The Sunday Crossword No 3347, Sunday 02 Mar 2025

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ACROSS

1   Hold together, split apart (6) CLEAVE [DD]

5   Prudent having tamed mammal before start of December (6) SHREWD {SHREW}{De...r}

8   Make huge amounts of faulty damp-courses (4-7) MASS-PRODUCE*

11 US novelist’s hideous neck bites (9) STEINBECK*

12 Dream job as described by croupier? (5) IDEAL {I DEAL}

13 Expresses disapproval, having a thing or two (7) OBJECTS [DD]

14 Egyptian kings heard in N Atlantic islands (7) FAEROES (~ pharaohs}

15 Shunning middle speed – cam faulty – makes off at speed (7) DECAMPS{SPeED+CAM}*

17 Stops when Democrat becomes Republican and fights (7) RESISTS (-d+r)RESISTS

20 Consume in haste – the result? (5) WASTE [CD]

21 Flight in which you might be still moving? (9) ESCALATOR [CD]

22 Poem Iris edited before the reader, Scout’s Honour (1,7,3) I PROMISE YOU {POEM+IRIS}*{YOU}

23 Heathen siege surrounds classical city (6) ATHENS [T]

24 Eased a temper? Only somewhat calm (6) SEDATE [T]

DOWN

2   Move with difficulty to raise either end of rear in this altered tartan item (10,5) LUMBERJACK SHIRT {LUMBER}{JACK}{SHI{reaR}T*}

3   As spelled out in full, one of Agatha’s poisons (7) ARSENIC [CD/GK]

4   States’ fast trains (9) EXPRESSES [DD]

5   Principally, such provision only requires knife! (5) SPORK Acrostic &lit

6   Banal comedian’s material (7) ROUTINE [DD]

7   Surgery query: ‘How red is he?’ … utter jerks (5,4,2,4) WHERE DOES IT HURT*

9   Regularly avoided collision reversing in capital city (4) OSLO {cOlLiSiOn<=}

10 Liverpool’s Mo snubbed: flipping shame (4) ALAS SALAh<=

14 Predicts California surrounded by trees (9) FORECASTS {FORE{CA}STS}

15 Morning: judo master drinks whiskey (4) DAWN {DA{W}N}

16 Tennis champ, twitching newcomer taking week off (7) MCENROE NEwCOMER*

18 Son competed, spread out (7) SPLAYED {S}}PLAYED}

19 Agricultural servant to get on board, you say? (4) SERF (~surf)

21 Everyman’s ultimately prizeless after Everyman’s up for awards (5) EMMYS {MY}{p...eS}<=>{ME<=}

Reference List

Democrat = D, Republican = R, Whiskey = W, Week = W, Son = S