The Herald (South Africa)

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ACROSS

1 Scrapes part of sleeve in case of shingles (6) 5 Boss of kitchen finishes early, admitting a problem (8) 9 Go in feeling jittery about other ranks in military unit (7,6) 10 Person who goes over fault with unprotecte­d work (8) 11 Rejection of trade across Northern Ireland (6) 12 Remains with mineral deposit on dry land (6) 14 Fans of referendum among rejected children (8) 16 Prisoner joined out of order (8) 19 Run in hose – it’s needed by firemen (6) 21 Expected to eat quietly, but jumped (6) 23 Under an obligation, actually accepting telephone company (8) 25 Endless rancour, with European smartness (4,3,6) 26 Leave the country for golf in Dubai, say (8) 27 Flyers, for example, and engineers regularly failing in test (6)

DOWN 2 Beginning to collect bids for chests (7) 3 Pressure exerted on behalf of the church (5) 4 Lazy, and lacking a work pattern (9) 5 ‘Ton’ that was once part of a county? (7) 6 Improve notice when employing workers (5) 7 Disaffecte­d foreigner on date getting confused (9) 8 Egg producer’s embargo on eastern plant that’s poisonous (7) 13 High season will be issue (9) 15 Loved changes with capital for sports venue (9) 17 Work on outsize problem for an animal (7) 18 In cold wind leaves get smaller (7) 20 Organs stolen may be visible within this (7) 22 Excitement caused by whisky with a chaser? (5) 24 Pipe or rail oddly found in pub (5)

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