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Across
- 1. Variety in clueing often is bending and bowing (12)
- 8. Most of publisher's book description is smear (4)
- 9. Discover heavenly body with green light right away (4,2,4)
- 11. Up-to-date comedian a success (4-2)
- 12. Crazy about sell-off they have nothing in their possession (4,4)
- 14. Attributes of born-again Indian (4)
- 16. English cricketer won good contest after batting with only tail (1,1,5)
- 18. Sound from TV describing catch (7)
- 19. Foolish one dropping off in jacket (4)
- 22. Custom length, about right for mini vehicle (5,3)
- 23. Settling on a loveless endless routine (2,1,3)
- 24. Bowled with urgency finding an edge to dismiss (5,5)
- 26. Unit showing resistance to the end, hardly that's a surprise (2,2)
- 27. Those with ticks kept at arm's length? (5,7)
Down
- 2. Elements of fear, then war engulfing Terracotta? (11)
- 3. Oh no, uncouth and rough (5)
- 4. Monsieur tends to embrace French city (2,4)
- 5. To crack a clue got a checklist? (9)
- 6. Kind of dairy product needing no introduction (3)
- 7. Comprehensive career with neither start nor end in sight (3-2)
- 10. Scientific study of light and time down to three subject matters (6)
- 13. Assume snappy attitude to speaker is unusual (6,1,4)
- 15. German antique figure found around a tourist city (4,5)
- 17. Take in with gusto Kapil of India (6)
- 20. Three upcoming art houses OK screening international (6)
- 21. Singular card game like an intoxicating drink (5)
- 23. Intestinal fortitude essentially on field leading to century (5)
- 25. Honorific sure is used frequently (3)
