ACROSS
1 Mariners with beers for each: they try to move stuff (8) SALESMEN S(-ea+ales)ALESMEN
5 Grotesque, having caught drunken expostulation (6) GOTHIC {GOT}{HIC}
10 Say the thing (7) ARTICLE [DD]
11 Land crumbling into sea (7) ESTONIA*
13 Second lag (3,6) GET BEHIND [DD]
14 Focus, as this may provide you with drink (11) CONCENTRATE [DD]
18 Scare away Ed Balls, showing aromatic ingredient (7,4) CARAWAY SEED*
21 'All-star' assortment that includes Everyman: sense a problem? (5,1,3) SMELL A RAT {ALL+STAR}* over {ME}
23 Grasses often seen adjacent to violas etc? (5) REEDS [DD]
24 Part of boat for rowing, or, we're told, one found on canal (7) OARLOCK {(~or)OAR}{LOCK}
25 Aggravated, annoyed? It's innocuous (7) ANODYNE*
26 Bar that will prove attractive? (6) MAGNET [CD]
27 Belittled as 'average', puncturing performance (8) DEMEANED {DE{MEAN}ED}
DOWN
1 Being held up, goes over what creates a gap (6) SPACER<=
2 Cleansing substance's left unopened, 'magical concoction' (6) LOTION {L}{pOTION}
4 Back-up for safety can be key when involved with merger (9,5) EMERGENCY BRAKE {CAN+BE+KEY+MERGER}*
6 Some accoutrements being de trop (5) OUTRE [T]
7 Disadvantage: partial hitch, and I capitulate (8) HANDICAP [T]
9 'Allow the flesh to congeal'? Notoriously callous pronouncement (3,4,3,4) LET THEM EAT CAKE {LET}{THE}{MEAT}{CAKE}
15 Patriotic icon loudly started to consume a wine served chilled (5,4) TUDOR ROSE {(~chewed a)TUDOR}{ROSE}
16 Primarily inclement, chilly – even Siberian – tempest, often restricting mobility? (3,5) ICE STORM Acrostic Semi&lit
17 Forest creature and ferret go wild (4,4) TREE FROG*
20 Rise like condor to begin with, then halt (6) ASCEND {AS}{Co...r}{END}
22 Shapeless, abandoned (5) LOOSE [DD]
Reference List
Each = E, Energy = E, Left = L, South = S, American = A, Reputation = CRED
Special at 10:30 by Veeyares
ReplyDeleteShouldn't 10A be AUTOCUE ?
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