Cryptic crossword
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ACROSS
3. One missile after another produces nasty surprise (9)
8. Classical victim of
wartime investment (4) 9. At-home can be spoiled
by interference (9) 10. Endless attraction about
the religious reformer (6) 11. Having been sent into the blue, made a slippery descent (5)
14. Health food! (5) 15. Archaicisms will be out of
this (4)
16. A pie’s cooked this
colour (5)
18. To show approval for this sort of trap is nonsense (4) 20. It’s used for putting room
backstage (5) 21. One who escapes has
broken this (5) 24. What members of the board do is straightforward (6) 25. Roman officer involved in
recount! (9)
26. The sauce that’s yet to
be used (4)
27. The one who should get
the post (9)
DOWN
1. In which lithe acts
become complicated (9) 2. Drawing of doorway with
interior beam (9)
4 & 7Dn. Fail to notice what
supervisors do (8) 5. Cheerless magistrate
about fifty (5)
6. What redundancy encompasses is enmity (6)
7. See 4 Down
9. Doesn’t play a good man
in the reserves (5) 11. Composer leaves late
meal unfinished (5) 12. A rash fellow risked
sinfulness (9) 13. Put back in office to control the government (9) 17. A drink going round a
second time (5) 19. Strong ale – he may
have a load on! (6) 22. Raw material in a vessel produces unpleasant blemishes (5) 23. Take note of some of the
editorials (4)
24. Before the end of the lecture a fellow is exhausted (4)