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Across
1 Accommodation for high level people? (9) PENTHOUSE
5 Secretion that can be reversed in total (5)
8 But he might also break one! (8) LAWMAKER
9 Playing TT, Somu is the greatest (6) UTMOST
11 Farmland that Rajaji frequently went after (5) CROFT
12 Notorious Boston killer had a change of heart but he was a laggard (9)
13 For a number, wrong-doing is back as a game (6) TENNIS
14 Mixed trades, so diversified (8) ASSORTED
16 CIA’s name spoilt by one with poor memory (8) AMNESIAC
18 A bit of music, let it remain unchanged, including extended play (6) SECTAT
22 Bond movie that put a playboy in a satellite? Right (9) MOONRAKER
23 A good way to find an evergreen (5)
24 Stockings for Poles only? Funny (6) NYLONS
25 Small joint, three feet in length, that turns out big floaters (8) SHIPYARD
26 Social subdivision in a stronghold loses fifty (5) CASTE
27 What position does the horoscope show? (9) PLANETARY
Down
1 Creature with a place to develop (7) POLECAT
2 Just arrived! (7) NEWBORN
3 A cover but it is no guarantee against illness (6,9) HEALTH INSURANCE
4 The Bard’s view on the state of a crowned head (6) UNEASY
5 Be a role model (3,1,4,7) SET A GOOD EXAMPLE
6 A little something to read? (7) BOOKLET
7 Measured and recorded as 100 cm in America by journalist (7)
10 An alloy used in wind instruments (5) BRASS
15 Nails which, with 10, give the essential details (5) TACKS
16 Annual publication that a casual man actually carries (7) ALMANAC
17 Pasta preparation, new, lots of it (7) NOODLES
19 Creature in New Zealand with a strange aura that lacks hydrogen (7)
20 It is the third of seven in the calendar (7) TUESDAY
21 German composer finally altered by Creator (6) BRAHMA