by Philip M Ford

Across
1 Look into (4)
3 Preliminary model (8)
9 Beef olive (7)
10 Coin (5)
11 Ancient linear unit (5)
12 Charge (6)
14 Sensitive (6)
16 Hanging fold of loose skin (6)
19 Forecastle (6)
21 13 witches (5)
24 Pilot (5)
25 Spate (7)
26 Tubby (4-4)
27 Regrettably (4)
Down
1 Diurnal meerkat (8)
2 Pyrotechnic (5)
4 Brokers (6)
5 Below (5)
6 Discreet (7)
7 Consumes (4)
8 Traditional dance in India (6)
13 Tools (8)
15 Wifelike (7)
17 Expunge (6)
18 Continuation (6)
20 Sharpen (5)
22 Of a virus (5)
23 Distant (4)

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