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Across
| 1 | | A magician's bird (6) |
| 4 | | Cards passed round (6) |
| 9 | | Cancel a French swindle (4) |
| 10 | | The aloofness of a body of troops (10) |
| 11 | | Prepare a lawyer for battle in
fleet (6) |
| 12 | | Friendly letters in e-mail: A, B, C (8) |
| 13 | | Bird dog devouring bad lad (4,5) |
| 15 | | Fail to see a single female (4) |
| 16 | | Skilful Latin in Lincoln (4) |
| 17 | | Woman losing head after another
fall (9) |
| 21/25 | | Dallas diva or alien artist (8,4) |
| 22 | | Fall reversed in American mutual
funds (6) |
| 24 | | Agree to write (10) |
| 25 | | See 21 |
| 26 | | Close friend in good part (6) |
| 27 | | Running in a derby, sounded like
an ass (6) |
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Down
| 1 | | Pitman's state goddess (7) |
| 2 | | Spanish wine from a city in Brazil
getting German approval (5) |
| 3 | | State goddess gets in first (7) |
| 5 | | Outdoor event for people in caps,
not including crowned heads (6) |
| 6 | | Curse the mother country? (9) |
| 7 | | Records that could be hits (7) |
| 8 | | Rolling wave rolls into Rolling
Stones song (3,3,4,3) |
| 14 | | In the act an organ is brought
forth (9) |
| 16 | | Fashionable journalist coming back
after battle (1,2,4) |
| 18 | | Hero-worshipper dancing reel and
jig (7) |
| 19 | | Mortified humans - fifty per cent
felt great pity (7) |
| 20 | | Inventor upsetting no faction (6) |
| 23 | | Roosevelt's undergarment? (5) |
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