Crossword for Sun, 13/Jan/2019

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Across
1: Determined attack on a moribund collection (4,3)

5: Ball tops over-ripe bananas (3)

7: Get into the archeology scene. (3)

9: Pub undoes gross implications (9)

10: Upon reflection, move a houseplant, one requiring lots of liquid? (5)

11: Theme eradicated partly by an eastern ruler (5)

12: Mixed bag to drain into tip or refuse (9)

13: Intruders bury proles in pieces (11).

17: 7-down relic? (6,5)

18: Exercising self-control in Europe, for example (9)

20: Concentrate on projectionist chore (5)

23: Retro eatery has nothing covered in grease (5)

24: Cold imperialist pockets $1000 regarding ancient cousin (3-6)

25: Call for help oddly stops (3)

26: Fish spawn upstream in little orifices (3)

27: Unidentified street across the Mountains (7)

Down
1: Childish nonsense before the last trip (5)

2: Broadway show's inane cast (5)

3: Downright fine (5)

4: Oil depots destroyed ocean habitats (4,5)

5: Start reorganizing notes (5)

6: Making Athenian weaver drink an informal toast (7,2)

7: Taper rude, non-standard deviation (9)

8: Ermine, missing tail, squeezing into opening in fence to engage in the process of creating new life (9)

13: German award making press cranky (4,5)

14: Every other starlit fish starting search for little percussion instruments (9)

15: Memorandum maintains a balance (9)

16: Formulate a question in mathematical terms (9)

19: Michael Caine, first outspoken host (5)

20: Loud den has style! (5)

21: Church council regulation sounds like a big gun (5)

22: Feeling produced by tease 'n' sex (5)





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