The Sunday Crossword No 3309, Sunday 02 Jun 2024

ACROSS

1   Invent a herb (4) MINT [DD]

3   What may be seen in Manhattan is a film about greed (4,6) WALL STREET [DD]

9   We’re told of SE Asians’ connections (4) TIES (~thais)

10 Goth prayed desperately for source of support (7,3) THERAPY DOG*

12 Greens’ constituent circulated cute leaflet (7,4) LETTUCE LEAF*

15 Murder a pizza? (7) TAKEOUT [DD]

16 Very hot Norwegians, A-ha: randy (to some extent) (7) SAHARAN [T]

17 List includes duck – but you want another bird … (7) ROOSTER {RO{O}STER}

19 … a small company, and you want credit note up-front? Sauce! (7) TABASCO {A}{S}{CO}<=>{TAB}

20 Cockney retained her provision for baking – and something for liqueurs? (11) ELDERFLOWER (~ 'eld 'er flour)

23 Thomas perhaps embracing trendy field of research (10) DISCIPLINE {DISCIPL{IN}E}

24 ‘A bore’? Tolkien creature? That’s not on (4) DRAG DRAGon

25 Daffy old boater’s one swinging more than one way (6,4) STABLE DOOR*

26 Judas Iscariot, within: unaltered (2,2) AS IS [T]

DOWN

1   Dodgy stimulator for agents of unwelcome change (10) MUTILATORS*

2   Tangled knotweed? No, only if necessary (4-2-4) NEED-TO-KNOW*

4   After injection of iodine, a thorax is most sore (7) ACHIEST {A}{CH{I}EST}

5   Large prison officers failing to open smallish rooms (7) LARDERS {L}{wARDERS}

6   Leading lady to see where appetisers appear (3,2,3,4) TOP OF THE BILL [DD]

7   Disasters Leonidas dodged regularly (4) ENDS lEoNiDaS

8   Country 15? (4) TOGO [DD]

11 Funny, mirthful Noel, OK? (3-2-3-4) RUN-OF-THE-MILL*

13 Everyman regularly gets into these arguments (10) CROSSWORDS {CROSS WORDS}

14 Incites, in middle of open court, displays of fury (10) ENCOURAGES {opEN+COUrt}{RAGES}

18 Cooked but not good: dotted with holes (7) RIDDLED gRIDDLED

19 Lad caught by Dorothy’s dog somewhere in N America (7) TORONTO {TO{RON}TO}

21 Tosses in a turgid offhand prècis … finally (4) ADDS {A}{t...iD}{o...nD}{p...iS}

22 America is a revolutionary, enormous mass of land (4) ASIA [T<=]

Reference List

Small = S, Company = CO, Credit note = TAB, Trendy = IN, Large = L, Good = G

No 14190, Saturday 01 Jun 2024, Bruno

ACROSS

1   Bad wife - one cooked without any love (6) WICKED {W}{1}{CooKED} 

4   Language college gets name revoked after incurring loss (6) CELTIC  {C}{CIT{L}E<=}

8   Photographs displaying champion liquor (7) SCHNAPS {S{CH}NAPS} 

9   Mostly crazy new muse finally follows church artist (7) CEZANNE {ZANy}{N}{musE}<=>{CE} 

11 Cabby arrived with IT problem around ten (10) TAXIDRIVER {ARRIVED+IT} over {X} 

12 Charge to get daughter supply (4) FEED {FEE}{D} 

13 High-frequency trading casino banned admission initially (5) SONIC CaSINO* 

14 Study of European river's gloomy, sadly (8) POMOLOGY {PO}{GLOOMY*} 

16 Mainly guttural noises starting to come out of birds (8) GRACKLES {Gu...l}{cRACKLES} 

18 Calmly evacuated sites even evacuating those that are filled with liquid (5) CYSTS {Ca..lY}{SiTeS} 

20 Country's queen followed terrorist organization (4) IRAQ {Q}<=>{IRA} 

21 Site of natural beauty from Far West stunned, captivated everyone (10) WATERFALLS {FAR+WEST}* over {ALL} 

23 Posh girl got embarrassed when escorted (7) USHERED {U}{SHE}{RED} 

24 Lie with Cupid - returning with disease (7) FIBROMA {FIB}{AMOR<=} 

25 500 test series runs (6) DASHES {D}{ASHES} 

26 Pin backend in toilet (6) SKEWER {S{bacK}EWER} 

DOWN

1   Pagan religion with international acceptance making a comeback (5) WICCA {W}{I}{ACC<=} 

2   Well-deserved biopic on dignitary screened (7) CONDIGN [T] 

3   Observed a crime - lips almost trembling (9) EMPIRICAL {A+CRIME+LIPs} 

5   Rich man from Europe married English Queen (5) EMEER [E}{M}{E}{ER} 

6   Team leader got scolding - got sad (7) TEARFUL {Team}{EARFUL} 

7   College's concerned with extremes of channels (9) CONVERGES {C}{ON}{VERGES} 

10 VIP is too shocked when taken around edge of slum and lays an egg (9) OVIPOSITS {VIP+IS+TOO}* over {Slum} 

13 Half of Russia's upset, forced, and shocked (9) SURPRISED {RUSsia<=}{PRISED} 

15 Marylebone Cricket Club gets micro chips - mainly Korean and American (9) MCCORMICK {MCC}{MICRO*}{Ko...n} 

17 Romances at game - right away getting suspended at the start (7) COQUETS {CrOQUET}{Su...d} 

19 Birdfights? (7) SPARROW {SPAR}{ROW} 

21 In which place husband used to be welcoming.. (5) WHERE {W{H}ERE} 

22 Rule about capturing male animal (5) LEMUR {LE{M}UR*} 

Reference List

Wife = W, Love = 0, College = C, Loss = L, Champion = CH, New = N, Church = CE, Daughter = D, Queen = Q, Posh = U, 500 = D, With = W, International =I, Acceptance = ACC, Europe = E, Married = M, English = E, Queen = ER, Concerned = ON, Right = R, Husband = H, Male = M