The Sunday Crossword No 3284, Sunday 10 Dec 2023

Some great anagrams today.

ACROSS

1   Numerous Dutch rejected old go-getter (6) DYNAMO {MANY}{D}<={O}

4   Primarily ostentatious soirée comprising actors' rambling speeches? (6) OSCARS Acrostic &lit

8   Artist's unusual term describing mark (9) REMBRANDT {REM{BRAND}T*}

9   Gum unpasteurised? Not entirely (5) PASTE [T]

11 Nationals chant of Russia in revolution (5,8) SOUTH AFRICANS* 

13 A baron puts to sea, we're told, goes down by rock (7) ABSEILS {A}{B}{(~sails)SEILS} 

14 Unimaginative writer, 'dated': that's cutting (7) HACKSAW {HACK}{SAW}

16 Game play (7) OTHELLO [DD]

18 Fizzy cocktail in can (7) SLAMMER [DD]

20 Gossip: purveyor of beachwear catching cold? (13) SCANDALMONGER {SANDAL MONGER} over {C}

23 Homo sapiens leaving baboon to find tool (5) DRILL manDRILL

24 007's adventure: duck! (9) GOLDENEYE [DD]

25 Horrified, as some windbag has telephoned (6) AGHAST [T]

26 Holy person unchanged, in equilibrium (6) STASIS {ST}{AS IS}

DOWN

1   Either end of dayroom providing somewhere to sleep (4) DORM D or M

2   Siemens' corrupt adversary (7) NEMESIS*

3   Frenchman with awfully cruel air, temperamental (9) MERCURIAL {M}{CRUEL+AIR}*

4   Wonderful, for it told us how to dance (3,2,4,5) OUT OF THIS WORLD* 

5   Sign showing absence of growth in Italian island (5) CAPRI CAPRIcorn

6   Class war with no leader, revolutionary scoundrels (7) RASCALS  {CLASS+wAR}*

7   Unusually lithe thing opts to become famous (2,3,9) IN THE SPOTLIGHT*

10 After Spain, a flight attendant losing energy – thence to Italy? (8) EASTWARD {E}{A}{STeWARD}

12 Charlie excited, having boozed it up (8) CAROUSED {C}{AROUSED}

15 Familial emblem incorporating a horse and Everyman, most weather-beaten? (9) CRAGGIEST {CR{A}{GG}{I}EST}

17 Judicial investigation making sense (7) HEARING [DD]

19 Ones going through exams with felt tips (7) MARKERS [DD]

21 Greek character, one down in the mouth? (5) DELTA [DD]

22 Verbally make fun of golfers' items (4) TEES (~tease)

Reference List

Dutch = D, Old = O, Baron = B, Cold = C, Frenchman = M, Spain = e, Energy = E, Charlie = C, Horse = GG