The Sunday Crossword No 3041, Sunday 31 Mar 2019

Everyman has had a change of setter for the worse!

ACROSS
1   Loses hope as spa dries. (8) DESPAIRS* Anagram indicator?
5   Partially risk a terrible injury on the ice. (6) SKATER [T] Why injury?
9   Endless confused action for raccoon. (5) COATI ACTIOn*

10 E-learning astray, by and large. (2,7) IN GENERAL*
12 E.g. "Best foot forward", given on dismissal. (8,6) MARCHING ORDERS [CD]
13 Accomplish easily, and dispense with the pre-match routine (4,3) TOSS OFF [DD]
15 Gate man verifies one's identity. (4,3) NAME TAG<=  Indicator for reversal missing See comments
17 Opening position heard to be vigilant (2,5) EN GARDE (~ on guard)
19 Roughen no cares. (7) COARSEN* Roughen on double duty
21 Telephone meeting to discuss pear name? (10,4) CONFERENCE CALL {CONFERENCE} {CALL}
24 Terrorise madly a noisy reveller. (9) ROISTERER*
25 Terminate island dependency: that's self-evident. (5) AXIOM {AX}{IOM}
26 Pass by eastern failing. (6) ELAPSE {E}{LAPSE}
27 Rare occurrence of a depressed satellite. (4,4) BLUE MOON {BLUE}{MOON}

DOWN
1   Adorn a device for measuring up to 11 yards? (9) DECAMETRE (~deck}{DEC}{A}{METRE} Homophone Indicator missing
2   Step one in celestial body. (5) STAIR {STA{1}R}
3   Sounds like the ideal accompaniment to a sneeze. (7) ATISHOO (~ a tissue)
4   Referring to or concerning a period of brutal oppression. (5,2,6) REIGN OF TERROR*  Concerning as Anind?
6   Lacking dominion in part. Not in this realm. (7) KINGDOM [T] Semi&lit?
7   Bitter charges for acidic salts. (9) TARTRATES {TART}{RATES}
8   Depend on it, only without me. (4) RELY meRELY
11 Nerve centre for land management. (6,7) GROUND CONTROL {GROUND}{CONTROL}
14 Foreign miss by design or inadvertently. (9) SIGNORINA [T] Telescopic indicator missing?
16 Convenience for adult males. (9) GENTLEMEN [DD]
18 Disproves arbiter set up around university. (7) REFUTES {REF}{U}{SET<=}
20 Mean to state how old one is. (7) AVERAGE {AVER}{AGE}
22 Friend to a damaged imago. (5) AMIGO*
23 Daughter leaves new wife for cheese. (4) BRIE BRIdE

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