The Sunday Crossword No 3351, Sunday 30 Mar 2025

Rangoli by Gowri

ACROSS

1   Loose rope – vessel misses the alarm? (10) OVERSLEEPS*

6   Hot beverage, somewhat archaic (4) CHAI [T]

9   In Paris, Peter embraces girlfriend in townhouse? (4-1-5) PIED-A-TERRE {PIE{DATE}RRE}

10 City consultor regularly ignored (4) OSLO {cOnSuLtOr}

11 Location for evening dress? (7,5) IRONING BOARD [CD]

15 Recovered from gangrene, wallaby’s fresh start (7) RENEWAL [T]

16 Location with unpleasant smell: its effect is psychological (7) PLACEBO {PLACE}{BO}

17 ‘I cry a river’: first of stanza’s lines showing who’s under pressure (7) ISOBARS {I}{SOB}{A}{R}{St...a}

19 Caribbean island offering halos, certificates of miracles, did you say? (2,5) ST KITTS (~saint kits)

20 Emulate xylophonist: ring any bells (6,1,5) STRIKE A CHORD [C&DD]

23 Frank in tennis championship? (4) OPEN [DD]

24 In stomped University College head, now and again brought into use (10) INTRODUCED {IN}{TROD}{U}{C}{hEaD}

25 Everyman’s eating spot of acrid duck sauce (4) MAYO {M{Ac..d}Y}{O}

26 Artist to draw outline of the old mine? Almost (6,4) TRACEY EMIN {TRACE}{YE}{MINe}

DOWN

1   Supermarkets not opening? Oh dear! (4) OOPS {cO-OPS}

2   Earl to go for duelling sword (4) EPEE {E}{PEE}

3   As Spooner tells it, public school’s meat is a bird of prey (11) SPARROWHAWK (~harrow's pork)

4   Seeing back half of salter, in lane, reversing – it’s going on forever (7) ETERNAL {E{salTER}NAL<=}

5   Rod’s to knock up root vegetable (7) PARSNIP {PINS}{RAP}<=

7   Monarch, one surrounded by hams, cracked joke with dirty ending (3,7) HIS MAJESTY {H{1}SMA*}{JEST}{d..tY}

8   To odiously fudge announcement after the event (1,4,3,2) I TOLD YOU SO*

12 Time for shopping – badly, if rack damaged (5,6) BLACK FRIDAY*

13 Occasion hoping for bright ideas after British wet weather (10) BRAINSTORM {B}{RAINSTORM}

14 Tipsiness: so tiny crackers sandwiching French cheese (10) INSOBRIETY {SO+TINY}* over {BRIE}

18 Tool for bridge? (7) SPANNER [DD]

19 Primarily solid – perhaps heavenly, endlessly rotating in circles? (7) SPHERIC Acrostic &lit

21 Apple computers lifted in con (4) SCAM<=

22 Last bit of wine – private room – paradise! (4) EDEN {winE}{DEN}

Reference List

Girlfriend = DATE, Unpleasant smell = BO(Body Odour), River = R, University = U, College = C, The old = YE, Earl = E, British = B