The Sunday Crossword No 3331, Sunday 10 Nov 2024

ACROSS

1   Jazz genre’s providing hits (4) BOPS {BOP'S}

3   In France, thousands mobbing idiot in city on the Med (10) MARSEILLES {M{ARSE}ILLES}

9   Woodwind member regularly going for broke (4) OBOE {fOr+BrOkE}

10 Bring together, in the morning, bits of seaweed, pal (10) AMALGAMATE {AM}{ALGA}{MATE}

11 Omit one of the Soup Dragon’s friends: goof! (4,1,7) DROP A CLANGER {DROP}{A CLANGER}

15 Kill 27? With tongs – that’s cold (3,4) ICE CUBE {ICE}{CUBE} {27=3 Cubed}

16 Dined and jeered (7) SCOFFED [DD]

17 Extremely vicious, insidious look expressing your enmity, primarily? (4,3) EVIL EYE Acrostic &lit

19 Some yeti dies, tragically, being extremely trim (7) TIDIEST [T]

20 Ghastly Double German? (12) DOPPELGANGER [C&DD]

23 Drunk romances eminent lawyers (4,6) HIGH COURTS {HIGH}{COURTS}

24 Star in river’s reflection (4) NOVA<=

25 Indeed, strayed wildly in times gone by (10) YESTERDAYS {YES}{STRAYED*}

26 Demands chores when temperature’s dropped (4) ASKS tASKS

DOWN

1   Attacks putting Belgium on edge, son (10) BROADSIDES {B}{ROADSIDE}{S}

2   Camera-loving, goofy pooch: get in! (10) PHOTOGENIC*

4   Having lost front of tome, fussily laminate one on bookshelves (1,1,5) A A MILNE LAMINAtE*

5   Medical supports after run’s undergone change of direction (7) SPLINTS SP(-r+l)LINTS

6   Ivanhoe, novel: almost perfect? Beats me! (1,4,2,4) I HAVE NO IDEA {IVANHOE}*{IDEAl}

7   In report, vegetable that’s prepared by whistleblower (4) LEAK (~leek)

8   Second time Everyman’s shown up: stop! (4) STEM {S}{T}{ME<=}

12 An inspiration? Bold old university radical getting dainty snack (5-6) AMUSE-BOUCHE {A}{MUSE}{B}{O}{U}{CHE}

13 Puddings, good and bad consumed: nice feelings later (10) AFTERGLOWS {AFTER{G}{LOW}S}

14 Misguided idealist embracing ‘alternative’ leaders (10) EDITORIALS {EDIT{OR}IALS*}

18 Lengthily describe one-time currency (7) EXPOUND {EX}{POUND}

19 Novelist to clasp – but regularly dropping – chihuahua? (7) TOLSTOY  {TO}{cLaSp}{TOY}

21 Dairy product with drug additive: for what reason? (4) WHEY {WH{E}Y}

22 Herb cycling for a long time (4) AGES (-s)AGE(+s)S

Reference List

Temperature = T, Belgium = B, Son = S, Second = S, Time = T, Bold = B, Old = O, University = U, Radical = CHE, Good = G, Drug = E