Sunday, 3 September 2023

The Sunday Crossword No 3270, Sunday 03 Sep 2023

4001 2D
ACROSS
1   Street fight: Dutch doctor's lost for words (6,4) STRUCK DUMB {ST}{RUCK}{DU}{MB}
6   Elephant seals, somewhat tiny creatures? (4) ANTS [T]
9   According to Spooner, bargain: money for lingerie (6,4) GARTER BELT (~ barter gelt to garter belt)
10 So, fierce type's in retreat (4) ERGO<=
12 Checking son's in further education (11) RESTRAINING {RE{S}TRAI NING}
15 Kindly: is the crossword setter displaying competence? (7) AMIABLY {AM I ABLY}
16 In Yorkshire, the motive for sedition (7) TREASON {T}{REASON}
17 Ottoman ruler, a sweet little thing (7) SULTANA {SULTAN}{A}
19 Sibling, base and negative, sent back book (7) GENESIS {SIS}{E}{NEG}= 
20 Look: handle smeared with blood (2,3,6)  LO AND BEHOLD {HANDLE+BLOOD}*
23 Arrest Brad (4) NAIL [DD]
24 Police officer's performance to cause concern (10) DISCONCERT {DI'S}{CONCERT}
25 Gesture: a wave, did you say? (4) SIGN (~sine)
26 Monthly magazine that's set in the Napoleonic Wars (6,4) VANITY FAIR [C&DD]

DOWN
1   Leaves, being wise (4) SAGE [DD]
2   Bloody sparse (4) RARE [DD]
3   Booze concocted by dry rancher (6,6) CHERRY BRANDY*
4   Musician in bed, laid up. Demanding? Not at first (7) DEBUSSY {BED<=}{fUSSY}
5   Spot a canary and a rodent (4,3) MOLE RAT {MOLE}{RAT}
7   Man's crisis: awful vanity (10) NARCISSISM*
8   Edits songs displaying tedium (10) STODGINESS*
11 OK if Nan, Dan, Eddy becoming tormented (4,3,5) FINE AND DANDY*
13 Figures denoting corporations' growth? (10) WAISTLINES [CD]
14 Everyman's on the up, succeeded, getting ahead? Not entirely accurate (10) MISLEADING {IM<=}{Su...d}{LEADING}
18 Land in Birmingham Eric acquired (7) AMERICA [T]
19 Originally grainy nodules; often cheesy; cuisine's highly Italian! (7) GNOCCHI Acrostic &lit
21 Product of Greece, regularly effectual (4) FETA sFfEcTuAl
22 Luminary's heavenly body (4) STAR [DD]

Reference List
Street = ST, Dutch = DU, Son = S, Base = E, Police officer = DI(Detective Inspector)

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