The Sunday Crossword No 3246, Sunday 19 Mar 2023

ACROSS

1   Pudding wine's giving you tremors later on (11) AFTERSHOCKS {AFTERS}{HOCKS}

9   Arouse a friend from Belfast? (7) ANIMATE {A}{NI}{MATE}

10 Current affecting only part of body (7) TOPICAL [DD]

11 Reportedly, beams uplift (5) RAISE (~rays)

12 AI apps with an answer in African country (8) BOTSWANA {BOTS}{W}{AN}{A}

14 I get it: navy mobilised seeing dismal outlook (10) NEGATIVITY*

15 Everyman finally monopolizes chaise longue, that's clear (1,3) I SEE {I}{m...eS}{c...sE}{l...gE}

17 Either end of shinbone hurting (4) SORE {SorE}

19 So, pretence collapses – everyone knows it! (4,6) OPEN SECRET*

21 Leave unready for battle? Might you serve like this? (8) UNDERARM [C&DD]

23 Initially Spanish urban centre, relatively elevated? (5) SUCRE Acrostic Semi&lit

25 Loudly regret ruffian getting ban (4,3) RULE OUT (~ rue lout)

26 Acrimony without end unsettled inventor (7) MARCONI ACRIMONy*

27 German girl harvesting orchids at first takes advantage of nursery's facilities (11) GLASSHOUSES {G}{LASS}{Ha...g}{Or...s}{USES}

DOWN

1   Putting up with immortal (7) ABIDING [DD]

2   Burlesque party in back of downright dingy venue (8) TRAVESTY {RAVE} in {d...hT}{STY}

3   Give lecherous look when rising for dance (4) REEL<=

4   Moving quickly to hog, if not disturbed (10) HOTFOOTING*

5   Frolics, runs off in places jutting in to the sea (5) CAPES CAPErS

6   First to abandon left-wingers' parties (7) SOCIALS SOCIAL1stS

7   Honest, attractive; also unfashionable (4-3-6) FAIR-AND-SQUARE {FAIR}{AND}{SQUARE}

8   Ethical reader awkwardly defused tension (7,3,3) CLEARED THE AIR*

13 With flag hoisted, gives a speech and disappears (10) EVAPORATES {PAVE<=}{ORATES}

16 Some crumble, perhaps and tense up (8) DESSERTS <=

18 Spooner's hurriedly left disreputable paper, seeing sign of danger (3,4) RED FLAG (~fled rag to red flag)

20 Calculates – or guesses (7) RECKONS [DD]

22 Bottled in Ontario, Japanese wine (5) RIOJA [T]

24 Shells, perhaps, in downstream motion (4) AMMO [T]

Reference List

NI = Northern Ireland, With = W, Answer = A, German = G, Runs = R