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 1 Abnormal debt risk from covering placed under 27 Ac. (3,5)
 5 Cloudy backdrop a queen concealed (6)
 9 Took issue with grease preparation executed outside (9)
 11 Medicinal plant’s sulphur removed by Frenchman with African tree copal (5)
 12 Valedictory form sent back to Iowa confiscated by the Election Commission (7)
 14 Felt excited when Greenland’s movement to push back the Tory leader was flashed briefly (7)
 15 Cut spiritual arrangement with the beekeeper (12) APICULTURIST
 17 Adjusts to accommodate the gangster and the first of the experts in Asian culture (12)
 20 Gene activating agent found by freakishly manicured graduate goes missing (7)
 22 Suffocating auditor’s without an inheritor (7)
 23 Rouse knight to go behind corruption in retreat (5)
 24 Breaking: Democrat moving forward to embrace Switzerland gets a souse (9)
 26 Gossip about a microblogging service after commencement (6)
 27 Scottish cap returned with lock on the palliasse, say (8) MATTRESS
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 1 Plan to get funds (6)
 2 Rapid rise may result in a collapse (9) DISREPAIR
 3 Powder in this may suddenly become dangerous (3)
 4 Note about the firm peacekeepers’ entertainment by a musical instrument was found again (13)
 6 Salesman sent up to entertain a girl is a crooked literary pirate (11)
 7 Soft student getting rid of the Oriental’s sleeping gear (5)
 8 Improves satisfaction for the audience (6)
 10 It can take photographs, but not on film (7,6)
 13 Birdie executed surprisingly by Charlie entering spot with a play of colours (11)
 16 Arrange and organize a routine on the island quarter (9)
 18 Fights that may result in sleeping gear being thrown about (6)
 19 Measures need no introduction for some native Americans (6)
 21 Sleeping gear belonging to a Kathmandu veterinarian (5) DUVET
 25 Fingerstall found in a baby’s sleeping gear (3) COT
 
 
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 1 Abnormal debt risk from covering placed under 27 Ac. (3,5) BED SKIRT
 5 Cloudy backdrop a queen concealed (6)
 9 Took issue with grease preparation executed outside (9) DISAGREED
 11 Medicinal plant’s sulphur removed by Frenchman with African tree copal (5)
 12 Valedictory form sent back to Iowa confiscated by the Election Commission (7)
 14 Felt excited when Greenland’s movement to push back the Tory leader was flashed briefly (7)
 15 Cut spiritual arrangement with the beekeeper (12) APICULTURIST
 17 Adjusts to accommodate the gangster and the first of the experts in Asian culture (12)
 20 Gene activating agent found by freakishly manicured graduate goes missing (7)
 22 Suffocating auditor’s without an inheritor (7)
 23 Rouse knight to go behind corruption in retreat (5)
 24 Breaking: Democrat moving forward to embrace Switzerland gets a souse (9)
 26 Gossip about a microblogging service after commencement (6) NATTER
 27 Scottish cap returned with lock on the palliasse, say (8) MATTRESS
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 1 Plan to get funds (6) BUDGET
 2 Rapid rise may result in a collapse (9) DISREPAIR
 3 Powder in this may suddenly become dangerous (3) KEG
 4 Note about the firm peacekeepers’ entertainment by a musical instrument was found again (13)
 6 Salesman sent up to entertain a girl is a crooked literary pirate (11)
 7 Soft student getting rid of the Oriental’s sleeping gear (5)
 8 Improves satisfaction for the audience (6)
 10 It can take photographs, but not on film (7,6)
 13 Birdie executed surprisingly by Charlie entering spot with a play of colours (11)
 16 Arrange and organize a routine on the island quarter (9)
 18 Fights that may result in sleeping gear being thrown about (6)
 19 Measures need no introduction for some native Americans (6)
 21 Sleeping gear belonging to a Kathmandu veterinarian (5) DUVET
 25 Fingerstall found in a baby’s sleeping gear (3) COT
 
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		Across
 1 Abnormal debt risk from covering placed under 27 Ac. (3,5) BED SKIRT
 5 Cloudy backdrop a queen concealed (6)
 9 Took issue with grease preparation executed outside (9) DISAGREED
 11 Medicinal plant’s sulphur removed by Frenchman with African tree copal (5)
 12 Valedictory form sent back to Iowa confiscated by the Election Commission (7)
 14 Felt excited when Greenland’s movement to push back the Tory leader was flashed briefly (7)
 15 Cut spiritual arrangement with the beekeeper (12) APICULTURIST
 17 Adjusts to accommodate the gangster and the first of the experts in Asian culture (12)
 20 Gene activating agent found by freakishly manicured graduate goes missing (7)
 22 Suffocating auditor’s without an inheritor (7)
 23 Rouse knight to go behind corruption in retreat (5)
 24 Breaking: Democrat moving forward to embrace Switzerland gets a souse (9)
 26 Gossip about a microblogging service after commencement (6) NATTER
 27 Scottish cap returned with lock on the palliasse, say (8) MATTRESS
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 1 Plan to get funds (6) BUDGET
 2 Rapid rise may result in a collapse (9) DISREPAIR
 3 Powder in this may suddenly become dangerous (3) KEG
 4 Note about the firm peacekeepers’ entertainment by a musical instrument was found again (13) REENCOUNTERED
 6 Salesman sent up to entertain a girl is a crooked literary pirate (11) PLAGIARISER
 7 Soft student getting rid of the Oriental’s sleeping gear (5) QUILT
 8 Improves satisfaction for the audience (6) EMENDS
 10 It can take photographs, but not on film (7,6) DIGITAL CAMERA
 13 Birdie executed surprisingly by Charlie entering spot with a play of colours (11)
 16 Arrange and organize a routine on the island quarter (9)
 18 Fights that may result in sleeping gear being thrown about (6)
 19 Measures need no introduction for some native Americans (6)
 21 Sleeping gear belonging to a Kathmandu veterinarian (5) DUVET
 25 Fingerstall found in a baby’s sleeping gear (3) COT
 
 
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		Across
 1 Abnormal debt risk from covering placed under 27 Ac. (3,5) BED SKIRT
 5 Cloudy backdrop a queen concealed (6)OPAQUE
 9 Took issue with grease preparation executed outside (9) DISAGREED
 11 Medicinal plant’s sulphur removed by Frenchman with African tree copal (5)
 12 Valedictory form sent back to Iowa confiscated by the Election Commission (7)
 14 Felt excited when Greenland’s movement to push back the Tory leader was flashed briefly (7)
 15 Cut spiritual arrangement with the beekeeper (12) APICULTURIST
 17 Adjusts to accommodate the gangster and the first of the experts in Asian culture (12)ORIENTALISTS
 20 Gene activating agent found by freakishly manicured graduate goes missing (7)
 22 Suffocating auditor’s without an inheritor (7)AIRLESS
 23 Rouse knight to go behind corruption in retreat (5)
 24 Breaking: Democrat moving forward to embrace Switzerland gets a souse (9)DRENCHING
 26 Gossip about a microblogging service after commencement (6) NATTER
 27 Scottish cap returned with lock on the palliasse, say (8) MATTRESS
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 1 Plan to get funds (6) BUDGET
 2 Rapid rise may result in a collapse (9) DISREPAIR
 3 Powder in this may suddenly become dangerous (3) KEG
 4 Note about the firm peacekeepers’ entertainment by a musical instrument was found again (13) REENCOUNTERED
 6 Salesman sent up to entertain a girl is a crooked literary pirate (11) PLAGIARISER
 7 Soft student getting rid of the Oriental’s sleeping gear (5) QUILT
 8 Improves satisfaction for the audience (6) EMENDS
 10 It can take photographs, but not on film (7,6) DIGITAL CAMERA
 13 Birdie executed surprisingly by Charlie entering spot with a play of colours (11)
 16 Arrange and organize a routine on the island quarter (9)SYSTEMISE
 18 Fights that may result in sleeping gear being thrown about (6)
 19 Measures need no introduction for some native Americans (6)
 21 Sleeping gear belonging to a Kathmandu veterinarian (5) DUVET
 25 Fingerstall found in a baby’s sleeping gear (3) COT
 
 
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		Across
 1 Abnormal debt risk from covering placed under 27 Ac. (3,5) BED SKIRT
 5 Cloudy backdrop a queen concealed (6)OPAQUE
 9 Took issue with grease preparation executed outside (9) DISAGREED
 11 Medicinal plant’s sulphur removed by Frenchman with African tree copal (5)ANIME
 12 Valedictory form sent back to Iowa confiscated by the Election Commission (7)ELEGIAC
 14 Felt excited when Greenland’s movement to push back the Tory leader was flashed briefly (7)GLINTED
 15 Cut spiritual arrangement with the beekeeper (12) APICULTURIST
 17 Adjusts to accommodate the gangster and the first of the experts in Asian culture (12)ORIENTALISTS
 20 Gene activating agent found by freakishly manicured graduate goes missing (7)INDUCER
 22 Suffocating auditor’s without an inheritor (7)AIRLESS
 23 Rouse knight to go behind corruption in retreat (5)LIVEN
 24 Breaking: Democrat moving forward to embrace Switzerland gets a souse (9)DRENCHING
 26 Gossip about a microblogging service after commencement (6) NATTER
 27 Scottish cap returned with lock on the palliasse, say (8) MATTRESS
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 1 Plan to get funds (6) BUDGET
 2 Rapid rise may result in a collapse (9) DISREPAIR
 3 Powder in this may suddenly become dangerous (3) KEG
 4 Note about the firm peacekeepers’ entertainment by a musical instrument was found again (13) REENCOUNTERED
 6 Salesman sent up to entertain a girl is a crooked literary pirate (11) PLAGIARISER
 7 Soft student getting rid of the Oriental’s sleeping gear (5) QUILT
 8 Improves satisfaction for the audience (6) EMENDS
 10 It can take photographs, but not on film (7,6) DIGITAL CAMERA
 13 Birdie executed surprisingly by Charlie entering spot with a play of colours (11)IRIDESCENCE
 16 Arrange and organize a routine on the island quarter (9)SYSTEMISE
 18 Fights that may result in sleeping gear being thrown about (6)PILLOW
 19 Measures need no introduction for some native Americans (6)OSAGES
 21 Sleeping gear belonging to a Kathmandu veterinarian (5) DUVET
 25 Fingerstall found in a baby’s sleeping gear (3) COT
 
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 1 Lover’s lost love in European capital (4) ROMEO
 3 Leaders, real idiots, in dissaray (10)
 10 Agree to study mould (7)
 11 I name magazine that’s current (2,5) IN VOGUE
 12 Substantially surrounded by German city church (2,7)
 13 Celebrity, first in training to jump (5)
 14 Extremely happy, nun once idol destroyed (2,5,4)
 18 Stable in eastern walled city (11)
 21 Decline drinks, say (5)
 22 Thinking back, criminal hid things (9)
 23 Check on fatality by entrance to Stormont Castle (7)
 24 Cocky type rounded hill, was almost captured (4-3)
 25 Cool enough? (10)
 26 Male part shortened (4)
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 1 Flinch in fear on bend (6)
 2 Bodyguard died in pit on top of ridge (6)
 4 Sister in party dress can (9)
 5 What some northerners eat is rubbish (5) TRIPE
 6 Reading this may get one over sin, might we deduce? (7,7)
 7 Cooked, covered with breadcrumbs, I turn Aga off (2,6) AU GRATIN
 8 Tapes wound round small garden plant (5,3)
 9 Favouritism in the workplace that does not extend to girls? (4,3,3,4)
 15 Bulbs kept initially in paper (9)
 16 Old copper writes down eye specialists (8)
 17 Flares up over recently stolen photograph (8)
 19 Horrified at hag’s concoction (6) AGHAST
 20 Prison camp over in Bengal, at Siliguri (6)
 22 Muscular dog (5)
 
 
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 1 Lover’s lost love in European capital (4) ROMEO
 3 Leaders, real idiots, in dissaray (10)
 10 Agree to study mould (7)
 11 I name magazine that’s current (2,5) IN VOGUE
 12 Substantially surrounded by German city church (2,7)
 13 Celebrity, first in training to jump (5)
 14 Extremely happy, nun once idol destroyed (2,5,4)
 18 Stable in eastern walled city (11)
 21 Decline drinks, say (5)
 22 Thinking back, criminal hid things (9)
 23 Check on fatality by entrance to Stormont Castle (7)
 24 Cocky type rounded hill, was almost captured (4-3)
 25 Cool enough? (10)
 26 Male part shortened (4)
 Down
 1 Flinch in fear on bend (6)
 2 Bodyguard died in pit on top of ridge (6)
 4 Sister in party dress can (9)
 5 What some northerners eat is rubbish (5) TRIPE
 6 Reading this may get one over sin, might we deduce? (7,7)
 7 Cooked, covered with breadcrumbs, I turn Aga off (2,6) AU GRATIN
 8 Tapes wound round small garden plant (5,3)
 9 Favouritism in the workplace that does not extend to girls? (4,3,3,4)
 15 Bulbs kept initially in paper (9) ONIONSKIN
 16 Old copper writes down eye specialists (8) OCULISTS
 17 Flares up over recently stolen photograph (8) SNAPSHOT
 19 Horrified at hag’s concoction (6) AGHAST
 20 Prison camp over in Bengal, at Siliguri (6) STALAG
 22 Muscular dog (5) HUSKY
 
 
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		Across
 1 Lover’s lost love in European capital (4) ROME
 3 Leaders, real idiots, in dissaray (10)
 10 Agree to study mould (7)
 11 I name magazine that’s current (2,5) IN VOGUE
 12 Substantially surrounded by German city church (2,7)
 13 Celebrity, first in training to jump (5)START
 14 Extremely happy, nun once idol destroyed (2,5,4)ON CLOUD NINE
 18 Stable in eastern walled city (11)
 21 Decline drinks, say (5)
 22 Thinking back, criminal hid things (9)HINDSIGHT
 23 Check on fatality by entrance to Stormont Castle (7)
 24 Cocky type rounded hill, was almost captured (4-3)
 25 Cool enough? (10)SATISFYING
 26 Male part shortened (4)
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 1 Flinch in fear on bend (6)RECOIL
 2 Bodyguard died in pit on top of ridge (6)
 4 Sister in party dress can (9)
 5 What some northerners eat is rubbish (5) TRIPE
 6 Reading this may get one over sin, might we deduce? (7,7)
 7 Cooked, covered with breadcrumbs, I turn Aga off (2,6) AU GRATIN
 8 Tapes wound round small garden plant (5,3)
 9 Favouritism in the workplace that does not extend to girls? (4,3,3,4)
 15 Bulbs kept initially in paper (9) ONIONSKIN
 16 Old copper writes down eye specialists (8) OCULISTS
 17 Flares up over recently stolen photograph (8) SNAPSHOT
 19 Horrified at hag’s concoction (6) AGHAST
 20 Prison camp over in Bengal, at Siliguri (6) STALAG
 22 Muscular dog (5) HUSKY
 
 
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 1 Lover’s lost love in European capital (4) ROME
 3 Leaders, real idiots, in dissaray (10)EDITORIALS
 10 Agree to study mould (7)CONFORM
 11 I name magazine that’s current (2,5) IN VOGUE
 12 Substantially surrounded by German city church (2,7)IN ESSENCE
 13 Celebrity, first in training to jump (5)START
 14 Extremely happy, nun once idol destroyed (2,5,4)ON CLOUD NINE
 18 Stable in eastern walled city (11)CONSTANTINE
 21 Decline drinks, say (5)LAPSE
 22 Thinking back, criminal hid things (9)HINDSIGHT
 23 Check on fatality by entrance to Stormont Castle (7)SCHLOSS
 24 Cocky type rounded hill, was almost captured (4-3)KNOW-ALL
 25 Cool enough? (10)SATISFYING
 26 Male part shortened (4)STAG
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 1 Flinch in fear on bend (6)RECOIL
 2 Bodyguard died in pit on top of ridge (6)MINDER
 4 Sister in party dress can (9)DOMINICAN
 5 What some northerners eat is rubbish (5) TRIPE
 6 Reading this may get one over sin, might we deduce? (7,7)REVISED VERSION
 7 Cooked, covered with breadcrumbs, I turn Aga off (2,6) AU GRATIN
 8 Tapes wound round small garden plant (5,3)SWEET PEA
 9 Favouritism in the workplace that does not extend to girls? (4,3,3,4)JOBS FOR THE BOYS
 15 Bulbs kept initially in paper (9) ONIONSKIN
 16 Old copper writes down eye specialists (8) OCULISTS
 17 Flares up over recently stolen photograph (8) SNAPSHOT
 19 Horrified at hag’s concoction (6) AGHAST
 20 Prison camp over in Bengal, at Siliguri (6) STALAG
 22 Muscular dog (5) HUSKY
 
 :clap::clap::clap: Good!
 
 
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 1 Dr. Strangelove, a bumbling diamond-pursuing detective? (5,7)
 8 Bind with tea in the midst of a revolutionary number (7)
 9 Mishandled lab log was comprehensive (6) GLOBAL
 11 Hint about hoarding a 13 Dn. brought back to Hawaii is related to healthy nutrition (9)
 12 Letters from Mossad humour the ascetic (5)
 14 Coastal shrubs Marie cut in-between jobs (9)
 16 Capital sailor overwhelms the pilot officer in an equestrian sport (4)
 18 Sound from a sty? (4)
 19 Crazy paratroopers chase away a couple of Romeos with the model in the TV serial (4,5)
 21 Problem for the immediate descendants (5)
 22 Sight a pet playing with the pasta (9)
 23 Margins lost in lottery game after backing the German with a comic’s asset (6)
 25 European with the uninitiated Russian (7)
 26 German children’s garden may prepare them for primary school (12) KINDERGARTEN
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 2 Passions seem extinct, unfortunately (11) EXCITEMENTS
 3 Charms turning up a covering for horse heads is owned jointly by you and me (8)
 4 Deductive reasoning error reported on paper (9)
 5 Reason to make use of sorcery to look for the master (5)
 6 Leaders of the Egyptian group of investment service managers show self-interest (6)
 7 Fool stepping up power for the health resort (3) SPA
 8 UK drivers ignored disconcerting acceleration carried out using a computer network (10)
 10 Robot’s confiscation of iodine points to takeover of human activity by machines (10)
 13 Leave complaint in speech about the post-meal drink (7,4)
 15 Naval group following the points on a note (9)
 17 Spoon-shaped coracle up in flames after taking in hydrogen (8)
 20 Invention’s aim (6)
 22 Smooth transition (5)
 24 Annoy some of their kids (3) IRK