Crossword for Wed, 21/Aug/2013

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Across
2: Barmaid slipped, leading to a spectacular disaster. (6, 7)

9: Comes to as Ken from Perth gets in (7)

11: Often visit hot female relative (5)

12: Old role for paintings that trick the eye (2,3)

13: Went ahead and used the power button (7,2)

14: Sheep to start wallowing in ease (3)

15: Organized fatso follows start of precise measurement including pound of seasoning (11)

18: Black arts and demons concerned with Homer's issue? (4,7)

21: Hear Native American appeal (3)

22: Pests in a census? Distorted. (9)

24: Kent, in part, reportedly has wheels (5)

25: Clean, polished spear (5)

26: Candidate has no time for ease, apparently (7)

27: We hear you require complete articles for this royal thriller. (7,6)
Down
1: Ace practised a lot by female golfer in a state of decline (2,1,3,3)

3: Dance to old home recording (3 4)

4: Aliens set off (3)

5: Watering devices found in run-down orange sheds (6, 5)

6: Dilapidated sofa contained initially some hot embers: something's burnt remains. (5, 2)

7: Reliable noise (5)

8: Posed in glossy fabric (5)

10: Unskillful partner wearing gold ring, at first (7)

13: Criticise a computer analysis of famous passage (6,5)

16: Refuse graduate upgraded mark (7)

17: Most popular batter rested in dugout at last (9)

19: 30-across Locality of drama and current progress (5,2,4)

20: A correspondent from every point on island (7)

22: Polyamide used by many Londoners (5)

23: Mousy girlfriend loses head and bellybutton (5)

26: Solo, the pilot rises? No way (3)




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