Weekend Herald - Canvas

Observer Everyman

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Across

1. Just about to slam furiously (6)

4. With which tours are devised? (8)

9. Firm finally junks junk food (6)

10. Without alteration­s? Derelict, oddly deficient (in my opinion) (2,1,3,2)

12. Ditches; gets ready for new partner (4)

13. Bugs inspected sneakily, implicatin­g East (10)

15. ‘I’ll get my revenge,’ as one internatio­nal lawyer said to another (4,5,3)

18. ‘It’s finished,’ as one auctioneer said to another (5,4,3)

21. Seed-spiller gets back to back in a trice (10)

22. Berry that’s apparently complex antioxidan­t import – for starters (4)

24. Mischievou­sly insinuate (describing in a way) (8)

25. Revealed by radar: a rather historic landing site (6)

26. Sagas recalled in songs? Yes, Syd: ornately (8)

27. Duck heard, weirdly – that’s a worry (2,4)

Down

1. A cold clergyman is strict (8)

2. State isn’t casually taken over by chief (8)

3. Has a taste of course in León: pimentos without stuffing (4)

5. Lacking content: fully sustaining? That’s wrong! (12)

6. A soup goes here initially to be digested? (10)

7. Precious, extremely dainty – but ready for the outdoors? (6)

8. Make a further assessment of High Street (6)

11. ‘Sailor not a jerk’: friend with sense under discussion (12)

14. European politician experience­s no credit crises or stresses (10)

16. Learner joins motorists’ club before getting vehicle, with energy and freedom to choose (1,2,5)

17. Noisy America, Trump’s chosen conduit (8)

19. India (Goa): wanting articles to supply bit of colour (6)

20. Stylish, special item of clothing for the young (6)

23. Principal pollarded tree (4)

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