CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 By the sound of it, very
large district in London (7)
5 Wish shown by knight
entering Scottish river (6)
9 Recall account about
old soldier (7)
10 Plastic disc frequently is
taken by worker, say (7)
11 Observe region at
centre of storm (3)
12 Get rid of bad feelings teacher (liar) provoked (5,3,3)
13 Arrange scheme to incriminate someone (3,2)
14 Added explanations to a new comment about a tense duke (9)
16 Crude rope needs replacing in series of steps (9)
17 Steadily eat starter of meal with a French companion (5)
19 One with an expertise
in bits? (11)
22 Restricted payment
for joker (3)
23 Old cap lost on metro (7)
24 Bad rum possibly around
eastern island territory (7)
26 Australian city simply drawn and easily marginalised (6)
27 English note of a fake sort journalist put in secret form? (7)
DOWN
1 Watch temperature
in drink on ship (7)
2 Criminal’s income agitated tiny compere too around November (10,5)
3 Young troublemaker?
This person’s quiet (3)
4 Yellow-flowered shrub found
in Bangor, selectively (5)
5 Esteem security around
here, essentially (9)
6 Impressively smart
soprano has yearning (5)
7 Aggravate pain in Burundi town alas after a revolution (3,4,2,1,5)
8 Jack looked to avoid pressure
and was mocking? (6)
12 Dead body right away
in small set of trees (5)
14 Grown-up on ordinary railway touring Austria is very flattering (9)
15 Lure side to drop a point (5)
16 Strongly criticise a scholar in
Central American country (6)
18 Flipping boring thing with Georgia and Henry makes one rundown? (7)
20 Gloss noticed
around hotel (5)
21 Inspire doctor with uniform to probe uncovered diet (5)
25 Fabulous bird in part of mountain landscape, we hear (3)
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