Times Cryptic #26905

2017-12-11

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Across

1a

Midland town youth finally expelled from study group (7)

5a

Hesitation shown in unstable part of garden (7)

9a

Ticking device Swiss banker reported on underground? (9)

10a

Parisians may say it when leaving university with a pass (5)

11a

A footballer, perhaps, dismayed to be taken thus? (5)

12a

Listener with obsession about large sci-fi character (9)

14a

Enduring '60s rock band forming druidic circle? (8,6)

17a

After many lessons the writer's touring Rome, somehow remembering way back (4-4,6)

21a

It counteracts poison worker identified primarily with canned meat (9)

23a

Duck English fellow sent back (5)

24a

One game troop leader finds unsuitable! (5)

25a

Old actor secures leading position in Norwegian port (9)

26a

Vessel that's gone astray with everyone on board (7)

27a

Swansea girl conceals mistake in range (7)

Down

1d

Short female taking time to catch black marsupial (6)

2d

Withdraw part of army, diplomacy having overcome resistance (7)

3d

Standard source of information about one's hosiery material (9)

4d

Predecessor's expert info on current vocal skills (11)

5d

Eggs regularly taken from orioles? (3)

6d

Train, or alternative form of transport? (5)

7d

Priest's right to leave clubWhite's is an example (7)

8d

Most junior American greeting a French visitor leaving university (8)

13d

Uniform, say, in unusually smart line (11)

15d

Before charge, ancient wooded vale is calm (9)

18d

Game girl carrying new bat (7)

19d

Pigment made from genuine fish (7)

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20d

Conductor's notes about international currency (6)

22d

Old tax ultimately important in what it raised (5)

25d

Wrongdoing curtailing function (3)

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