Crosaire No 16615 by Crossheir – Thursday, April 12th, 2018

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Across:

1 Condition (HEALTH) of Moor (moor/heath = HEA-TH) going around lost (-L-) (HEALTH),

4 Taking a swipe in court perhaps (serving ball in tennis court = S-ERVING) over women (-W-) (SWERVING) changing direction (SWERVING),

9 Ran away from Greenland (“ran” away from “Greenland” = geenld = LEGEND) in traditional story (LEGEND),

10 It (-IT-) upsets (= reversal indicator) soldier (GI = -IG-) in The Departed (L-ATE) (LITIGATE) to take action (LITIGATE),

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12 Little deceptions (WHITE LIES) in acceptable levels of fiction (WHITE LIES),

13 Song and dance (SCENE) witnessed in the abbey (SCENE in The Abbey Theatre),

14 Invest in (INSTAL-) a manner of speaking (Latin = -LATI-N) around old (-O-) (INSTALLATION) art exhibit (INSTALLATION),

18 Travel agent perhaps (HOLIDAYMAKER) is taking a break (HOLIDAYMAKER),

21 Head over heels (= reversal indicator) with a (-A) sparkler (gem = -MEG-) on ring (O-) (OMEGA) produced by Greek character (OMEGA),

22 Good (G-) vintage (-OLD) from China (PLATE) (GOLD PLATE) from a precious film (GOLD PLATE = precious film/layer),

24 Similar to one of those in 23 down (“plane” = JET-) getting car (model -T-) from one (-I-) family member (-SON) (JETTISON) for scrap (JETTISON),

25 What one might take when taking leave (WAY OUT) is off the wall (WAY-OUT),

26 Pretend to be ill (MALINGER) to delay (-LINGER) graduate (MA-) at the start (= positional indicator) (MALINGER),

27 Military unit (DETAIL) in part destroyed ETA illegally (part “destroyed ETA illegally” = DETAIL).

Down:

1 Worthily (worthily = HOLY WRIT) translated (= anagram indicator), this sounds like a summons from the man upstairs (HOLY WRIT),

2 Most likely to get all steamed up (ANGRIEST) moving (= anagram indicator) inert gas (inert gas = ANGRIEST),

3 Strung out TENSE) giving the past, present and future action (verb forms = TENSE),

5 Takes order (WAITS AT TABLE) from Washington (Washington = WA-) – it’s (-ITS) a (A-) battle (battle = -T TABLE) plan (= anagram indicator) (WAITS AT TABLE),

6 One of the downsides of The Cloud (RAINSTORM) or that’s part of the forecast (RAINSTORM),

7 Ungodly types (IMAGES) of appalling (= anagram indicator) ageism (ageism = IMAGES),

8 Local chap (GEEZER) is great (G-) with domestic appliance (freezer) when father (Fr) leaves (“freezer” without “Fr” = -EEZER) (GEEZER),

11 Old Penny (old penny coin = D-) and Gillian (Gillian = -IALLING) Cook (= anagram indicator) find mood (TONE) (DIALLING TONE) indicative of the lineout (DIALLING TONE),

15 Calling (-VOCATION) centre of Philately (centre of “Philately” = A-) starting (= positional indicator) (AVOCATION) to collect stamps, for instance (hobby = AVOCATION),

16 Give the go-ahead (OK-) for the foreign (the = -LA-) unfinished (e) residence (“home” without ‘e’ = -HOM-) for the middleclass (middle “class” = -A) (OKLAHOMA) in America (OKLAHOMA),

17 Awkward (= anagram indicator) relation (relation = ORIENTAL) from the East (ORIENTAL),

19 Comes to a standstill (LOGJAM) with record (LOG-) to preserve (-JAM) (LOGJAM),

20 Learnt (learnt = RENTAL) scheme (= anagram indicator) could be a temporary solution for those on holiday (RENTAL),

23 Parking (P-) on narrow street (-LANE) (PLANE) on a flat surface (PLANE).