The Sunday Crossword No 3316, Sunday 21 Jul 204

ACROSS

1   Pauses in Hamlet upsetting (3-3) LET-UPS [T] 

4   As these words are like most poetry (8) STRESSED Definition by example

9   Perhaps Sturgeon’s gone east for pescatarian option (4,5) FISH PASTE {FISH}{PAST}{E}

11 Stray found in mountains (5) RANGE [DD]

12 Follow edges of footprint? (5) TRACE [DD]

14 Lowers trousers, having consumed liquor: high-risk actions (4,5) MOON SHOTS {MOON{SHOT}S}

15 Critical memos rewritten; they only cover small areas (13) MICROCLIMATES*

18 Greatly enjoy percussion overwhelming Sweden’s rowdy music (8,5) DRINKING SONGS {DRINK IN}{G{S}ONGS}

20 At home with insignificant type, idiot, nothing, no-name (9) INCOGNITO {IN}{COG}{NIT}{O}

22 Send out one’s children (5) ISSUE [DD]

23 Cut – or pure, you say? (5) SHEAR (~sheer)

24 Stalls accommodating greedy-guts, prickly types (9) HEDGEHOGS {HEDGE{HOG}S}

26 Aversion: staidest upset (8) DISTASTE*

27 Guides some of gnus herself (6) USHERS [T]

DOWN

1   One magazine, then another: you’re here for it all! (8) LIFETIME {LIFE}{TIME}

2   It’s decrepit? (3) TIS*

3   Red / green / yellow ingredient topping Italy’s pizza’s … topping! (9) PEPPERONI {PEPPER}{ON}{I}

5   Article on public land leading to Parky’s indisposition (3,6,4) THE COMMON COLD {THE}{COMMON}{COLD}

6   Casts Cockney as gentry (5) EARLS (~'urls}

7   Young man with gloom lifting snogs wildly in erotic verse (4,2,5) SONG OF SONGS {SON}{FOG<=}{SNOGS*}

8   Primarily, decidedly ritzy / elegantly styled – suit yourself! (6) DRESSY Acrostic &lit

10 Film rebooted: I Took The Limes (4,4,2,3) SOME LIKE IT HOT*

13 Fancy lady revamping sad churches (11) ARCHDUCHESS*

16 Delicious quality: after time, wine going to head (9) TASTINESS {T}{ASTI}{NESS}

17 Rates fools, storing jam with no lid (8) ASSESSES {ASS{mESS}ES}

19 Passed over – lamented (6) MISSED [DD]

21 Creep up on a policeman in Limerick (5) GARDA {DRAG<=}{A}

25 Everyman? Joke (3) ONE [DD]

Reference List

Sweden = S, Italy = I, Time = T, Head = NESS