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ACROSS
1. P(ALL)ET (platform) PET around ALL
5. LIGATURE - dd (double definition) - a sign that indicates two things are to be done together, also two characters joined in typography: æ, for for example
9. CLUBLAND (entertainment zone) CLU(b) + BLAND - Clubland is in St James's, London; the TƒT blogger thinks it's CLU(e)
10. AMRITA ( = nectar in Sanskrit) (t maria)*
11. ASSUME - dd - 'don' means ' put on'
12. TYPE,FACE (Roman maybe - as opposed, for example, to italic)
14. FOSTER PARENT (sent for pater)*
17. RECRUDESCENT (coming back again) REC(reation field) + CRUDE + SCENT
20. FINES,PUN (very elaborate)
22. C(HER)RY (red)
23 SHARON ('girl') HAR(d) inside SON
25. EMISSION (harmful substance to be limited - we wish!) E(uropean) + MISSION
26. BREECHES, homophone for 'breaches', where 'audibly' is the homophind (my term)
27. GONE ON (advanced) GO + NEON, the gas
DOWN
2. A,BLEST (better than the rest) A(ce) + BLEST
3. LABOUR FORCE (workers) LABOUR (Party) + FOR + CE (Church of England)
4. TRAVERSED (bridged) DART rev. around VERSE (some lines)
5. LADETTE (&lit) LETTE(r) - character without the last letter (deficient) around A + D(aughter) - the whole clue is the 'definition'
6. GRASP (total possession) R(ex) inside GASP
7. TOR (small hill) 'rot' rev.
8. RETICENT (reluctant to talk) CITE rev. inside RIFT
13. FIRST PERSON (one) cryptic definition
15. PREACHING (clerical activity) P(riest) + REACHING
16. PERISHER (a mischievous little thing) PERI (fairy) + SH(e)ER (nothing other than) without its 'heart' = central letter
18. SINLESS (perfect) SUNLESS (totally dull) - with I (one) replacing U(niversity)
19. ARIOSO (type of solo vocal piece sung in an opera) A + RIO(t) (funny person) + SO (extremely)
21. PINCH (critically difficult time) P(iano) + INCH - an island off the Donegal coast
24. RYE - dd - I've seen this clue before
to abbreviations which may have been used
(raga man)* = anagram of 'anagram'
cd = cryptic definition
dd = double definition
incl. = inclusive (hidden word) - a simple inclusive has the letters next to one another, tho perhaps rev.; a 'complex inclusive' has the letters are in plain view but not adjacent
def. = definition (synonym, literal)
rev. = reversed
anagind = anagram indicator
homophind = homophone indicator
surface - the apparent meaning of the clue, disguising what's really going on
&lit - a clue in which the whole clue is the 'definition'
COD = clue of the day (imo); FOI, LOI, first/last one written in
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