The Sunday Crossword No 3116, Sunday 13 Sep 2020

ACROSS
1   Novel that's winning (10) PERSUASION [DD]
6   So shut up (4) THUS*
9   Put out novel, Daisy's Fist (10) DISSATISFY*
10 Spoken of the country? Not once (4) ORAL pastORAL
12 Book where one more duty laid out? (11) DEUTERONOMY*
15 Primarily, some uncanny carnal creatures undertaking bedroom incursions? (7) SUCCUBI Acrostic &lit

16 Twice king and I eat, on time for expedition (3-4) KON-TIKI {K}{I}{K}{I} over {ON}{T}

17 Commissions whereby queen's collecting money in S Africa (7) ERRANDS {ER{RAND}S}
19 Old desire with eagerness cut short (4-3) LONG-AGO {LONG}{AGOg}
20 Pope with explanatory note for piece of Apocrypha...? (5,6) URBAN LEGEND {URBAN}{LEGEND}
23 Headgear, uniform back-to-front in western state (4) UTAH {HAT}{U}<=
24 Set apart, gutted, they bypass study (2,3,5) AT THE READY {AparT}{THE{READ}Y}
25 Some dilly-dallying reactionary peer (4) LADY [T<=]
26 Listen up: Everyman's in peril, sad, quivering (4,2,4) READ MY LIPS {MY} in {PERIL+SAD}*

DOWN
1   Puts cushions in frogs' homes (4) PADS [DD]
2   Groomsmen regularly downed wine (4) ROSE gRoOmSmEn
3   Going to disturb nun during nap (2,3,7) UP AND RUNNING*
4   Ferociously, ambitiously, a boy strangely wanting encouragement (7) STIMULI {aMbITIoUSLy}* [CA]
5   Ill – almost ill – it's when there's less activity (3-4) OFF-PEAK {OFF}{PEAKy}
7   Drunk chairman's admitted love for noises in Dylan records (10) HARMONICAS {CHAIRMANS}* over {0}
8   Loins dimly aroused by position (5,3-2) SILLY MID-ON*
11 Unprincipled, odd, tiny and drawn out (4-3-5) DOWN-AND-DIRTY*
13 Since university, gets into reading? Typical (2,3,5) AS PER USUAL {AS}{PERUS{U}AL}
14 20 to go on here? (10) SCOREBOARD {SCORE}{BOARD} Semi&lit
18 Cover that woman to keep warmth in (7) SHEATHE {S{HEAT}HE}
19 Drained and percolated audibly (7) LEECHED (~leached)
21 Bit of tsarina's dress (4) SARI [T]
22 Reportedly 'breaks down stains' (4) DYES(~dies)

Reference List
King = K, Time = T, Queen = ER, Uniform = U, Love = 0, University = U

Obituary, Sankalak, Saturday 15 Feb 2014

It is with a heavy heart that I have to inform you all about the passing away of Sankalak (PC Jayaraman) at Coimbatore on 14 Feb. May Almighty God grant his family the strength to bear this irreparable  loss. 

I for one was honoured when he visited me a couple of years ago. Unfortunately I could never return the visit during my trips to Coimbatore. He was most humble and soft spoken.

Sankalak we will miss you.