Crossword for Mon, 27/Mar/2023

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Across
1: Fairy tale character concealed in simulated war front (5)

4: Gin and tonic's third gulped by person arising (9)

9: Praiseworthy naval officer, English, found around boat's prow (9)

10: Sister leaves, seeing torment of supernatural servant (5)

11: Mousy girlfriend loses head and bellybutton (5)

12: Family member suppresses a temptation to go head-to-foot naked (2,7)

14: Idle talkers to go, with one final word about the vessel (7)

16: Fools the Proletariat after banning Marx's _Capital_ (5)

17: Headless rodent left by bird (5)

20: On the other hand, spare second French town (7)

21: Wild ermine encaged years here?! (9)

22: Hit for designer Vera, reportedly (5)

24: Threefold test (5)

25: Government-hater ravaging China star (9)

26: Four runners usually talk about YMCA in the morning (5,4)

27: Rigid body. (5)
Down
1: Seduce husband-to-be in parlor (7, 4)

2: Pitcher, lunatic, not married (5)

3: Strength of army (5)

4: Robert's musical wild animals (7)

5: Found out in the beginning Gehrig pitched (7)

6: Moving haltingly, stopping short of the end (about a foot), by sundown (9)

7: Almost insane deviation around road works (7)

8: Take a turn or a thousand dollars (3)

13: Missed hoax set up to trap Sunday drunk outside saloon entrance (4,5,2)

15: Evil colleague, for example, breaking in contrary to law (9)

18: Burning body to face solar-powered clock (7)

19: Distance to pull cart up before time (7)

20: Too many weapons perhaps for this type of bowling! (7)

22: Eastenders' David gets on most people's (5)

23: Arranging bail, one has a legal defense (5)

24: Startled, grabs sailor (3)




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