CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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Across

1. Impetuous type stuffs articles in coal scuttle (7) 5. Ship in trouble about to transfer water (6) 9. February 29th song about each police department (4,3) 10. Bread and cheese inspiring exclamation in Ayr (7) 11. Dreadfully insistent noise primarily (3) 12. Kept ram working on cereal, getting the going rate (6,5) 13. Americans receive nothing for a long time (5) 14. Take this when a vesicle burst round top of knee? (4,5) 16. Definitely discover a canister’s damaged (9) 17. Small growth in Monopoly players (5) 19. There’s no waiting in this eatery (4-7) 22. Cell, say, containing leader of gang (3) 23. Raise eastern tax shelter limits (7) 24. Get rid of bad boy keeping duck (7) 26. Tight-fisted person, bloke that is hoarding euros (6) 27. Weird story about fellow with new underwear (1-6)

Down

1. Rest ornate idol in grass (7) 2. Neglecting oral, I arranged somewhere to study (8,7) 3. Finish portion of chicken dinner (3) 4. Thirstier GP drinks whiskey (5) 5. Minister, American, climbs hill guarding delta (9) 6. Groom very quietly tours border (5) 7. Rarely cultivate a nine-ounce bloom (4,2,1,4,4) 8. Scrub allowed to invade river (6) 12. 26 lives in sea at Calais (5) 14. Notice cheeses caught in salty wind (3,6) 15. Fault in large part of church (5) 16. Anglicans were about to respond (6) 18. Temples in which old men are protecting a deity (7) 20. Second man on board produces 22s (5) 21. Climber collects gold tooth (5) 25. Airmen soar a long way (3)