The Sunday Crossword No 3265, Sunday 30 Jul 2023

3996 22D

ACROSS

1   Once scenic – redeveloped – qualms? (10) CONSCIENCE*

6   Mimicked, initially atrociously, Prince Edward (4) APED {At...y}{P}{ED}

9   2000s Prime Minister: money's no longer with us (5,5) BROWN BREAD {BROWN}{BREAD}

10 Eager howl (4) KEEN [DD]

11 By treeless zones having trouble, like falling off a log? (5,7) PLAIN SAILING {PLAINS}{AILING}

15 Everyman's puzzle, one that's unwelcome (7) IMPOSER {I'M}{POSER}

16 Crescentic republic, one abutting the Illyrian Adriatic, primarily? (7) CROATIA Acrostic &lit

17 Showy flowers – or little ones, you say? (7) ORCHIDS {OR}{(~ kids)CHIDS}

19 Some toffs identified as unable to score (7) OFFSIDE [T]

20 Unjustly demanding, dismal posting (12) BLACKMAILING {BLACK}{MAILING}

23 Friend's friendly? Not at first (4) ALLY pALLY

24 Opera singer, right, surrounded by swirling sitar and violin (10) STRADIVARI {DIVA}{R} in {SITAR*}

25 Company pitched (4) CAST [DD]

26 Diners' cups: I moved two places along (10) BRASSERIES BRASS(-i)ER(+i)IES

DOWN

1   Bass offered amid lettuce: they're covered in corn (4) COBS {CO{B}S}

2   12 down – or up! (4) NOON <=>

3   Charlie and Les getting credit for wicked thing (11) CANDLESTICK {C}{AND}{LES}{TICK}

4   Before now, more like a nobleman? (7) EARLIER {EARL-IER}

5   Timeless young lady in clinch now and again (7) CLASSIC {C{LASS}lInCh}

7   A patricide – deranged, concerning youth needing treatment (10) PAEDIATRIC*

8   In cosy room, causes irritation: the writer maligns (10) DENIGRATES {DEN}{I}GRATES}

12 Regularly ignore Finn's attack, being pleasant enough (11) INOFFENSIVE {fInNs}{OFFENSIVE}

13 No panic! BLT's toasted: here's some wine (5,5) PINOT BLANC {NO+PANIC+BLT}*

14 Perhaps aviators' magnificent displays (10) SPECTACLES [DD]

18 Broadcast Ella Fitzgerald? (7) SCATTER {SCAT-TER}

19 Slice of inferior lean steak somewhere in France (7) ORLEANS [T]

21 Institute and experimental facility set up in Indonesian island province (4) BALI {I}{LAB}<=

22 Conifers and gorse, by the sound of it (4) FIRS (~ furze)

Reference List

Prince = P, Edward = ED, Singer = DIVA, Right = R, Bass = B, Lettuce = COS, Charlie = C