20 Landscapist's revolver (6) TURNER [DD]

23 Tire in America, perhaps? Bear up! (4) HOOP<=

Reference List

Right = R, Acceptable = U, Australia = A, Hostelry = INN, Hotel = H, Peach = HOTTY, Temperature = T, With = W, Answer = A, Parking = P