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)