The Sunday Crossword No 3306, Sunday 12 May 2024

Artwork by Prasanna

Rangoli by Gowri

ACROSS

1   A serving of ice cream and a lot of champagne (6) MAGNUM [DD]

4   No longer popular, helped in the kitchen (6-2) WASHED-UP [DD]

9   Pest is banished in shade (6) NUANCE NUisANCE

10 Courses of dried fruit announced (8) CURRENTS (~currants)

11 'Exotic' millionaire Cher cherished – to some extent (9) RECHERCHE [T]

13 Warning signal, with skill, sounded (5) FLARE (~flair)

14 Yanked hair back rudely: this should stop (9,5) HYDRAULIC BRAKE*

17 'Because the greatest pleasure is wine'? Dear me! (3,7,4) FOR HEAVENS SAKE {FOR}{HEAVENS}{SAKE}

21 Some shout down to overcome ... (5) OUTDO [T]

22 ... rioting, perhaps without consideration (3,2,4) OUT OF HAND [DD]

24 Anti-royalist not about to be one serving? (8) PUBLICAN rePUBLICAN

25 Prison officer to make another sketch after reflection (6) WARDER<=

26 Everyman, wanting reverse gear, turns over fancy car (8) MERCEDES {ME}{R}{CEDES} What's the role of 'Wanting'?

27 Star pugilist's memento? (6) SHINER [DD]

DOWN

1   Hams and corn prepared for emperors (8) MONARCHS*

2   Took a quick look and bounced off (7) GLANCED [DD]

3   Only 5/7ths vague? That's relative (5) UNCLE UNCLEar

5   Extra line for one of central characters in Amélie? (5,6) ACUTE ACCENT &lit

6   Cattle in this place, crosses (9) HEREFORDS {HERE}{FORDS}

7   Study old money in European kingdom (7) DENMARK {DEN}{MARK}

8   Picture someone using Twitter? (6) POSTER [DD]

12 Work together, masking nasty smell in part of shirt that's put away (11) COLLABORATE {COLLA{BO}R}{ATE}

15 Ancient, passionately heated, romantically omnipotent deity inducing tremendous eroticism, primarily? (9) APHRODITE Acrostic &lit

16 One offering to be more gentle (8) TENDERER [DD]

18 In absence of judge, objector banged up for 31 days (7) OCTOBER OBjECTOR*

19 A boy with djinn regularly seen? (7) ALADDIN {A}{LAD}{DjInN} &lit

20 Ornamentation, ceremony and ponderous pronouncement (3-3) POM-POM {POMP}{OM}

23 Vulgar moment (5) FLASH [DD]

Reference List

About = RE, Reverse = R, Nasty smell = BO, Judge = J