Crossword for Sat, 15/Dec/2018

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Across
3: Auction to stem persuasive patter (5,4)

9: Police questioning a retiring toon under the table (13)

10: One in charge of carbon filament (5)

11: Ultimately, dconstruire, to the French intellectual, is simple (9)

12: Backward South American city captured by Bill (9)

14: Fancy brush? (5)

16: Unisex pelicans overwhelm and dislodge (5)

19: Turkish ruler appearing in a widely distributed album (5,4)

22: Lands filled with soft-shelled creatures (9)

24: Couple of notes written about a southern resort (5)

25: Chewed-up gum in tater -- how toothsome (5-8)

26: Angrier warrior (9)

Down
1: They say the headmaster should be guided by this (9)

2: For U2's principle music makers, I.R.A.'s tug viewed in a different light (7)

3: Liberate some tennis without charge (3,4)

4: It's big where some Ambassadors are at? (5)

5: Rebs to can fresh edible crustacean from southern states (5,4)

6: Cinema made use internally of Oscar-winning film (7)

7: The bottom of a serving of funnelcake is terrific (7)

8: Black-out unhinged LuAnn (5)

13: Frozen awkwardly, i.e. a tin man (9)

15: It isnt good for a man whos batting to get a hundred in the game (9)

17: Discompose each half of turbines (7)

18: Tragic king smuggles the bondage material (7)

20: First of all, you undercooked my meat; I enjoy roast more flavorful (7)

21: Also-ran gestates, bearing fruit? (7)

22: Rates of movement for the last politician entering it backwards (5)

23: Shiny flat-bottomed boats heading north (5)





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