Crossword for Wed, 28/Oct/2020

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Across
2: Shifting financial fortunes cause industry revolution (8,5)

8: Al's framed by unexpectedly nasty examiner (7)

9: Rule for finding direction between-times? (5)

10: Satanic personification in 'Anthem A-Gogo' (5)

12: State proviso (9)

13: Protection for vehicles on dangerous deliveries (7)

15: Machine spindle starting to mistime; also about to begin labouring (7)

16: Caretakers for a number of little orphans (7)

18: Sausages from a Greek island (7)

19: Short example of bag for barrister? (5,4)

20: A military cap has turned up satisfactorily (5)

23: Studio sign initially obscured by swirling rain (2,3)

24: Liqueur rumored to heal foot-and-mouth disease among pigs? (7)

26: Scenery has to get down by starting 12-across (7,6)
Down
1: Lear tangled with leader of Middle Kingdom (5)

2: Crow circles front of gate in Eastern fort (5)

3: Looks like an eyesore, sounds like an eyesore (3)

4: Sees unusual section (7)

5: American state accepting Irans revolution in its totality (7)

6: Weight thrown around by tragic men (9)

7: Catches misusing teen slang (9)

9: Every other starlit fish starting search for little percussion instruments (9)

11: Jumpy is frog one likes (4,2,3)

13: Prohibit fanatics grabbing British records showing checks and balances? (9)

14: What incompetent repairman says to beggar? (9)

17: Holding back police operation took a year (7)

18: Pattern upset clients (7)

21: Scarf free tacos (5)

22: Clean air makes Australia singular (5)

25: Fix the oil platform ... (3)




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