GUARDIAN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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ACROSS 8 Refrain from taking out main ruling (8) 9 Bird following edge (5) 10 See 26 11 Fancy items on tea house (10) 12 A major’s free to go after crossword setters! (2,4) 14 Loosen up large body, only to gain weight (8) 16 One who doesn’t appreciate where a fire might be started (7) 18 Derisory marriage of convenience initially imposed on ruler (7) 21 Drunken celeb about to act badly — sauce! (8) 23 Unreadable stuff from singular creep (6) 24 Polish and protect car Lily pranged — show enthusiasm! (3,7) 26,10 Salvation Army man, unwell, is for the cemetery (4,4) 27 Pack content cut, so destabilised (5) 28 Aircraft tilt and turn support (8) DOWN 1 Tony’s unfinished birdsong? (8) 2 Top knight run down (4) 3 Sheriff of a US state wearing linen (6) 4 Room taken by American correspondent with Cicero (7) 5 Out for a cut (4) 6 You’d be done for, being laid out by such a professional (10) 7 Got the shakes? Here’s

a quarter (6) 13 Masculine person of courage

following fairy’s orbital point (10) 15 Report male going to

express disapproval (3) 17 Large bell or half of a drum? (3) 19 Term not used before, includes

Latin America (formerly) (3,5) 20 Spot a personal problem that makes you feel better in your head (7) 22 Run out of circuits to go in opposite ends of electronic device (6) 23 Arm support, possibly made from special fabric (6) 25 It’s very expensive to get legal

papers heard (4) 26 Swift’s time? (4)