Crossword for Sat, 3/Jul/2021

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Across
1: Root for mounting might (3)

3: Inept casino confused the issue (4,2,5)

9: Think at length about lost planet, comet (11)

10: Deputy at clock centre sounds hesitant (5)

11: Oscillating crystal perhaps not so rare (9)

13: Police badge (7)

15: Starts to actually believe you survived snake pit (5)

16: Butts in front of people, breaking drinks (5)

18: Quicksilver messenger (7)

20: Came back on a diet anew and wasted away (9)

23: Birds in white trousers (5)

25: Exegesis of clue an idiot misunderstood (11)

26: Employ heart-broken Spartans where disaster came to pass. (11)

27: Small piece of fish (3)
Down
1: Marry large bumpkin (5)

2: Threatens guys between Deuces and Kings (7)

3: Cool customers liable to be tossed? (9)

4: The joint action of substances is messy; ring doctor! (9)

5: Articles in 'Divers Times' (5)

6: Call unexpectedly, find Dad at home! (3,2)

7: Upset tiny pal in an unsuitable way (7)

8: Supposed hot desire gnawed (9)

12: Spy pinched mere fragments of treaty (9)

14: Tool placed under sack as a safety precaution (4,5)

15: In a dance, little do plenty (9)

17: Gauge for myself a firm (7)

19: Yielded gutlessly, taking in hopeless cheat as he sailed by. (7)

21: Di returned to me in France: back for the turn of phrase. (5)

22: Call girl sting nabs head of Moral Majority (5)

24: Fancy brush? (5)




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