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Across
- 1. Possibly strong and independent associate (11)
- 9. Song to pacify child's not starting (7)
- 10. Company release describes state of match (7)
- 11. A channel in TV perhaps (5)
- 12. Story about a guard trapping small animals (9)
- 13. Is tutor holding back a tribe? (5)
- 15. Perhaps cells with no door, behind the edge of cowshed where felines are kept (9)
- 18. Solver’s no good, rejects grind, essentially hackles like a rebel (9)
- 21. Purchaser obtains ruby stone touring east (5)
- 22. Tries to participate in official practice (9)
- 24. Devil is buried in an abyss at Ankara (5)
- 26. Retired soldiers seen with hawk and one more bird (7)
- 27. One crosses road regularly to get high class leading metal element (7)
- 28. Air guy maybe, beat gravity went above rain revolutionarily (11)
Down
- 1. Friend led Cyrus, perhaps to the study of foretelling future (9)
- 2. Accounts for beer in empty tankards (5)
- 3. Can earth in galaxy eclipse a close shave? (9)
- 4. On an empty day, chill out, roam while husband is away and be peaceful (7)
- 5. Boor overpowers officer as work ends, to strike (7)
- 6. Solvers got wet, emerging out of depth, holding the edge of yacht (5)
- 7. Type of girl on cocaine's doubtful to let go of fellow (8)
- 8. Oddly outfits made by him uplifts us (4)
- 14. Most difficult examination containing a sketch without title (8)
- 16. Decorating an oriental administrator in Chinese dynasty (9)
- 17. Dictator dismissed, dismissed by National Guard staff (9)
- 19. Power back-up device procured by army kept on a rack edge in the floor above (7)
- 20. Knight's inclined to eliminate wife for gain (7)
- 22. Unusual to get right-minded, admirable, revolutionary, energetic leaders (4)
- 23. Everyone, oddly lacking heart in the compound (5)
- 25. Judge in Turkey passes sentence by mail (5)
