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ACROSS

1 Poets calm about spiritual matter (9) 6 Supermarket has style (4) 10 Reappear concerning dog (5) 11 Sure to deceive fellow on the day (9) 12 Worker reaches one old church at old capital (7) 13 Baby’s toy right for snake (7) 14 Gathering there’s growth at the factory (8,5) 17 Respects, to an extent, a qualification (7,6) 21 Engineers get contract free (7)

22Our land acquires new shape of a protuberance (7)

24Sample brew of forest tea (9)

25Dodge first woman to have a key (5) 26 Repeatedly greeting a toy (2-2) 27 Slime and silt mixed without end (9)

DOWN

1 Race Alan organised – it’s within hearing (3,5) 2 Understood to be in Latin (5) 3 Sporting farmer arranged dance and drama (10,4) 4 A student indifferent about hard drink (7) 5 Snare Frenchman with a new rewritten part (7) 7 Cares a lot about stairs (9) 8 New navy fashion first (6) 9 I take it I’m not incriminating myself in the States (5,9) 15 Learned sly choral composition (9) 16 Daughter to deserve points for precious quality (8) 18 Implement gets lutes in shape (7) 19 Ray makes star smile (7)

20Shrewd to put unknown vessel in front (6) 23 Hire easel out (5)