Times Cryptic #26837

2017-09-22

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Across

1a

Feeble course I must enter with the others (8)

9a

Paul, for example, worried for the French renegade (8)

10a

Not entirely natural athlete, one may be found in the library (8)

11a

Most advisable to enter a call for help for material needing removal (8)

12a

Banter in itself contains one warning signal (10)

14a

Turning to drink, holding one large container (4)

15a

Paper taking party line repeatedly: child's play (3,4)

17a

Nervous about one extremely brief trembling (7)

21a

Cold and bleak for crop (4)

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22a

Exclusive group start to enter through low gate (3,2-5)

23a

Club performer's band doubling power, beginning to rock (8)

25a

Notices about sheep spurned by old natives (8)

26a

Row of pawns kept by instinct beside a rook (8)

27a

Announced I am able to deploy extremely pretty girl (3,5)

Down

2d

To gain energy, a partner taking a soothing juice (4,4)

3d

Made haste to protect animal under stress (8)

4d

Fashionable society around west London? (4)

5d

Vehicle takes a run through county (7)

6d

Feature of fat person suggesting good health? (6,4)

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7d

Where life is hectic, stop eating on running track (4,4)

8d

Sly, always about to betray our side first (8)

13d

Writer considered inept, page needing rework (4-3,3)

15d

Pulling this, perhaps, strains hardI sympathise (8)

16d

Cross-dressing in something transparent, almost, just the thing for party? (4,4)

18d

Woman one confused with vicar (8)

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19d

Embarrassed about playwright in a state of nature again (8)

20d

Go wrong, tearing into stuff with sharp teeth (7)

24d

Leap from aeroplane (its rear) (4)