The Sunday Crossword No 3030, Sunday 13 Jan 2019

ACROSS
1   Occasion of remembrance that’s made city’s air altered (9,3) ARMISTICE DAY*  Falls on 11 Nov, when this CW appeared in Everyman
8   Decorated knight embraced by beloved (7) ADORNED {ADOR{N}ED}
9   Follow bad decline (4,3) TAIL OFF {TAIL} {OFF}
11 Levels attained by performers free from pressure (6) LAYERS pLAYERS
12 Contrive pretence, first off, about card game (8) ENGINEER {vEN{GIN}EER}
14 Uncertainty about field set by captain initially for entertaining pair (6,3) DOUBLE ACT {DOUB{LEA}{Ca...n}T}
15 Hard to follow editor, coming back with point showing intensity (5) DEPTH {H} after {ED<=}{PT}
17 Visual work with idiosyncrasy (5) OPTIC {OP}{TIC}
19 Infallible dessert with soft top (9) FOOLPROOF {FOOL}{P}{ROOF}
21 Overdrawn? Some restraint here desirable (2,3,3) IN THE RED [T]
23 Nothing right with bargain in trial (6) ORDEAL {O}{R}{DEAL}
25 Scraps in trenches (7) DITCHES [DD]
26 Letter from saint in English collection (7) EPISTLE {E}{PI{ST}LE}
27 Last moment in episode with leaders in historic hostilities, once in control, retreating (8,4) ELEVENTH HOUR {EVENT}{Hi...c}{Ho...s}{Once} in {RULE<=}

DOWN
1   Soldier for instance carrying on, a guy trained to be an adviser (5,4) AGONY AUNT {ON+A+GUY}* in {ANT}
2   Inorganic substance during time breaking large mass up (7) MINERAL {IN}{ERA} in {L}{M}<=
3   Bank’s team (4) SIDE [DD]
4   Chanting, enthusiastic about country (10) INTONATION {INTO}{NATION}
5   Improved condition that is seen in teddy’s stuffing (7) EDIFIED {tED{IF}{IE}Dy}
6   Unaccompanied in general on errands (5) ALONE [T]
7   Name elevated poem about time with care remembered (6,2,4) CALLED TO MIND {CALL }{ED{T}O<=}{MIND}
10 Poem read as memorial with frequency here, not out of order around autumn (3,3,6) FOR THE FALLEN {F} and HERE+NOT}* over {FALL}
13 Hold hot flannel so anxiously (4,6) HALF NELSON {H}{FLANNEL+SO}*
16 One who demonstrates corruption getting into trouble (9) PROTESTER {P{ROT}ESTER}
18 Playwright in church sorry about end of talk on old verse (7) CHEKHOV {C{EH<=}{talK}H}{O}{V}
20 Left company outside one entrance to building (7) PORTICO {PORT}{1}{CO}
22 Child, a learner, unqualified (5) TOTAL {TOT}{A}{L}
24 Network in south restricted by northward border (4) MESH {H{S}EM<=}

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