The Sunday Crossword No 3282, Sunday 26 Nov 2023

4013 3D, 

ACROSS

1   At times, lags repurposed mineral deposits (11) STALAGMITES*

9   In forum, greeting with fury: that's mean? (7) AVERAGE {AVE}{RAGE}

10 Hamburger, perhaps English finding appropriate (7) GERMANE {GERMAN}{E}

11 Once again, secure some sureties (5) RETIE [T]

12 Battle song winning Eurovision (8) WATERLOO [DD}

14 Lingua franca never starting to be translated for Central American (10) NICARAGUAN {lINGUA+fRANCA}*

15 Regularly unsteady, second-hand (4) USED UnStEaDy

17 Those working for newspaper's fees (4) SUBS [DD]

19 Mentor gone berserk somewhere in the Balkans (10) MONTENEGRO*

21 Denature bananas and ingest too little (8) UNDEREAT*

23 In the end, burnt serving of beef heart? (5) TRUMP {b..nT}{RUMP}

25 Tell the story of electoral procedure (7) RECOUNT [DD]

26 Motel's installation: nifty invention bearing alcoholic refreshment, primarily? (7) MINIBAR Acrostic Semi&lit

27 Speak the same language, as pupils do? (3,3,2,3) SEE EYE TO EYE [C&DD]

DOWN

1   I doubt 100 will enter kind of tank (7) SCEPTIC {S{C}EPTIC}

2   Dabblers: one ripens with energy rising (8) AMATEURS {A}{MAT(+e)UR(-e)S}

3   Notice: bachelor Everyman's beginning to tuck in, not seizing the day (4) ABED {A{B}{Ev...n}D}

4   John OKed this refined armagnac: cheers! (5,5) MAGNA CARTA {ARMAGNAC}*{TA}

5   Fit cast, we're told (5) THROE (~throw)

6   They bind potatoes, rice etc (7) STAPLES [DD]

7   Country in fashion – out of fashion – honestly! (4,3,6) FAIR AND SQUARE {FA{IRAN}D}{SQUARE}

8   Maybe drop scone fried with seconds to spare? Unbeatable (6,7) BEYOND COMPARE {MAYBE+DROP+sCONE}* 

13 Bishop giving way to tirade, dishonourably, displaying lack of knowledge (10) IGNORANTLY IGNO(-b+rant)RANTLY

16 Mention, as example, trendy position (8) INSTANCE {IN}{STANCE}

18 Following hygiene issue, daughter does away with tight garments (7) BODICES {BO}{D}{ICES}

20 Complain, taking extract of strong rum blearily (7) GRUMBLE [T]

22 Stir up arguments in speech (5) ROUSE (~rows)

24 Bits of soot in opening, Santa belly up (4) SMUT {Sa..a}{TUM<=}

Reference List

English = E, 100 = C, Energy = E, Bachelor = B, Cheers = TA, Seconds = S, Bishop = BTrendy = IN, Hygiene issue = BO(Body Odour), Daughter = D