Crossword for Wed, 15/Apr/2020

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Across
1: Essentially, what boy is wearing (3,2)

3: No problem to deal with puritan on the radio (9)

7: Reportedly regret cutting remark in quarrel (7)

9: Instrument component removed from turbo car in accident (7)

11: Acid destroyed brace (5)

12: Coats need woven yarns (9)

13: Radicchio tastes good in little bits. (5)

14: Dear one separates two cored fruit (7)

16: Identified slugger around noon (7)

20: Pompously speak of no tax (5)

22: Healer making solemn statement about upcoming writers (9)

23: Hunger after party for senior member of group (5)

24: Opponent of new technology did play instrument outside (7)

25: Wordy poem about Hope, mostly (7)

26: End is close, doctor surreptitiously revealed (9)

27: Chump getting past in chasm (5)

Down
1: Flora collected metal she owns (9)

2: Learner said it was a huge green monster cooked in gravy. (7)

3: A group of notes! (7)

4: Object for examination (7)

5: On your feet! (8,5)

6: A fellow's legs may be protected by these (5)

8: Like a high ranking diplomat's awful ambrosia salad (13)

10: Fiber extracted from thistles (5)

15: Shrubs dot the French mountain range, providing a tinge of russet (9)

17: Saw palm down (5)

18: Navy serviceman provided examples of adaptations to life on board (3-4)

19: Acted as rich person in plot (7)

21: A New York organised group, one of little importance (7)

22: Defeated after losing leader, gets plastered (5)





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