Crossword for Wed, 24/Feb/2021

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Across
1: Sound practical perception is a normal feeling (11)

7: Drongo lacks even a pet (3)

9: Keeps turning nastier (7)

10: Host seems clever, off and on (5)

11: Inmate Ian playing dead (9)

13: Therefore, finish off this bit of work (3)

14: Miserable poor agree with 'La Boheme' spectator (9)

15: Observed no Knight (5)

17: Do tell! A puzzle found in a cornfield? (5)

19: Miss, in Rome, indicator or endless final (9)

21: Sixpence for big cheese? (1.1.1.)

23: Aunt Toras crazy but shell go a long way (9)

24: Severely criticize cook (5)

25: Annie is crazy? Stupid! (7)

26: Equips for attacks (4)

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

Down
1: Heart-shaped ribbed cloth I order (9)

2: Men hate diffused gas (7)

3: Found jumbo rig in a teamster's parts (9)

4: Walesa still embodies how Nobel Laureates soar? (3)

5: Playwright rethinking copyright wrangle (4,7)

6: Pitchers were transported south (5)

7: Crowd ultimately least friendly and most dangerous (7)

8: Good Republican source of life-giving system for short-handed office workers (5)

12: Toss a hammer into a nuclear accelerator! (4,7)

15: Strange lingo - some new expression (9)

16: Most cool first date out (9)

18: Charge one piece of mandarin fruit (7)

20: Language - one with a Latin derivation (7)

21: A composer must never divulge too much (5)

22: Witticism provided theme (5)

25: Top card? Excellent! (3)





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