Cryptic Crossword - Economic Times Bangalore (8799 of 25-10-2023) - Fillable and with solution

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Across:
1 Sort of staple requirement principally for dressing? (7)
5 Flier and publication introducing seaside feature endlessly (6)
9 Customs for all to see amid divergent trails (7)
10 Hot wind is back with moment gone in African country (7)
11 Regularly, untie pick-up truck (3)
12 Running the show, like a horse rider? (2,3,6)
13 English poet beside river with retired number (5)
14 One selling pens etc strangely tries not to keep article (9)
16 Take the place of fantastic player with a top ranking, we hear (9)
17 Handle of tool has to be adjusted by foot (5)
19 Fifth note scribbled about revolutionary work is irrelevant (3,3,5)
22 One sitting holding ordinary thing to wipe the floor (3)
23 Introduce American woman’s line shorn of trappings (5,2)
24 Month in old ship is for gradual assimilation (7)
26 Provide evidence when facing challenge? (6)
27 Cites trouble caused around Germany (7)

Down:
1 Worry with dry sales type heading north (7)
2 A top raft hothead crashed without good reason (2,3,4,2,1,3)
3 Cheers about first sign of exceptional light afternoon refreshment (3)
4 Took exam again, more satisfied in part (5)
5 Play up for broadcast has vibe retained by writer (9)
6 A boring thing held up Irish police officer (5)
7 Garbling in dialect in sum before start of classical sound on film, say (10,5)
8 Pretentious type has problem going round university (6)
12 Part of a dartboard in northeast region primarily (5)
14 Consider overnight varied points about U.S. author (5,2,2)
15 Popular group in element of magazine (5)
16 Arrive to find question about drink? The opposite! (4,2)
18 Those who use keys a lot? (7)
20 Belgian cartoonist found in another genre (5)
21 This writer’s taken with old area fringing lake in Italian city (5)
25 Way restricted for former scooter rider (3)
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Created at 22.00 hrs IST on 25-10-2023 from Bangalore

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