The Sunday Crossword No 3310, Sunday 09 Jun 2024

ACROSS

1   LA Times first with leader on silly municipal regulations (6) BYLAWS {LA}<=>{BY} and {W}{Si..y}

4   Father Ted’s Jewish counterpart went on? (8) RABBITED {RABBI TED}

9   This restaurant’ll advertise tasty tapenades, olives, ricotta – Italian antipasti – you’ll want the starters! (9) TRATTORIA Acrostic Semi&lit

11 Plain and somewhat porcellanous (5) LLANO [T]

12 One rambling, greeting king and queen once (5) HIKER {HI}{K}{ER}

14 Powerful scent: a billionaire’s characteristic? (9) MUSKINESS [C&DD]

15 Small Houyhnhnm, one hiding actual intentions? (8-5) STALKING HORSE {S}{TALKING HORSE}

18 An entrée with cured cod announced where soldiers get fit? (7,6) ASSAULT COURSE (~ a salt course)

20 Many like a society without aristocrats (9) COUNTLESS [DD]

22 Replace a partner’s copper vessel (3,2) CUT IN {CU}{TIN}

23 Outcast’s check rejected (5) LEPER<=

24 Exotic tanginess getting act of approval (9) ASSENTING*

26 Procure leverage (8) PURCHASE [DD]

27 Nearer the end (6) CLOSER [DD]

DOWN

1   Most of rear end and pecs area is maximally macho (8) BUTCHEST {BUTt}{CHEST}

2   We’re told of shelter in a field (3) LEA (~lee)

3   Kit swears wildly, has fun on a lake? (5-4) WATER-SKIS*

5   Irrational, as the nastiest numbers? (13) ANAESTHETISTS*

6   Modern experimental facility sent back curry (5) BALTI {IT}{LAB}<=

7   Swap short amount of time – about time! – for confidential info (5,6) TRADE SECRET {TRADE}{SEC}{RE}{T}

8   Most of words rejected; Everyman’s beginning to get tired (6) DROWSE {WORDs<=}<={Ev...nS}

10 In sum, I might be one of these? (5,8) ROMAN NUMERALS Definition by example

13 City playing United, twice – plural – a matey kickaround, at first (5,6) KUALA LUMPUR  {U+U+PLURAL+ A+Ma..y+Ki...d}*

16 No coal tar involved in type of surgery (4,5) ROOT CANAL*

17 Green tea brewed for youngster (8) TEENAGER*

19 Carry, with difficulty, a little kitsch leprechaun (6) SCHLEP [T]

21 Kind of song that brings illumination (5) TORCH [DD]

25 Sit fast, regularly dismissing uncertainties (3) IFS {sIt+FaSt}

Reference List

With = W, King = K, Queen = ER, Small = S, Modern = IT, About = RE, Time = T, United = U