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Special, Sunday 15 Mar 2020, K Koteswar Rao

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ALPHABET JIGSAW

This crossword is an Alphabetical Jigsaw puzzle. 

The grid contains 26 entries, each starting with a different letter of the alphabet. Clues are listed in alphabetical order by their answers, and enumerations are withheld.  

Happy solving!

Screenshot or an image of the Completed grid can be mailed to Koteswar Rao at kkotirao@gmail.com 

CLUES

A   Analgesic without sulphur mixture for herb
B   Pole vault to get drunk more!
C   Recording device to broadcast test case
D   Strip of feathers – A part of pseudonym?
E   Perhaps Facebook is removed, without doubt
F   Light shade for protection against sparks
G   Is he a supervisor for inexperienced? No, he is golf course in charge
H   He starts deadly combat with the sacrifice of many victims
I   Seriousness of evil spirit or spell without resistance?
J   Live off in a short month of athletic event
K   Kowtowed Cambodia with darning needle
L   Move unsteadily catching line for first title song
M   Water animal held back in tower
N   It did not appear unadvised about birthmark
O   Porridge and cooked meat carried in coracle regularly
P   Could be a patricide relating to medical treatment of children
Q   Measure precedes Theory and efficiency
R   Management, shifted last two to the front in opposition, to take up again?
S   Sound inner self only
T   Transmitting last-ditch live test signal hurriedly
U   Firm is powerless to protect exotic hakes
V   Struggle with wife’s attitude
W   Wet eyes express pathetic beginning of cry
X   Abnormal skin dryness encountered by sis or ex-lover
Y   Scream like a coward but without wife and book
Z   Preceding even the first unknown other arrangement

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Special, Sunday 01 Mar 2020, K Koteswar Rao

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Instructions: Something vital is not clued uniformly and deliberately in the wordplay of a dozen clues. It may be in any place of  the solution. You have to presume it wherever necessary

ACROSS
1   Without man? No, without the lower jaw (8)
5   It may not be for school-goers. Maybe ENT? (6)
9   Applicable currency settled in payment (8)
10 A Bond movie takes energy relating to glands (6)
12 Reverse floater (5)
13 Grandmother's parent, without hesitation! (7)
14 Experiment of day nursery is poor and directionless (3,3)
16 Went on a binge with a Greek alphabet (7)
18 Blister gets hot for primarily sound organ (7)
20 It relates to government dues in lacs, if recovered (6)
22 Selfless compassion in narrow circumstances (7)
23 Drink cold duck, it needs energy (5)
24 The evening primrose is along the capital of Mogul empire once (6)
25 Suspend protrusion (8)
26 Fears surface when empty bowel is removed from damaged bladders (6)
27 Clings to eats in box (6,2)

DOWN
1   Foreigner leaves creature paralysed by poisonous substance (6)
2   It’s lethal building site in disorder (3,4,3,5)
3   Left significant other (5)
4  He puts the children to sleep by sprinkling grit? (7)
6   Sack saint placed after premier continental quilt (9)
7   Deeply immersed in shady Saharan deed (4,4,3,4)
8   Break weeds (8)
11 Projectiles are stored by the God of riches, ignoring banks (4)
15 Pulled through cold cutting organ (9)
17 A feudal superior left ignored in comic setup  (8)
19 Premature closure misses the nobleman (4)
20 Designing bridge (7)
21 Monster lecturer contains badger (6)
23 Dairy products have answer for union jacks (5)

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Special, Sunday 02 Feb 2020, K Koteswar Rao

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ACROSS
1   Deliveries in rapid succession in boxing (3-3)
4   The courage to carry on with the alloy, I hear (6)
9   Promotes product in chosen market-places (9)
10 Broadcast support for hot ashes (5)
11 Rook admitted in post following evil spirit’s special strikes (14)
12 After missing girl, no hoper takes retreat spending energy day-and-night (7)
13 Elevates snapped rope in damaged life-support (5,2)
15 Mother to tell-tale Hawaii tongue (7)
17 Very high fraud? No, very small amount! (7)
18 Criminal loss of sense is about pressure and composure (4-10)
21 Colour protecting Sheikh, a King (5)
22 Keeping lithium in the open or in the dark? (9)
23 Understood gold grams hundred in carat (6)
24 Growth of neem takes zero years. It acts as catalyst (6)

DOWN
1   Reel turned over without line. Mea culpa! (4)
2   Vacating Elba is more exacting for American dweller (9)
3   I own up tight spot breaking uninterruptedly (7,8)
4   It blows violently in France during reformist rally (7)
5   All the time disturbing dewy turn of events, lacking depth (6-4-5)
6   It’s colossal to back a rope! (5)
7   Move South and slowly drink the grapevine (6)
8   Charges for drink included in the minutes on review (4,4)
12 Spooner’s rational model is having identical title as another (8)
14 Yogi’s cool upset by study of human societies (9)
16 Concisely, the North is imaginary! (2,5)
17 I hear braces for bargains (6)
19 Rising arcade with a creature (5)
20 The fabric has not originated for Man, perhaps (4)

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Special, Sunday 08 Dec 2019, K Koteswar Rao

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ACROSS:
7   Attack core of basic trade cover, that’s right field (6)
8   I hope your broadcast is a source of intense happiness (8)
9   Revolutionary colour in quirky kook from Spain is acceptable (4,4)
10 Engineer not trendy, somehow by default (6)
11 Left in support of a vegetable kingdom (5)
12 Shake a leg to non-stop music (6)
14 No longer popular hoods sedated Ada surprisingly (2,4,2,3,4)
17 Month of hail causes break in musical (6)
18 See 20 Down
22 Small profit following undue exploitation (3-3)
23 Headless limb after tailless star for Code N! (8)
24 Ugly ogre in league with the story (8)
25 As a gamble, working with sapience irregularly (2,4)

DOWN
1   Character succeeded in stern blow (9)
2   A level in society about central power of attorney (6)
3   Copycat? Maybe (2-3)
4   Method applied by pest (8)
5   Woodland is trimmed to transmit data in (8)
6   Aggressive lady is lacking a sign (5)
8   MCLXX? (6,7) 
13 Casanova in the lure trade? Possibly (9)
15 One sec to change transition areas between environments (8)
16 Dot, a flaw perhaps in the sequence of operations in computer program (4,4)
19 Nearly in the last minute, awkwardly (6)
20 & 18A Foolish daughter and friend waste time (5-5)
21 Excellent Virginia - Revolutionary aeroplane (5)

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Special, Sunday 24 Nov 2019, K Koteswar Rao

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ACROSS
1   We carry volume around to make sound of speech (5)
4   Respect of honour is heart disease (9)
9   Providing passage for vessels via Bengal perhaps (9)
10 Flying merely without unknown blackbird (5)
11 Item of property like television (5)
12 You will find them in washing machines and in political action (9)
13 Home doorway, outdoor, alternatively (7)
15 The bush telegraphs, say, travel South with drinks (7)
18 Left ignored terminal is reconstructed as tower (7)
20 Despicable criminal ignored CBI and slipped away (7)
21 East and West 6 -10 at church for survival (9)
23 Eclipse 90 in general review (5)
25 Knowledge destroyed church from that time (5)
26 Iron-handed captain is dismissed in an accord surprisingly (9)
27 Drawing book in untidy desk contains a bad patch (6,3)
28 Retired hurt on transports (5)

DOWN
1   5 and 6 violently cause damage to property (9)
2   Do they accept our different views? (5)
3   Astronomical distance during daytime? (5,4)
4   Working lunches will be provided here perhaps? (2-5)
5   Flatfish left lake in the early part of night (7) 
6   Mails delivered at this place (5)
7   Managed about company with spasms and drugs (9)
8   They are in brief responsible for business administration (5) 
14 Self-imposed punishment by intuition (9)
16 He takes the blame for hanging special coat around a peg (9)
17 Boy is having the diseases of old age about pursuing auxiliary activities (9)
19 Strengthened a democrat in setback (5,2)
20 Gemstone is a mere setting on or off with lord? (7)
21 Get the hell out of complaints, it comforts (5)
22 He, at the helm, goes after tea reportedly. He drinks too much tea (5) 
24 Take the chill off the cat/mouse here (5)

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Special, Sunday 22 Sep 2019, K Koteswar Rao

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ACROSS
1   An awkward situation's greeting? (3-3-2)
5   One doubting this old man is going away, as before (6)
9   Nubile set at naught saves nothing on misty dispenser (9)
10 Deadly rifle stolen in housebreaking by the attendant (4)
11 Reportedly deformed hybrid fruit (4)
12 Being less than twenty_ It causes stress (10)
15 Notorious tiger left networking process (5)
16 Fourteen times four (5)
20 Relax! Everything depends on an affirmative response (5)
21 Make unconscious a French beast (5)
24 Noah's boat streamed reportedly in general to join by generating heat (3.7)
26 Head of herb sacrificed for lady-love (4)
28 Fortune 500, not 50 or zero! (4)
29 Collide without a mathematical derivation (5,4)
30 Work in that covering on formal occasions (3,3)
31 Caught a cold? Supported by any science? No, it's a poor choice of words! (8)

DOWN
1   Don’t add underhand deal in a compound of fowls (3,3)
2   Bolting group leaves for first world-shaking (8)
3   The female hog is still to take liquid (4)
4   Practice religion at 12 (5)
6   Grassland mowed down around Australia (6)
7   Short twist to make public scandal (8)
8   Bishop enters disturbed areas in debts (7)
13 Not bad over in a short spell (2,4)
14 One of the losing scores on first throw in craps (6)
17 Dining at cocktail (3,3,2)
18 The fungus can get executed by afternoon (7)
19 Dance of firefighter possibly (8)
22 Cool cover to view snow decoration on the mountain peak (3,3)
23 Eternal City is rejected in my reminiscence (6)
25 One born under the sign grows with money (5)
27 Dr. No? Finally, thumbs-down (4)

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Special, Sunday 15 Sep 2019, K Koteswar Rao

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ACROSS
7   You will never bat it when you are motionless! (6)
8   Trying experience of alternative arrangement (6)
10 This mammal’s hideout is in the Eastern gallery (8)
11 What is cooking with the pressman who became friendlier? (6)
12 Bird has no role on the hill (5)
14 Plugs contain small error committed by buffs (7)
15 Thenceforth Adam was conceived as illegal dealer of weapons (8,2,5)
18 Greatly pressed urn (4-3)
19 Information about mutilated tile removed (5)
20 Senseless seaman spurred occasionally (6)
21 Left work in time of party at a place of abundance (2,6)
23 Undernourished gets filled (6)
24 Setter is on a party at secluded Whitefield (6)

DOWN
1   Without toxic element, fared badly, in general (4-4)
2   Beloved reverend is dismissed by knight as head of the cathedral (4)
3   Asteroid, not so deadly, fell on broadside (6)
4   Cancel a debt immediately, I say (5-3)
5   Fed up with expert who reportedly proposed act of damaging the appearance (10)
6   Foreigners in America have right to retain senate (6)
9   The member’s high alert about death? It cannot be declined in liquidation (5,6)
13 Appropriately mix dye with flying colours (10)
16 Book is free in Times Digests (8)
17 Do this with guitar when playing in rainy city, as per spooner (4,4)
18 Extremely happy honeymooner is somewhat of mixed character (6)
19 Bumper car to move suddenly by metre (6)
22 Pedaled and paddled reportedly (4)

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Special, Sunday 01 Sep 2019, K Koteswar Rao

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ACROSS
1   Second class advocate’s off-time activity is to improve language skills (5)
4   Number? No, nothing returns nothing taking nothing! (9)
9   Dirty evil move on dry nurse (3-6)
10 Niagara without repeat of a polished texture (5)
11 Stabbed with weapon and tore to blush (2,3)
12 Paper room in part of church (5,4)
13 Babylonian God is in agreement with the monument (7)
15 It is most orderly to have a bite in retreat (7)
18 Sailor’s violent treachery about to be overlooked (7)
20 Utopian plant (7)
21 It's most intelligent to take drug. It detects cancer (5,4)
23 Requests make happy in brief (5)
25 Commandeer hot pursuit ignoring appeal (5)
26 Strangely 20? Setter once! (4,1,4)
27 Mae West in World War II, a life-saver (3,6)
28 Throw out consultant from engineering project (5)

DOWN
1   Log in secretly to enter into alter ego (9)
2   Paint company showed 50% deficit on distemper finally (5)
3   It is easy to understand when it’s not cryptic clue! (5,4)
4   System went off. Alternative, Kelvin? (7)
5   Trouble during lunchtime with figure (7)
6   Gain access with credentials of brand name (3-2)
7   Shortly, I’m not mean-spirited (2,1,6)
8   What would you say when your broadband connection is lost in group performance? (5)
14 Treasury’s former queen is overwhelmed by ovation (9)
16 Water level helps the board to slide on wet surface (9)
17 Intranets working here today and gone tomorrow! (9)
19 Stag has unpleasant smell to fight, as per spooner (7)
20 Spot settlement (7)
21 Sri Lanka puts back some domed structure (5)
22 Skin disease is up in the upper air (5)
24 A periodical on 4down maybe (1-4)

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Special, Sunday 18 Aug 2019, K Koteswar Rao

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ACROSS
6   Saint leaves in hurry to acquire seminary apostle spoon, say (7)
7   Glamour look restored by sacrificing mother with reasoning (5)
9   Personate false tongue (9)
10 It will be a no-win situation here, bingo! (5)
12 Armistice in brief is broken. Get the sword. (8)
14 Missile scam replaced aviation head by order (6)
16 Perspiring offspring is a graceful girl. (4)
18 Cleaner - Now a lost attraction! (5)
19 Administered department of money (4)
20 Arm-twisting is acceptable in outfit (6)
21 Die in hidden danger from a bird (8)
24 "No big deal!" said by winning player (5)
26 People from lower strata get bluecoat (9)
29 Mineral energy restores distinction (5)
30 It is an interesting piece of attack about prime politician by foreigner (7)

DOWN
1   Mineral water in set design shake up (10)
2   Nit-picker's nameless adornment (6)
3   It sounds like an act of violence for peasant (4)
4   If you see it in the ointment, it irritates you (3)
5   Fit out of tiredness brings fever (4)
6   Did you say “Goodbye for now.” on time rate of flow? (5)
8   Restaurant for John Major? Quite contrary (7)
11 Endless excitement for money (4)
13 Oppose criminal racket, depose king (5)
15 Cape reproduction (6,4)
17 Difficult to find keys around visual coming up outside area (7)
18 Lawsuit is not hot pursuit (4)
22 A1 French connection for BBC perhaps! (6)
23 Share out a tax refund (5)
25 Riches leave Lord (4)
27 Something like a human body without limbs/without head (2,2)
28 Greek character had returned (3)

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Special, Sunday 28 Jul 2019, K Koteswar Rao

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ACROSS
9   What do you see in Working Capital? (6,1)
10 Bush is not right anymore! (7)
11 He is invested with priestly functions in preference to have supper with Earl (7)
12 17, not following order while on the move (2,5)
13 Drunk is said to be a contemptible person but closely integrated (9)
15 Everything revealed when stripped finally! (2-3)
16 Without hesitating, disconnected employee (7)
19 Issue emanating from 28 by spending time to bring in pressure (7)
20 They sell tickets unofficially to tourists? No, Sir! (5)
21 Reportedly strengthen positive number (5-4)
25 Baked meat loaf, not from porridge (7)
26 Pretending deaf in the last month for non-payment (7)
28 Prepared to take time on issue that goes on head (7)
29 Could be extensive negative number (7)

DOWN
1   A king is consumed by thing of no value? How ingenious! (6)
2   Dugong is groomed animal to work with hunters (6)
3   It’s a mistake to change direction to get a metal disc (4)
4   12, duck out to be in the soup bowl (6)
5   Short tunes in air-conditioned state perhaps (8)
6   Decorative work by brother, I had, using mineral (10)
7   List of options prevents but provide help on computers (4,4)
8   Strategy of Indonesian orchestra includes piano (4,4)
14 Servant arranged in a crosswise direction (10)
16 Privy to exposed body! (8)
17 Vixen holding back number (8)
18 Violating misfielding (8)
22 Vegetable is hard to cook (6)
23 Hardened to get ruined (6)
24 Amount Due East of XX100 (6)
27 One who is good at deceiving is at the back of variables (4)

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Special, Sunday 30 Jun 2019, K Koteswar Rao

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ACROSS
7   Notice model hugging model (6)
8   The state of being gentle may break knee in disorder (8)
9   I yell out about to emphasize a statement (1,4,3)
10 Considered mad returning without books (6)
11 Busy Indian rising star takes drug (2,3)
12 Hospital within reach in poor area (6)
14 For the time being construct India's handy gate (2,4,3,3,3)
17 Unceremoniously unseats without acting star sinking below the horizon (6)
18 I am not machismo, silly fool! (5)
22 Reportedly snatched twice by Thai vehicle (3-3)
23 I am well-known for not taking drug at hand (8)
24 The smallest amount is nowhere near it (8)
25 Gum plant bearing it with plucking instrument (6)

DOWN
1   Am out of control in Asia say (9)
2   Pointer to pen with endless greed (6)
3   Attacks without offensive brawls (5)
4   Death in check by force in blood feud (8)
5   Stashed crore in second half - It's publicly known (2,6)
6   According to old Turkish money (2,3)
8   Appealing argument how it evolves! (5-8)
13 Come again about one who thinks too much of himself (9)
15 Be reluctant to identify atheist from East (8)
16 Language without rule breaking implements (8)
19 Ingenuous John executed (6)
20 Give a nickname to excellent port city (5)
21 Love is great symbol of resistance (5)

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Special. Sunday 09 Jun 2019, K Koteswar Rao

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ACROSS
8   One who is controlled by others gets up in power stroke (6)
9   Bishop goes after spies in exclusive horse-drawn coach (8)
10 Elegant and off-peak pulse in Asia (8)
11 Academic Principal is a stupid person (6)
12 Bishop leaves shooter to change gradually (6)
13 Military installation at troubled Basra accommodates setter with dope (4,4)
15 Slaughter Turkey beast (7)
17 The organ that offers credit? (7)
20 Draw in remaining pay (4-4)
22 Condescends to European natives, it is said (6)
23 State of uncertainty caused by unknown tangle reportedly (3-3)
25 Team companion (8)
26 It may be rare to see a dismal second over (4,4)
27 Moneyback apple! (6)

DOWN
1   It's child play - Eat up. However, we are abstained! (8)
2   Ancient city follows one sect in counterfeit occupation producing honey! (10)
3   Holy man takes fruit, without pastor, as the main element of diet (6)
4   Ammonia gas safety measures contain weapon to fight back (7)
5   Expert to get promotion and end up in the world of scholars (8)
6   Niagara falls for some return (4)
7   Newcomers’ answer found around invention (6)
14 One with reading will be going through binomial distribution (10)
16 Heading about spectacles without a summary appointment (2-6)
18 One more! (8)
19 Play tennis with power? No, it’s bowling game (7)
21 We hail loudly for a moment (6)
22 Deserted planet due to acute deficiency (6)
24 Reportedly comprehends negatives (4)

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Special, Sunday 19 May 2019, K Koteswar Rao

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ACROSS
7   What a pity! Kickback today (3,3)
8   Weapon manufacturer is a second grade nameless griever (8)
9   Natural response not initially audible, recording note (8)
10 Departure of old flame on frequent holdouts (6)
11 Thick impressions reportedly (5)
12 Criticism about struggle with West (6)
14 An economic trend? Perhaps it isn't my business (1,2,3,9)
17 Toy or Troy on pillage? (6)
18 Hatred upset Modi upfront (5)
22 Extract the essence by boiling in two months? (6)
23 Make public well near church – It is subject to country’s jurisdiction (8)
24 Observe what follows when half the energy is spent with stick around (4,4)
25 Get the better of clothes changing from/to wife (6)

DOWN
1   Look before you leap out of barge panel to get at the watering-hole (6,3)
2   Mammal in rising ocean sinks (6)
3   Hooked adjunct but no joint (5)
4   He may not remember misalliance, not ill-treatment (8)
5   Contest fought without husband ferociously on green revolution (3-2-3)
6   Primate bird in the middle of both sides. (5)
8   Actively engaged when coach left a tea dance (2,3,8)
13 Creature in the main ancient city’s feature (3,6)
15 Abstract subject has no answer for Oscar (8)
16 Perhaps prime time, neither is at fault (8)
19 Place, place inside flower (6)
20 Record breaking dowry in store (5)
21 The sound of speed measured by volume and space (5)

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Special, Sunday 28 Apr 2019, K Koteswar Rao

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ACROSS
7   Half the street is free from fog (6)
8   Number of spots in butterfish (4-4)
9   48? No, Henry is in confusion! Drop the subject (6,2)
10 Irritable, bad-tempered and so on in your old practice (6)
11 Wait until dark (5)
12 Expression of acceptance. Amen!(6)
14 It’s very stupid to think salsa, a pack dance (2,5,2,1,5)
17 Dismiss final championship games endlessly (3-3)
18 A counterfeit rejected by wet-nurses (5)
22 Custodian’s wife left for good to a pleasant spot (6) 
23 Bone container stops vessel for minute recording of a death (8)
24 Many, many, many – He has many tongues with him (8) 
25 Blueprint of authentically Asian Group name (6)

DOWN
1   Support group recalled in exact powerless spot (9)
2   Antelope has nothing to add to short way of walking (6)
3   Express surprise without hands (5)
4   Topless hat takes the detested person (8)
5   Support rests entirely on the wagon (8)
6   Engineering colleges brainwash heartlessly on Sunday (5)
8   Interior exterior – It was in power in 1989? (8,5)
13 Duty imposed on article of silver embedded in piece of work (9)
15  Laid off in flatboats and leaves (8)
16 Admit defeat and burst into tears before pawnbroker (3,5)
19 Dessert spoon first taken in second help (6)
20 Disturbance to have a stock to stake out (5)
21 Language prominently spoken from British-India days (5)

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Special, Sunday 14 Apr 2019, K Koteswar Rao

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ACROSS
8   Fruit slaughter but not about right! (6)
9   Withstood war of devolution? No, no! (8)
10 Cool talcum powder line of business (8)
11 Sudden power of politician surrounded by corruption (6)
12 Promotion in daily spread (6)
13 16DN is at sea and fit for navigation (8)
15 Family name goes up due to motion (7)
17 End-to-end Walt Disney creation (7)
20 American state American shade American act (8)
22 We sit to-do nothing knowing (4,2)
23 Password that works like magic oil! (6)
25 Encountered a pro reportedly in figure of speech (8)
26 Broad-based Tom is a heavy drinker, burning out coal (8)
27 Setter put forward with half of them in the same book (6)

DOWN
1   Take away someone by force to China. (8)
2   Drug zone or otherwise the very beginning? (6,4)
3   A secretive person’s head sacrificed for unknown surgical instrument (6)
4   Sacred remains for spiritual protection? (4,3)
5   Clean sweep. It’s one thing at a time (8)
6   See you later in Chicago frequently (4)
7   This partner may not see eye to eye (3,3)
14 Germ-free insect decapitated on time in long story (10)
16 She is a young woman reportedly, American (8)
18 Fool and scoundrel without heart of sum and substance (8)
19 Mantra in reach is more than necessary (3,4)
21 Old and new? Yes. Disconnected! (3-3)
22 Badly hit in success, not over (6)
24 Long private seal of authority without limits (4)

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