Crossword for Wed, 1/Dec/2021

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Across
1: Shifting financial fortunes cause industry revolution (8,5)

8: Direct object (3)

9: Trashy dime novel about American sex symbol who's not all there? (5,2,4)

11: Digs for leads in homicide of the elderly lady (5)

12: Scrabble piece having D and a diacritical mark (5)

13: Requires five kills, or a single accurate shot. (3)

14: A sign Tommy's upset about patrol leader (7)

15: Childish nonsense before the last trip (5)

17: Firm rear end (5)

18: Novel payment dominating class (7)

20: Agree to make Lucifer wicked? (3)

21: Religious symbols featured in ceramic on sale (5)

22: Bush, senior (5)

24: Girl mostly into turning inside out - it's never ending! (11)

25: Frost to cover the cake (3)

26: Monarch met monarch in even open space for coin-operated machines (7,6)
Down
1: Woman on Swiss shore (5)

2: Turn over in outskirts of Sydney 2000 is a sign (7)

3: Minor work taking half a month - an endless epistle (9)

4: Changed musician not so offensively pious (13)

5: The percolator, repulsively, contains a pancake (5)

6: Mid-East region is a metier confused (7)

7: Erma Roddy smoked a Camel (9)

10: My gal talking to Italian at the table? (5,8)

14: Number observed with contest entry (9)

16: Top colleges have three miles of vine (3,6)

17: Get cosy slip due to fray (5,2)

19: Opponent of new technology did play instrument outside (7)

21: Slacker is riled, unfortunately (5)

23: Reportedly scans orchestra section (5)




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