Times Cryptic #27965

2021-04-30

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Across

1a

Carry piece of sound equipment suggestive of ritual? (7)

5a

Theatre food is tasted again (7)

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9a

Married chum's brought into Middle East location as investigator (9)

10a

American cannon got from vehicle when given order (5)

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11a

Room for keeping a type of food (5)

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12a

Board behind reversing vehicle that can be easily dealt with (9)

14a

He'd get reform, if violently (7,7)

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17a

Nice clues composed with an art that will show intellectual discipline (7,7)

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21a

Restaurant offers excellent crumble, sweet course served retro-style (9)

23a

Hack possibly putting run in stockings? (5)

24a

Illicit drink about to be removed, leading to a kerfuffle (3-2)

25a

One drug-dealer, short worker at end of street offering cocaine? (9)

26a

Maybe rabbit turned and ran, being disconcerted (7)

27a

Lunar domainno sea, awfully lumpy (7)

Down

1d

Ancient city grasping a way of buying up prize (6)

2d

A male beast without tail in strange art in flat (7)

3d

Cavity in heart needing attention (6,3)

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4d

Host briefly entertaining monster, a sort of accountant (11)

5d

Ladder lets one escape from dilapidated building (3)

6d

Very good bed's embroidered decoration (5)

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7d

A boy initially enthralled by east European entertainer (7)

8d

Try me out with my singular correspondence! (8)

13d

Insincerity of thank you drowned in sentiment (11)

15d

Spooner's dry grass, territory that would do for dog (9)

16d

Thief beats up beloved in Paris (8)

18d

RIP! Old females depart quickly (4,3)

19d

With river flooding in, send for solution to problem (4-3)

20d

Guide soldiers over Dartmoor landmark? (6)

22d

The birdhe avoided dog (5)

25d

A daughter overlooked by son is out of sorts (3)