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Across
1 Harsh treatment to war-weary boy turning around end of lane (3,4) RAW DEAL
5 Policeman on beat to choose not to do anything (3,3) COP OUT
9 Requests for umpire’s decisions (5) CALLS
10 Cheat gets French car without tailboard to rest awkwardly (9) FRAUDSTER
11 New? Hesitations by one hundred over kind of keypad (7) NUMERIC
12 Beastly drone in almost vapid surroundings (7)
13 Cadet, in a flutter, didn’t just stand there (5) ACTED
14 Smashing descent (5-4) CRASH DOWN
16 Yet these may take a big step (5,4) SMALL FEET
19 Old actor returns to first-class emirate (5) DUBAI
21 Free sailor loves to wander (7) ABSOLVE
23 Secret remedy can be found in perennial (7)
24 Where you might collect some money with a swipe (4,5)
25 Nibs scattered around eastern dramatist (5)
26 Indirect efforts in a second on a Roman date (6) ASIDES
27 Meet by chance in a collision? (3,4) RAN INTO
Down
1 Preliminary survey by cheat in revival (14) RECONNAISSANCE
2 It follows “Hail-fellow” in an old, back-slapping greeting (4-3) WELL MET
3 Made certain Sen rued sufficiently enough (7) ENSURED
4 Fiftyone rather fleecy about origin of core in biological series (4,5) LIFE CYCLE
5 Film one raccoon-like creature (5) COATI
6 High eminence to dash around in New Zealand stockade (7)
7 Worker in University post office is musically bouncy (2-5) UP TEMPO
8 General proclamation in favour of Papal representative having the last word on end of conflict (14)
15 He will get his pupils to draw (3,6) ART
17 Helps fool to sit properly on edge of sofa (7) ASSISTS
18 Y’all dip into where a frog might be perched (4,3) LILY PAD
19 A line taken away from the lexicon, in a manner of speaking (7) DICTION
20 Brother creates noise about gran’s last blessing (7)
22 Elucidates a clue is out; revises the rest and sends for publication (5) EDITS