The Sunday Crossword No. 3101

May 23, 2020 04:13 pm | Updated 04:13 pm IST

Across

1 Become reconciled to US rock band (and what they wear) (4-3-4-2)

8 Averse to walnut oil every now and then (4)

9 Prince Andrew, say, visibly ashamed: it’s a big deal (5,5)

10 Japanese discipline, computing, hard to get to highest point (6)

11 Old drunkards hurl crockery (8)

12 Set off explosive in pursuit of bit of sediment here? (5,4)

14 Scandinavian with some belief in Nordism (4)

15 Fill up with seconds devoured? (4)

16 Times of day when sight wilts almost hazily? (9)

20 Dancing seen around here drunkenly? (4,4)

21 Gestures showing respect; king, on reflection, observed around 50 (6)

23 Timeless, warmer, quiet composition of Britten? (3,7)

24 Comic character landed? Not half (3,1)

25 Feel overwhelmed? Town begged God for release (3,6,4)

Down

1 Almost all German children say ‘thankyou’ at first: most agreeable (7)

2 Primarily, stories concerning imagined fantastical impacts? (3-2)

3 A Hindu god, minutes later, becomes Jewish patriarch (7)

4 Creating barriers, arousing any strong-willed characters (3-5,7)

5 Finally, he with weight on shoulders given time (2,4)

6 Covering up European cuts in Guardian ’s leader (9)

7 Afghan people joke about a quiet time (7)

13 Revamped teleprinter, ignoring the French, to decode (9)

15 Informed about Hebrews’ affair (7)

17 According to Spooner, Everyman’s dressed hurriedly (4,3)

18 To make up tale about Khuzdul, for starters — and Sauron, in the end — he did! (7)

19 Shakespearean character, Caliban, quotable to some extent (6)

22 Muse sequester a tourbus? Not entirely (5)

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