Crossword for Wed, 26/Jan/2022

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Across
1: Defeated after losing leader, gets plastered (5)

3: Feel sick from crack? (3)

5: After a second, whip and rip (5)

8: Ditch a worker is cutting (9)

10: It comes to a point everyone heard (3)

11: The bandleader channels energy.(9)

12: Oriental talc dispenser deserves acclaim (5)

13: Slightest tales are twisted (5)

14: Dowdiest rear in Mexican party, almost (9)

16: End result of how rotgut's processed (9)

17: Poplar is like a writer (5)

19: Great crowd spirit (5)

21: At home, the rust Ive cleaned up was very invasive (9)

23: Sister gets nothing, we hear (3)

24: Defective gas meters for people who take chances (9)

25: Side-face, or front? (5)

26: However, you expect trouble at first (3)

27: Essentially, what boy is wearing (3,2)

Down
1: Iridescent stone contains quirk having to do with vision (7)

2: Ambush late-rising with auditors load (3,2,4)

3: State charted illegal payments (5)

4: Study how to endure (2,7)

5: Pal teased about crazy snack food (6,7)

6: At hand no competent help (5)

7: Unaffected by a little liquor, he nursed the child. (4, 3)

9: Challenge the bench in retaliation. (13)

14: Cringingly escape around canopy (9)

15: Space left by dry loch (9)

16: Plant-based compound sprinkled on cigar (7)

18: 'Naked Gun' actor prepares to be dubbed in (in soundtrack) (7)

20: At one time, gobbling up two tablespoons (5)

22: Attract fill-in worker by end of August (5)





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