The Sunday Crossword No 3353, Sunday 13 Apr 2025

24A

ACROSS

1   Detective Inspector, cop, old copper, last thing in obnoxiousness: dinosaur! (10) DIPLODOCUS {DI}{PLOD}{O}{CU}{o...sS}

6   Nothing new about Welshman (4) OWEN {O}{NEW<=}

9   Jalopy in which conductor confined? (10) RATTLETRAP {RATTLE}{TRAP}

10 Rowers swaggered (4) CREW [DD]

12 Snob: one who calls everyone simply ‘Sir’ or ‘Madam’? (4-7) NAME-DROPPER [C&DD]

15 Catchy song remixed, Warmonger – No Good (7) EARWORM WARMONgER*

16 One’s just arrived, consumed by inert gas (7) NEONATE {ATE}<=>{NEON}

17 Sally’s beginning to wear uniform – twice, as a rule (7) USUALLY {SALLY}* with {U} and {U}

19 Polymeric rows, ornately twisted – essential in nutrition, primarily? (7) PROTEIN Acrostic &lit

20 Pages describing Scotsman Oscar having row with keyboardist (5,6) PIANO PLAYER {P{IAN}{O}P}{LAYER}

23 The writer swindles revered figure (4) ICON {I}{CON}

24 From prison, runs into trouble – who sees it all? (3,7) BIG BROTHER {B(-r)IG}{B(+r)ROTHER}

25 Standard choice of extremes of Neoplatonism (4) NORM {N or M}

26 Meets anger flexibly for treaties (10) AGREEMENTS*

DOWN

1   As you heard, one who’ll stain clothes is awful (4) DIRE (~dyer)

2   Meaty spread for the Crown (4) PATE [DD]

3   English actor to flourish following location of Disney World (7,5) ORLANDO BLOOM {BLOOM}<=>{ORLANDO}

4   ‘Best opera? Time’s running out! Time’s running short!’ … ‘I’m not sure’ (7) OPTIMUM {OPera}{TIMe}{UM}

5   African’s somewhat smug and annoying (7) UGANDAN [T]

7   Lacks power supply in offices etc (10) WORPLACES*

8   City’s owner, surprisingly, Banks (3,7) NEW ORLEANS {OWNER*}{LEANS}

11 Yogurt: ‘moo’ or ‘oat’, principally? Irritated parent’s testy response (2,2,4,4) GO TO YOUR ROOM {YOGURT+MOO+OR+Oat}*

13 Topless – impertinence – starting again! (10) RESUMPTION pRESUMPTION

14 Minstrel with horn going round queen, old and grumpy (10) TROUBADOR {T{R}{O}UBA}{DOUR}

18 Flogging – initially taking seconds, becoming year – crying in pain (7) YELLING (-s+y)YELLING

19 Outstanding isle for exile: constantly speak up (7) PAYABLE {ELBA<=}<=>{sPeAk} (Correction - {ELBA}{YAP}<= - See comments)

21 Feature observed in etching (4) CHIN [T]

22 A woman – a flower – Everyman with chance? Almost (4) IRIS {I}{RISk}

Reference List

Detective Inspector = DI, Old = O, Good = G, Uniform = U, Scotsman = IAN, Oscar = O, Runs = R, Queen = R, Seconds = S, Year = Y