Times Cryptic #26731

2017-05-22

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Across

1a

Bow, receiving head of committee, not quite ancient (7)

5a

Heavy breather, turning to drink, put on a little weight (7)

9a

Most vile son, the least straight (9)

10a

Through crossing street obtains panorama (5)

11a

Kitchen tool right by freezer (5)

12a

Volley's deviation in the air trapping us badly (9)

14a

Dish holding small measure of drink that's sold in bars? (5,9)

17a

A very cold death possible, rupturing this? (8,6)

21a

One takes one's time securing the best in a material sample (9)

23a

Forgetting a constant, is physicist so thick? (5)

24a

Blockhouse not initially large, with little room (5)

25a

Female sternness taken for unresponsiveness (9)

26a

The glassit's falling? (7)

27a

Partly coloured picture finally appears in neat edition (3-4)

Down

1d

Speaking, one strongly fancied to make a declaration (6)

2d

Body, very short for Scotsman, in twisted shape (7)

3d

Strangely variable opening of draft of part of speech (9)

4d

Factor working productively added to business (11)

5d

Fetch sheep that has fallen over (3)

6d

Block that goes under the hammer in European village (5)

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7d

In Italian dish, succeeded with a sauce (7)

8d

Cut round each fine poem (3,5)

13d

Summary rejection of queen wearing miniskirt (5,6)

15d

Pigeonhole drunk dispatching gallons as lover of the bottle (9)

16d

Hours of work experienced crossing the date line? (3,5)

18d

Yob appallingly loud through most of house (7)

19d

In book previously mentioned, a yen for unintelligibility (7)

20d

Approved fabulous knight for inclusion in reference work (6)

22d

Fingerprint a doctorboth hands (5)

25d

Distance to Tipperary? Reduced rate for travel (3)