Times Cryptic #26747

2017-06-09

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Across

1a

Preferred feminine greeting, historically (4)

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3a

Further book penned by singer's a little cleaner (10)

9a

Engineers reversing charge briefly called again (7)

11a

Takes over when Aussie runner gets back on board (7)

12a

Authority and income tumbling (9)

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13a

Going in starkers is grand way to get attention (5)

14a

Retort token bachelor has to endure (12)

18a

Fashion mart's price war, not a problem for correspondent (7,5)

21a

Bean coming from abroad UK imports (5)

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22a

Disease, in a manner of speaking, learner's overlooked (9)

24a

Barbarism's not in fashion (7)

25a

Heartless church worker suspended (7)

26a

Shy infidel running like the devil (10)

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27a

Unlikely to lash out at close quarters (4)

Down

1d

Where you could find ratings for energy pack? (8)

2d

Malevolent rodent almost beneath cooker, moving over (8)

4d

Ancient line in poem forgotten, finally (5)

5d

Agent and therapist's top person entangling (9)

6d

Trading phenomenon, the green equivalent of company car? (8,5)

7d

Apparently rational European ruined (6)

8d

Fly goes through inverted trap (6)

10d

Minor riot lad stirred, snaring unknown reptile (7,6)

15d

Shopmen trying to repeat dockers' work? (9)

16d

Drool when rising tardily about four (8)

17d

Lone woman threatening to seize power once one's gone (8)

19d

Settle raconteur's punch line? (6)

20d

Damage extremely lucrative career (6)

23d

Female beside bar easily tempted (5)

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