Crossword for Mon, 18/Oct/2021

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Across
1: Ancient historian understood America (7)

5: Possesses id and ego (originally conceived by a Jewish mystic) (7)

9: Most successful divers can be quite obnoxious (7)

10: Reunite diverse followers (7)

11: Healers swear by the cases of the little river horse. (11)

14: Show fear when beast appears on popular TV series (5)

16: Gauge for myself a firm (7)

17: Maybe I'm upset with reason (7)

18: Removes from office and bags (5)

19: With Starr finally out, Hyde's plan simply loses traction in a way (11)

23: One girl fashioned restrictive attachment (3,4)

25: A Spanish guitarist goes out with one in Virginia (7)

26: Eccentric French composer (a base thief to his family) creates a cloying atmosphere (7)

27: College entrance exam angers with parodies (7)

Down
1: A number going to church for fish (5)

2: Chip is describing rare bird call (5)

3: Thus might florin study a silly timekeeper (3-3,5)

4: Drive a head (5)

5: Difficult newspaper or novel (4,5)

6: Take Chair in university (3)

7: Giant reptiles make a racket and love southern gold, but principally really stink! (9)

8: Special delivery can erase a problem. (9)

12: Girl hatches subterfuge in prison tower (11)

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

14: Gory pitch worked as protection for maker (9)

15: New York decries eccentric period of medical training (9)

20: Do as I say in short retreat (5)

21: Guinevere maintains, 'When hell freezes over!' (5)

22: Come back in just a pseudo pair of shoes (5)

24: Fish spawn upstream in little orifices (3)





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