The Sunday Crossword No 3251, Sunday 23 Apr 2023

ACROSS

1   Devoured one sheep, noisily (3,2) ATE UP (~ a tup)

4   You shouldn’t have small infatuation in Australian state (8) TASMANIA {TA}{S}{MANIA}

8   Tipsy tippler, tattler giving you stuff and nonsense (7-7) PRITTLE-PRATTLE*

10 Sporting Coe let in: it's how parliamentarians are chosen (8) ELECTION*

11 Exactly zero t-shirts etc. returned (4-2) SPOT-ON {NO}{TOPS}<=

12 Translation of banal epic not up to the job (9) INCAPABLE*

15 With coins of little value, Everyman’s heading to find boozer (5) SOUSE {SOUS}{Ev...n}

17 Heavyweight’s disheartened, Sonny Liston’s fourth struggle (5) TYSON {SOnNY+lisTon}*

18 Cuckoo, pigeon and tit moving stealthily (9) TIPTOEING {PIGEON+TIT}*

19 Aim to express disapproval (6) OBJECT [DD]

21 Money changing hands for pudding (8) TURNOVER [DD]

24 At length, a child trained hairy bovines (8,6) HIGHLAND CATTLE*

25 Son caused online trouble, proceeded without urgency (8) STROLLED {S}{TROLLED}

26 Gold, Dutch and Italian, in financial examination (5) AUDIT {AU}{D}{IT}

DOWN

1   Growth in understanding (12) APPRECIATION [DD]

2   Worthy folks incense me terribly (9) EMINENCES*

3   In France, slight appetite, taking only part (5) PETIT [T]

4   Where to cook morsel for Tolkien’s hero (3,6) THE HOBBIT {THE HOB}{BIT}

5   Either side in scrimmage might be hurt (4) SORE {S or E}

6   A little bean tip as topping in canapé (9) ANTIPASTO [T]

7   Opening part of chain letter (5) INLET [T]

9   Short fellow inserting limb in long johns? (12) UNDERGARMENT {UNDER}{G{ARM}ENT}

13 Not starting rhinoscopic process, finally wanting changes for one with ‘incredible’ nasal abnormality (9) PINOCCHIO  rHINOsCOPIC*

14 Former husband rapped and sermonized (9) EXPOUNDED {EX}{POUNDED}

16 Far from welcome seeing football team gathering in vain: not half (9) UNINVITED {UN{IN Vain}ITED}

20 Mutual club? (5) JOINT [DD]

22 Natal’s yammering animal – large antelope, primarily? (5) NYALA Acrostic Semi&lit

23 Issue a reproach when fibber's shown up (4) RAIL<=

Reference List

Small = S, Son = S, Dutch = D, Italian = IT, Former husband = EX