The Sunday Crossword No 3323, Sunday 15 Sep 2024

ACROSS

1   Crazy long tale about saloon, perhaps, somewhere in Indian Ocean … (10) MADAGASCAR {MAD{A GAS}{CAR}

6   … eastern image in long tale (4) EPIC {E}{PIC}

9   Sterilise (milk perhaps) that’s in and out of sight, they say (10) PASTEURISE (~ past your eyes)

10 File’s one showing fellows by university (4) MENU {MEN}{U}

12 Freak’s metal bananas in second-hand stalls (4,7) FLEA MARKETS*

15 Primarily Spanish in etymology: ranges, rising apexes serrated? (7) SIERRAS Acrostic &lit

16 Cold – wearing summer footwear – disgrace! (7) SCANDAL {S{C}ANDAL}

17 Dope and rye – wasted – this’ll help you see straight (3-4) EYE DROP*

19 Some confront a rioter in Canadian province (7) ONTARIO [T]

20 Bug … bear … cricket, perhaps (5,6)  STICK INSECT {STICK}{INSECT}

23 Flipping prison sentence to throw out (4) EMIT<=

24 Everyman is unable to express ‘dunno’ (1,6,3) I CANNOT SAY [DD]

25 Care for a round number? 500? (4) TEND {TEN}{D}

26 Concerning school to escape being reviewed: make a new plan (10) RESCHEDULE {RE}{SCH}{ELUDE<=}

DOWN

1   Before start of evening, clean the floor that’s pine (4) MOPE {Ev...g}<=>{MOP}

2   Soupçon of fly (4) DASH [DD]

3   Attacks poor and gambles the lot (4,3,5) GOES FOR BROKE {GOES FOR}{BROKE}

4   Presents – or hides from view? (7) SCREENS [DD]

5   Believes in counterfeits (7) ASSUMES [DD]

7   President concealing ‘legal’ cash for those seeking power (10) PRETENDERS {PRE{TENDER}S}

8   In conversation, parish representative’s advisor (10) COUNSELLOR (~councillor)

11 Robert skates erratically: it’s a way of crossing the water (12) BREASTSTROKE*

13 Fools intended to lose heart in test (10) ASSESSMENT {ASSESS}{MEaNT}

14 Echoing intemperate petitioner (10) REPETITION*

18 Criticise a revolutionary style (7) PANACHE {PAN}{A}{CHE}

19 Incredibly wide, rustling up cocaine (7) OCEANIC*

21 Old Testament figure seen in chocolate sauce (4) ESAU [T]

22 Use a keyboard, and strain (4) TYPE [DD]

Reference List

Saloon = CAR, Eastern = E, University = U, Cold = C, 500 = D, Concerning = RE, School = SCH, President = PRES, Criticise = PAN, Revolutionary = CHE