Crossword for Thu, 2/Sep/2021

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Across
2: Working on mental topic? (13)

6: Evita Peron endlessly tortured spy (9)

9: Noise of family gathering at the start (5)

11: Bury terror when its said to raise its ugly head (9)

12: A journey to the east? What nonsense! (5)

13: Barque, for one, is a trio-tutor (5-6)

16: Fool to join recital (3)

17: In fear of wheat head (3)

19: Don't encourage satellite pace to slacken. (11)

21: Property initially in annuity settlement survived estate tax (5)

23: Rev. Spooner says 'The person massaging Reagan is illiterate' (3-6)

25: Jack's described part of a church (5)

26: I may fall into pit in a remote country (9)

27: Free sex, lips in beer; it's beyond words (13)

Down
1: Guess what the benighted marksman did? (4,2,3,4)

2: Rule violater alarming teacher (7)

3: Midshipman: one who hates anchor (9)

4: Tie torn coats (7)

5: Language - one with a Latin derivation (7)

7: Winning over the heart of quirky scatterbrain (7)

8: Frost to cover the cake (3)

10: Canadian water ordered for regal tea-break (5,4,4)

14: Draw out statement that you dined at 2200 hrs (9)

15: 'Old car stalls,' discloses again? (7)

18: Say again 'Others had food' (7)

20: Musical direction for an old poet (7)

22: Belgian port getting rid of an idiot (5)

24: Anyway - no! (3)





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