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Across
- 1. One who is incapacitated unduly vain on getting cover (7)
- 5. Quote from notice by the chief (6)
- 9. Once a cheat — he was formerly in the jail (2-3)
- 10. Metallic element — it may give heart (4,5)
- 11. Disaster from aunts: I'm shocked (7)
- 12. Woman to go at holiday revelry (7)
- 13. Mark — team leader's unusually idle (5)
- 14. The spirit shown by a couple of novices in bridge-like framework (9)
- 16. Has this police action resulted in reduced use of cocaine? (9)
- 19. Show how cheat was packed away (5)
- 21. Give way to rebuilt guild accepting new rule finally (7)
- 23. See! Officer Commanding and girl coming back to reduce heat (3-4)
- 24. Certain! It has turned out to be complex! (9)
- 25. Uniform shade (5)
- 26. Stout shoe of black rascal (6)
- 27. I sneaked into your old bar — I got it in the neck (7)
Down
- 1. One faces this problem when one doesn't know who one is (8,6)
- 2. Genuine exchange of conservative for royal food (7)
- 3. Connection leaking out (7)
- 4. Revolutionary returns with band to perform heroic daring (7-2)
- 5. Out of handcart, boy gets missile (5)
- 6. Rush up to each submarine zone (4-3)
- 7. Fruit makes blackguard to talk wildly (7)
- 8. Foolish girl in drunken speech to daughter hesitated (6-8)
- 15. Brief note and last word by Tamil leader describing facial feature (9)
- 17. Please leave commendation to old man — accounts checker (7)
- 18. Suffering monarch out for slaughter (7)
- 19. Knight entering a country to get old jailer (7)
- 20. A nearly outspoken party gets fruit (7)
- 22. Time almost fixed to wipe off (5)
