The Sunday Crossword No. 3196

April 02, 2022 04:41 pm | Updated 04:41 pm IST

Across

1 International transport system, part of experiment? (4,4)

5 Run into trees, break into laughter (6)

10 At the outset, handcuffed, occasionally underwater, daredevil in Niagara ill-advisedly? (7)

11 Virtuous, perhaps, Merkel endlessly in charge (7)

12 Sample of Engelbert Humperdinck provides hit(5)

13 Dye can dry badly, leading to fuss (3,3,3)

14 Disney character, 2-D entity, model for Pluto? (5,6)

18 Paid up, spread out all round, got wasted (11)

21 Nudist regularly seen in the French promontory in painting (9)

23 Get stuck in, Barney (3-2)

24 Afternoon with Everyman during journey, losing energy: it’s hard work (7)

25 Costumier for Tom Cruise? (7)

26 Distant socialist with no yen for revolution (6)

27 After messy kiss, run to find snowy incline (3,5)

Down

1 Italian signori finally seen with cap doffed somewhere in Polynesia (6)

2 Confine is quiet! (4,2)

3 Tense and tattered, stumbled (7,2)

4 Barren daylight breaking at crack of dawn (6,3,5)

6 Perhaps bladder is a music-maker? (5)

7 Using part of scalpel, I can shave waterfowl (8)

8 Pathetic counterspy, omitting two consecutive vowels, creates coded message (8)

9 Take thermal pants away inside, revealing behind (4,3,3,4)

15 Spooner’s put Scandinavian on board for help with navigation (9)

16 Adroitly handled hero-worship (8)

17 ‘Banana’s member of vegetable kingdom’: artificial intelligence note (8)

19 Noise-maker, a little arriviste, reoffended (6)

20 Speed of light covering no distance: that is revolutionary (6)

22 Tool’s fixed, we’re told (5)

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