The Sunday Crossword No 3322, Sunday 01 Sep 2024

ACROSS

1   Short shabby detective – US – I went there! (8) COLUMBUS {COLUMBo}{US}

5   English: scratching head, unable to qualify (6) ENABLE {E}{uNABLE}

9   Edward by island on sailboat, reversing at water’s edge (8) POOLSIDE {ED}{I}{SLOOP}<=

10 Awkward, grand and long – at the outset, uncle’s hosted (6) GAUCHE {G}{A{U}CHE}

11 Everyman is improperly described by two lines making damaging accusation (5) LIBEL {L}{I}{BE}{L}

13 Squeeze a beauty, we’re told, to arouse memories (4,1,4) RING A BELL (~wring a belle)

15 Postpone unit’s dance and indoor game (5,8) TABLE FOOTBALL {TABLE}{FOOT}{BALL}

17 Range of human inaction unsettling (8,5) MOUNTAIN CHAIN {HUMAN+INACTION}*

21 On track, bat’s simple stroke (3,6) DOG PADDLE {DOG}{PADDLE}

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22 Nosy astronauts left (5) NASAL {NASA}{L}

23 Studious, tense and wimpish (6) TWEEDY {T}{WEEDY}

24 Swayed, being camp (8) AFFECTED [DD]

26 Once again despatched gift without slightest hint of provocation (6) RESENT {RE SENT}

27 Suffers sea song I butchered (8) AGONISES*

DOWN

1   Feuding family’s pills laced with uranium (8) CAPULETS {CAP{U}LETS} 

2   ‘Animal star sign.’ ‘Chameleon?’ ‘Not entirely.’ (3) LEO [T]

3   Brief moments with that French woman – and wine (7) MOSELLE {MO'S}{ELLE}

4   ‘Undecorated’? Right to get rise, as base layer’s been applied (11) UNDERCOATED UNDE(+r)RCO(-r)ATED

6   Amateur artist to capture rising waterfall (7) NIAGARA {A}{RA}{GAIN}<=

7   Great amounts rain heavily on blokes protecting duck (11) BUCKETLOADS {BUCKET}{L{O}ADS}

8   In placid manner, pick six characters from seven lycanthropes (6) EVENLY [T]

12 Ones drawing fictional pig? They appeal to the girls (4-7) BABE-MAGNETS {MAGNETS}<=>{BABE} 

14 What the absent-minded (or uncaring) greengrocer does (3,4,1,3) NOT GIVE A FIG [DD]

16 Doesn’t leave out trendy crosswords’ building blocks: about 500! (8) INCLUDES {IN}{CLU{D}ES}

18 Upriver, glimpsed along Nile’s drainage area: national, primarily? (7) UGANDAN Acrostic &lit

19 Relate to sorrow (7) CONCERN [DD]

20 Literary figure found meandering in Detroit, mostly (6) EDITOR DETROIt*

25 Stoves regularly seen in sets (3) TVS sToVeS

Reference List

English = E, Island = I, Grand = G, Uncle = U, Line = L, Tense = T, Right = R, Amateur = A, Artist = RA, 500 = D