Crossword for Sat, 16/Mar/2024

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Across
2: Like a high ranking diplomat's awful ambrosia salad (13)

8: Clown with a tail. (3)

9: With a big smile, catch a Royal fish (5)

10: Feeble deception overheard (5)

11: Conceive of gain (7)

12: Dad takes leading role a step beyond (7)

13: Massacre gives Serb leader mirth (9)

14: Laughable Democratic line-up (5)

16: Write Dorothy's aunt into the motif (5)

18: Urge to be hunting out dicey part (9)

20: Nothing added to list for early riser (7)

22: Too bad! Drive back for Italian wine (7)

24: More appealing to snub royalty? (5)

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

26: Startled, grabs sailor (3)

27: Something good made by mini drink packer! (6,7)
Down
1: Cringe as we enter a business open recently (5)

2: To make matters worse, Georgia left before Virginia, slipping into a series of heavy metal bars (9)

3: Hope and Crosby going up and down (7)

4: Person with fixed notions is pretty sore, upset about the introduction of Ebonics (11)

5: Expressed willingness to be away before start of day (7)

6: Erin's heir is hardly content (5)

7: Subsequent supporter for Sideways (9)

12: Fashion term heartless: Feeling up Blossom (6-2-3)

13: Sarcastic critic, alas drunk, missing bit of comedy (9)

15: Central Slovak airport damaged 16-down (9)

17: Hold spellbound in the tenth rally (7)

19: This time doctors learn about the kidneys (7)

21: Ensemble originally formed with ocarina, cello, theremin, euphonium, and tabla (5)

23: Large vessel is berthed in China or Taiwan (5)




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