The Chronicle

Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS

3. Paper gain coming to light (9)

8. You and I take the responsibi­lity (4)

9. The inference is that there will be a discount (9)

10. It may commemorat­e a confused battle (6)

11. Blaze up and spread like a bell (5)

14. Get a smell in a romantic way (5)

15. Always the night before? Right! (4)

16. So art can be used to cook (5)

18. Large quantities destined for the poles? (4)

20. Governs by regulation­s, perhaps (5)

21. Foreign money recovered from drain (5)

24. Spoil container to get bird (6)

25. No plainer perfect example (9)

26. Producing tip-top lubricant is hard work (4)

27. White ores processed under different conditions (9)

DOWN

1. Reduces formal agreements (9) 2. Astonish by showing the mute is no longer lost (9) 4. His work should not be prosaic (4)

5. The quality is no different inside (5)

6. Finish work and go to bed (6)

7. Time is the same on rising (4)

9. Exclude bread (5)

11. Learner just about getting knack (5)

12. Outlive no developmen­t (9)

13. Soon as a gift? (9)

17. Hearing may cause affliction (5)

19. Neither requiring nor having much intelligen­ce (6)

22. It won’t fly as long as it’s in a quiver (5)

23. The length of an extremity (4)

24. Feel the loss of a girl (4)

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