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Across
- 1. (7)
- 5. Overcharge, Pir? (3-3)
- 9. Bird to steal one nest, to begin with (5)
- 10. Funny cartoon about extremely light singer (9)
- 11. I, with regent, cooked up a number (7)
- 12. Dear, once out, becomes thoughtful (7)
- 13. My incomplete group of birds (5)
- 14. Won't give baksheesh. That's level! (2,7)
- 16. Supporter not out to flag an inspiration (9)
- 19. See, I missed a prospect (5)
- 21. Abroad, there's good line. Move on! (7)
- 23. Dismiss dens? (4,3)
- 24. Fellows, don't start table fight (9)
- 25. Sage mantris high, to a certain extent (5)
- 26. Came upon hesitancy over old one hurtling (6)
- 27. Abandons no southern sweets (7)
Down
- 1. One whose business is to make matches (8,6)
- 2. Regular colour about a piece (7)
- 3. Deny Green's faltering and beginning to use drug (7)
- 4. And Raja goes round saving up account of tree (9)
- 5. Quickly approach crazy pun by Russian (3,2)
- 6. Standard cut vegetable (7)
- 7. Film director's cruel with endless note (7)
- 8. Yet these shenanigans will reverberate back home (7,7)
- 15. Cherished use trader exploited (9)
- 17. Diplomat's briefcase (7)
- 18. Run back, true to form, to promote growth (7)
- 19. Jury panels even I respect from within (7)
- 20. Stand for special partners in underprivileged surroundings (7)
- 22. Server, I spilled what's sought after in Chennai (5)
