The Sunday Crossword No 3324, Sunday 22 Sep 2024

ACROSS

1   Sumerian translated in S American country (8) SURINAME*

5   Do mountain activity: muscles ache, you say? (6) ABSEIL {ABS}{(~ail)EIL}

9   Some neuropsychiatric medical procedures (3) OPS [T]

10 One with horn, aroused, has options including kiss (11) SAXOPHONIST {HAS+OPTIONS}* over {X}

12 Stated acidity level pulled down (7) PHRASED {PH}{RASED}

13 Losing three at outset: longwinded, rambling, where speeches made … (7) WEDDING lonGWINDED*

14 … open bar, components swapped, causing no intoxication (7-4) ALCOHOL-FREE {FREE}<=>{ALCOHOL}

18 Mr Farah, running fast? Only if this has happened! (11) MISPRINTING {M(-o+i}I SPRINTING}

21 Preserved over millennia – pumice erupted – immortally Italian, primarily? (7) POMPEII Acrostic &lit

22 With one student, university (MIT)’s flipping offering incentives (7) STIMULI {1}{L}{U}{MITS}<=

24 Not initially tying up driver Damon somewhere in London (7,4) NOTTING HILL {kNOTTING}{HILL}

25 Consume with passion in East End (3) EAT {(h)'EAT}

26 Once more endorse – or call it a day? (6) RESIGN {RE-SIGN}

27 Coasting, out of control? I’m not sure (8) AGNOSTIC*

DOWN

1   Now quiet, in the main, getting mangetout (4,4) SNOW PEAS {S{NOW}{P}EAS}

2   Concerning, uncompomising stint (8) RESTRICT {RE}{STRICT}

3   Beaks pointing up, two sons touring Spain (5) NOSES {ON<=}{S}{E}{S}

4   Glibness, to the crossword compiler? Not entirely good news! (5,8) MIXED BLESSING {GLIBNESS}* [RA]

6   Fathead suggests this vegetable (5,4) BROAD BEAN {BROAD}{BEAN}

7   Derive conclusion in knowledge (lawful) (6) ELICIT {k...gE}{LICIT}

8   Gets free fires (4,2) LETS GO [DD]

11 Wearing Armani, perhaps depressing row resolved (5,8) POWER DRESSING*

15 Obstructing picnic provisions on island: no good! (9) HAMPERING {HAMPER}{I}{NG}

16 After very boastful statement, National Theatre highly malignant (8) VIRULENT {V}{I RULE}{NT}

17 Bits of Lego I stick together, self-absorbed (8) EGOISTIC [T]

19 First goal that allows Reds breathing space? (6) OPENER [DD]

20 TV controller’s heading off: makes song and dance (6) EMOTES rEMOTES

23 Everyman’s ‘grand bathroom’? Freezing, rudimentary place (5) IGLOO {I}{G}{LOO}

Reference List

Muscles = ABS, Acidity level = Ph, Student = L, University = U, Quiet = P, Concerning = RE, Son = S, Spain = E, Island = I, Not good = NG, Very = V, Grand = G