CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
1 Support noticed for cutting tool (7)
5 Protects area beset by awful drugs (6)
9 Demoralise athlete heading off by empty velodrome (7)
10 Recall excellent plan to face a sort of deficiency? (7)
11 Old coin kept in the cupboard (3)
12 Loss in sale broadcast around end of May, period for trivial news? (5,6)
13 Equipment with toy, nothing less, requires fund of money (5)
14 Sort stripped in silence possibly getting final result? (9)
16 Agreement with Conservative about rocky road in court (9)
17 Fielders near the wicket making minor mistakes (5)
19 Headache when receiving varied post for Caribbean capital (4,2,5)
22 Perform masquerade? (3)
23 Greens protest against this Italian writer given a lot of drink? (7)
24 House attended by women in wealthy Lancashire town (7)
26 Teachers missing original plants (6)
27 Token number given money in a league (7)
DOWN
1 Jazz pianist Dave has problem stopping stream? (7)
2 Clot in sun badly prepares places to see patients? (10,5)
3 Titled figure in southern Ireland (3)
4 Go round red mark, reportedly (5)
5 It carries brown accompaniment to fuel? (5,4)
6 Motto in commercial period (5)
7 Identify a sitcom that’s complex needing explanatory process? (15)
8 Remain excited to see Hitchcock film (6)
12 Authority, perhaps, linked to leaders of special organisation (3-2)
14 Dodges set of players with British dance-pop group (9)
15 Central element barring Anglican church in German city (5)
16 Surpassed or given national recognition? (6)
18 Terrible cheat’s left bag for a student? (7)
20 Oscar brought up hideous source of oil? (5)
21 Pallid like farmyard creature (5)
25 Border is gloomy with no end of fog (3)
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