Crossword for Sat, 18/Feb/2017

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Across
2: Dine out and stop being vague (13)

9: Mostly yearning for headache remedy (7)

10: One may be a very long time (3)

11: Questionable realtor robs preacher (4,7)

12: Some leading trios are essentially reenacting poems (4,5)

15: Leave sorcerer to bible-basher (9)

16: 27-across about starting off 1-down world unconditionally (2,3,2,4)

17: Control escape (3)

18: Sort of collection to compose print (7)

21: Clearly notes Earths at a particular compass point (4-5-4)
Down
1: Queen forced to meet irate nation? (5,10)

3: A representative may be a scamp (3)

4: 4-down Arias hit high note in some of the lungs (3,3)

5: Author of Birds on the Wing may rewrite (6,9)

6: Piano finale not determined (7)

7: OJ rants about USC football players (7)

8: Exchange concealed proprietary knowledge (5,6)

9: Sadly curtail urge for land cultivation (11)

13: Venture to comment, 'War God stands in light' (7)

14: Hesper's fresh fields (7)

19: Infection leads from partly uncooked steak (3)

20: Child, bask by the sound (3)




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