Crossword for Mon, 27/Apr/2020

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Across
1: Ball tops over-ripe bananas (3)

3: Rebel action disrupted festival (11)

9: The Spanish derelict is too much for the church office holder (5)

10: Somehow it is clear and practical (9)

11: Blamed and nailed copper, scam's leader on the inside (7)

13: Liberate some tennis without charge (3,4)

14: Orchestra playing for farm animal (4,5)

18: Secure below mountain climbing station (9)

19: Batters consisting of partially digested food and semi-solids (7)

21: Dirt caught in footwear (7)

22: Shed light on strange clue I'm seeing (9)

23: Prepare for onset of torrential downpour (5)

25: No hefty role at sea for ship-launcher (5,2,4)

26: One final, huge Greek goddess (3)

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

2: Tender command (3)

3: Syria going after nurse involved in overthrow; sticky stuff? (4,5)

4: Drew is ruled out (5)

5: See, sir; bar is operating at the beer eatery (9)

6: Take in to feed silver winner (5)

7: Disturbed intruder, pet disturbed. (11)

8: Lovely to have an hour inside for recess (5)

12: Farmyard creatures defining an unlikely story? (4,3,4)

15: Capital investment producing hard faces (9)

16: Poem about social worker left with grace (9)

17: Young horses mistakenly resign early without hesitation (9)

19: European King's threat reported (5)

20: Pervert stripped in mineral water (5)

21: Herd one of the cattle? (5)

24: Consumed, beginning at the end (3)





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