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Across
- 1. Mineral rights included — means lower pound (6)
- 4. Stop a stowaway coming into country (8)
- 9. Minister and lawmaker have a patch-up (6)
- 10. John’s house has birds (8)
- 12. Complaints from Mumbai suburb — items go missing regularly (8)
- 13. "Give evidence on total utility" they say (6)
- 15. Not expensive to admit parent, pay at the end for treatment (12)
- 18. Two fruits in one (6,6)
- 21. Distant meteor showers (6)
- 22. Out on a limb? Take cover, save neck basically (8)
- 24. Bearings damaged, gate crashes (6,2)
- 25. I'm back playing this shot (6)
- 26. Shorter version of game? Engage county (8)
- 27. Yanks go wild, injecting drug in a furtive manner (6)
Down
- 1. China relay race, associate announced (8)
- 2. Arm over minister's girlfriend (8)
- 3. Well equipped to fight, tethered them to a building (5,2,3,5)
- 5. Two rounds to lift stone (4)
- 6. He jokes about losing his seat (7,8)
- 7. A rain cloud, not black but threatening (6)
- 8. Americans catch up with writer (6)
- 11. Cap on the hooter (7)
- 14. Short border — one yard of inclusion is creating friction (7)
- 16. Old woman's headscarf (8)
- 17. City in UK — passage featured in business line (8)
- 19. A teacher discards book about language (6)
- 20. Surface energy will blend (6)
- 23. One occupying vacant place by river landing (4)
