Crossword for Wed, 10/Apr/2019

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Across
1: Call for help oddly stops (3)

3: Incomplete raw data lies in largely unexplored regions (4,7)

8: Crook skimmed cash register? (3)

9: Bunch of devotees arouse group (3,4)

11: He wrote a bit of poetry! (3)

12: Changes direction with care, as befits a benefactor. (4, 4, 5)

13: Determined attack on a moribund collection (4,3)

14: Gang's in act of relocating (7)

16: Tavern drink for the auditor, one with access to confidential information (7)

17: Enjoy a mud pie and trade it freely (3,4)

20: Princesses's attendant, yawning, laid it out (4-2-7)

23: A hint for the snooker champ? (3)

24: Hammers small rock outcroppings (7)

25: It comes to a point everyone heard (3)

26: Fast times with company cracked high-strung recruiter (6,5)

27: Now Elton heard California's big one (3)

Down
1: Suppressed and overturned, it's taken flight (7)

2: Speaks about actor Alan, a youth (5,4)

3: Beams in reverse alphabetical order (7)

4: Ellen, golf wife, creates a sense of joint interest (6,7)

5: Mechanical worker pushing start button in the depths of the plant (5)

6: Penniless meal is fantastic (5)

7: Lets stand on a cowboy hat (7)

10: ...near fishing boats stocked with cold bait (5,8)

15: Clarifier is followed by mixed signals (9)

16: 'Wrong and sick,' I quote... almost (7)

18: Outfit wins Tet Offensive (7)

19: Glass part of lock (7)

21: Drive carefully and live (5)

22: Dizzy Ben is a playwright (5)





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