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Across: 1. Pounds 4. Stave off 9. Rescue 10. Fondness 12. Stink bomb

13. Loose 14. Takes offence 18. Manufacturer 21. Run-up 22. Dwellings

24. Override 25. Waffle 26. Holidays 27. Charms.

Down: 1. Parasite 2. Unsticks 3. Drunk 5. Troublemaker 6. Videlicet

7. Oberon 8. Fasten 11. Confoundedly 15. Scarpered 16. Transfer 17. Prospers 19. Brooch 20. Anneal 23. Leash.