No 10581, Saturday 29 Sep 12, Neyartha

Off to Church with Neyartha.

ACROSS

1   - Run off, clutching an advertisement for a risky venture (8) - ESCAPADE {ESCAP{AD}E}

5   - Church official’s chess piece (6) - BISHOP [DD]

9   - Can eyelet get damaged due to the welder’s fuel? (9) - ACETYLENE*

11 - Gopi leisurely conceals the ancient Roman skullcaps (5) - PILEI [T]

12 - Dance around inside the church with a blood relative (7) - COGNATE {C{OGNAT}E} 

14 - Relies on taking the Hungarian premier hostage with the forces (7) - THRUSTS {T{H}RUSTS}

15 - Petty naval officer, an expert with guns? (6-2-4) - MASTER-AT-ARMS {MASTER AT} {ARMS}

17 - Vest, say, for the peacekeepers with the German dress (12) - UNDERGARMENT {UN}{DER}{GARMENT}

20 - Drop catch when backing up and become a bowler’s target (7) - DUCKPIN Anno pending

22 - The auditor’s plans are serious (7) - INTENSE (~intents)

23 - Gain access to the computer system and go back to the end of the talk (5) - LINGO L(-og)IN(+og)

24 - It makes for an evening encounter at the Marina (3,6) - SEA BREEZE [CD]

26 - Harnessed revolutionary's fineness measure (6) - (Addendum - DENIER REINED)
27 Letter sent out after composing symphonies in a state of trance (8) - HYPNOSIS SYmPHONIeS* Is it 'letter' or 'setter' who is sent out? (See comments)

DOWN

1   - Letters from Pradeep archived by the church official (6) - EPARCH [T]

2   - Lancer beaten up outside the training ground by a church official (9) - CLERGYMAN {CLER{GYM}AN*}

3   - Yankee gets rid of the old professional with a heavy iron lever after… (3) - PRY PR(-o+y)Y

4  - … seeing linseed cooked for what is inside most heavy vehicles today (6, 7) - DIESEL ENGINES*

6   - Inherent protection available to the northbound salesman shown in brief (11) - IMPERMANENT {IM{PER<}MANENT}

7   - Oriental leaves the messy hostel for the woody hills (5) - HOLTS HOSTeL*

8   - Church official’s daughter taken out by the page was least interesting (6) - PRIEST (-d+p)PRIEST

10 - Unusual for pedestrian to follow a face in the crowd for the film (13) - EXTRAORDINARY {EXTRA}{ORDINARY}

13 - Reply to the call on the voicemail device for a landline (11) - ANSWERPHONE {ANSWER}{PHONE}

16 - Mountaineers missing out on a way to get to some of the Indian sepoys in 1857 (9) - MUTINEERS MoUnTaINEERS

18 - Charged after losing opener and got mixed-up (6) - ADDLED {ADD{L}ED}

19 - Holiday in the bay (6) - RECESS [DD]

21 - The church official has a gun, according to hearsay (5) - CANON (~cannon)

25 - A banker’s worry? (3) - RUN [CD]

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