Times Cryptic #26644

2017-02-09

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Across

1a

In a Scotsman's chimney, incinerate part of tree-trunk (8)

9a

Rough-haired dog, one kept by a Marxist porter, perhaps? (8)

10a

Bind 4 unexpectedly without being asked (8)

11a

French national planting cabbage by a public way (8)

12a

Intelligence church woman displayed, identifying shrub (5-5)

14a

Republican replacing Liberal in movie business (4)

15a

"Moor over by the lakes, love" (7)

17a

Scorn female attorney caught in wrongdoing (7)

21a

Revolutionary motion calling for Roosevelt's execution? (4)

22a

Singer initially given anaesthetic? Absolutely (10)

23a

Like poet's feet caught in wreckage of chariot (8)

25a

Arabs backing our country stay in Sheffield at first (8)

26a

Two things a piano needsit's the central principle (8)

27a

Executed king dispatched without hesitation (8)

Down

2d

Polyglot gathering heather on Scottish islands (8)

3d

On which one may ride round Oxford, say, first? (8)

4d

English debt collector brought up in the 22 (4)

5d

Very large item originally unknown in minister's residence (3-4)

6d

Extremely neat villager freely going from place to place (10)

7d

In Irish county it elevated a simple song (8)

8d

Chap in Bonn, possibly, engaging police officer as minder? (8)

13d

Din made by a literary bear propping up body (10)

15d

Pass tree finally visible across green (8)

16d

Radical hotel overlooking backs of chateaux by hill (8)

18d

Range of fruit, perhaps, something journalists place at the top? (8)

19d

Foreign ladies, ie to represent as perfect (8)

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20d

Persistent person finally takes heart (7)

24d

In Cornwall, possibly, a name for an aquatic bird (4)