The Sunday Crossword No 3329, Sunday 27 Oct 2024

ACROSS

1   Polish admirer, nude (4) BUFF [MD]

3   Straitened, distressed, but back in office (10) REINSTATED*

9   Curses and rants, being heartless (4) RATS RAnTS

10 Way to wear swimwear in major thoroughfares (5,5) TRUNK ROADS {TRUNK{ROAD}S}

12 So began my day, unpredictably: it’s a toss-up (8,4) ANYBODYS GAME*

15 Portion of cinnabun, chai: nourishing – and free! (7) UNCHAIN [T]

16 Swiss multinational and Dutch cosied up (7) NESTLED {NESTLE}{D}

17 Reckoned was plausible (5,2) ADDED UP [DD]

19 Initially Schubert and Liszt’s illustrious educator – renowned Italian! (7) SALIERI Acrostic &lit

20 Everyman’s describing idiot husband – misguided satire – crazy scenes (4,8) MASS HYSTERIA {M{ASS}{H}Y}{SATIRE*}

23 Character seen towards end of The French Lieutenant’s Woman? (10) APOSTROPHE Definition by example

24 Irish musician in African country, needing no introduction (4) ENYA kENYA

25 Actor, waiting where Cluedo weapon concealed? (10) UNDERSTUDY {UNDER STUDY}

26 Eats pilaf regularly – here? (4) ASIA {eAtS+pIlAf}Semi&lit

DOWN

1   Scuba – radar deployed – voracious fish! (10) BARRACUDAS*

2   Taking LSD, greasy hippies – in the end, they’re in a cell (5,5) FATTY ACIDS {FATTY}{ACID}{h...eS}

4   Nobleman over there at crack of dawn? (5,2) EARLY ON {EARL}{YON}

5   Buried in Parthenon, a gong, one with straight edges? (7) NONAGON [T]

6   At, sadly, a place of trade stocking American flipping fishy dish (12) TARAMASALATA  {AT}{ALAS}{A}{MAR{A}T} <=

7   In the auditorium, drew amphibian (4) TOAD (~towed)

8   Do be quiet – lolly? (4) DOSH {DO}{SH}

11 ‘Ho! Abruptly draw back, draw back!’ – one who entered tomb (6,6) HOWARD CARTER {HO}{DRAW<=}{RETRACt<=} Abruptly seems to be in the wrong place

13 Plans suggested by erotic etchings (10) BLUEPRINTS {BLUE}{PRINTS}

14 To make greater numbers, is Swedish band touring a capital city? (5,5) ADDIS ABABA {ADD}{IS}{AB{A}BA}

18 Deal – or collapse (4,3) PASS OUT [DD]

19 Was hacking, chesty daughter given treatment? (7) SCYTHED {CHESTY+D}*

21 Pasta sauce in uniform covered with bit of old cloth (4) RAGU {U}<=>{RAG}

22 While using phone, removed central part of cable (4) CORD (~cored)

Reference List

Dutch = D, Husband = H, American = A, Daughter = D, Uniform = U