Crossword for Thu, 27/May/2021

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Across
1: Assistants' crackpot ideas (5)

4: Cleopatra and her court's quirky pet saying (9)

9: State that may be so ideal for sap (5,8)

10: Former name for joint audition (3)

11: Lepers treated by North Dakota specialist? Brilliant! (11)

12: Lead around other green (7)

15: Its near the tradesmens entrance after dark (5)

17: Lucifer lived backward (5)

18: Crackers in bulk? Yes (3-4)

21: Small drinks for each young man's agent (11)

24: Abridged fibre project (3)

25: Aunt Peg really messed up the cheap seats (6,7)

26: Curing bad meat in English river (9)

27: Fine that woman with little hesitation (5)

Down
1: Larvae can appear to contain cure-all (7)

2: Slangily, hip old English author (5)

3: Company strongly recommend: after first scolding, apply the whip! (7)

4: Relieves each emergency service (5)

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

6: Practise using public transport (5)

7: Everything, including meat, in stew is nutritious (9)

8: Feminine articles put in case (7)

13: Model unpredictable dial to shake in natural disaster (5,4)

14: Bird dog devouring bad lad (4,5)

16: Drunk stops to heave (7)

19: Americans look for no revolution (7)

20: Apprentice relinquishes heart to temptress (7)

22: Knock out acrobat's last daring feat (5)

23: Left a port near Dubrovnik (5)

24: Elation leads Anglican Irishman to write of home from abroad. (5)





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