Puzzles & Stars

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ACROSS

3 & 8Ac. Going to the front, as the thief on the roof is! (6,3,4)

8. See 3 Across

9. Not completely how the

football fan behaves! (9) 10 & 16Ac. Handy implement used for bullying (6-5)

11. Delivers a mural

decoration, we hear (5) 14. Damp ring encircled by

water vapour (5)

15. See 7 Down

16. See 10 Across

18. A series about the capital of Norway is transmitted (4)

20. What takes place in the

seventies (5)

21 & 26Ac. It’s sweet and

sticky! (5-4)

24. It’s a bit of a bloomer to give a good man the last word (6)

25. The site I name could show pleasing features (9)

26. See 21 Across

27. A highlight, as far as explosives are concerned (4-5)

DOWN

1. One who transmuted

St. Michael! (9)

2. Gives permission for

vetoes (9)

4. In Ottawa you will be removed from home territory (4)

5. The sort of view the shortlisted candidate gets (5)

6. Lends elegance to the

Greek goddesses (6)

7 & 15Ac. Retains the method to be in control (4,4)

9. Take steps to reform

nuisances (5)

11. Religious instruction is absorbed by distant holy man (5)

12. One of those confections – we taste ‘em for a change (9) 13. Spectator without a

seat (9)

17. Extract from ‘Drake at Sea’ will reveal the poet (5)

19. Lathe-worker famous

for his artistic work (6) 22. The letter is a source of

irritation (5)

23. Send out – and the precise moment to return (4)

24. Dispose of the abode of

a brother, one hears (4)