Solving time: 12:35.
Pretty steady solve, I found this overall a bigger challenge than yesterday but there were no unknown answers that held me up at the end. A few tricky wordplay elements, I suspect there will be a bit of biffing going on here, although the wordplay is clear.
It is getting kind of late here, so I hope I haven’t made any mistakes, but if I have, check in the comments, I won’t be able to come back and amend anything until after noon GMT.
Definitions are underlined in the clue
Away we go…
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Across |
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| 1 | Doesn’t allow depositing money in change? On the contrary (2,2,5) |
| BY NO MEANS – BANS(doesn’t allow) conatining an anagram of MONEY | |
| 6 | Old king about to collect one jacket (5) |
| TUNIC – king CNUT reversed, containing I | |
| 9 | Take pleasure in show, though not first class (5) |
| REVEL – REVEAL(show) missing A(first class) | |
| 10 | Unwilling to enter secluded spot shortly changes gear (9) |
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RECLOTHES -LOTH(unwilling) inside RECES |
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| 11 | To go to bed at late hour’s serious — sleep uneasily? (4,2,4,5) |
| TURN IN ONES GRAVE – TURN IN (to go to bed), ONE’S (late hour’s), GRAVE(serious) | |
| 13 | Pursuing girl, I must leave pleasant London house (8) |
| CLARENCE – CLARE(girl) then remove I from NICE | |
| 14 | Wander along, heading for seriously nasty poster (6) |
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STROLL – S |
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| 16 | Scotland Yard officers probing teachers exposed one (6) |
| NUDIST – DIS (Scotland Yard Detective Inspectors) inside NUT(National Union of Teachers) | |
| 18 | Small deed visited by new penalty (8) |
| SANCTION – S, ACTION(deed) containing N | |
| 21 | Appoint entirely slippery ambassador (15) |
| PLENIPOTENTIARY – anagram of APPOINT,ENTIRELY | |
| 23 | Alarmed to have to shift broken stone (4,5) |
| ROAD METAL – anagram of ALARMED,TO | |
| 25 | Groom’s carnation usher finally pinned in (5) |
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PRINK – PINK(carnation) containing |
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| 26 | Exclude lower classes at pub (5) |
| DEBAR – D and E (lower classes), BAR | |
| 27 | Pop group and accompanying female working for popular cause (9) |
| BANDWAGON – BAND(pop group), WAG(accompanying female), ON(working) – WAGS was the name of a recent “reality TV” show here so that was burned on my skull accidentally | |
| Down | |
| 1 | Society in Lancaster is broke (5) |
| BURST – S(society) in the actor BURT Lancaster | |
| 2 | See vineyard destroyed, but don’t give up (5,3,3) |
| NEVER SAY DIE – anagram of SEE,VINEYARD | |
| 3 | Uneasy feeling Orientals talked of (7) |
| MALAISE – sounds like MALAYS | |
| 4 | Anglican tune: “Warriors on high” (3,5) |
| AIR FORCE – an Anglican tune could be an AIR FOR CE | |
| 5 | Not to be touched, frightened turning around (6) |
| SACRED – as in SACRED cow – SCARED with the RE reversed | |
| 6 | Idea that is however ahead of time (7) |
| THOUGHT – | |
| 7 | Books hotel last? (3) |
| NTH – NT(New Testament), H(hotel) as in “the NTH degree” | |
| 8 | Keep governor almost of star quality in prison (9) |
| CASTELLAN – STELLA(r) in CAN | |
| 12 | Revolted by tar, old bird can start to gag (11) |
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ABOMINATING – AB(tar), O, MINA(bird), TIN(can), G |
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| 13 | Plotted no end of biased reporting to divide political opponents (9) |
| CONSPIRED – SPI(n) (biased reporting) inside CON and RED(political opponents) | |
| 15 | One who explored a long time all over the north, miles ahead (8) |
| MAGELLAN – AGE(a long time) then ALL reversed, N with M at the front | |
| 17 | Suppress rage when gaining pounds, wanting to be this? (7) |
| SLIMMER – SIMMER(suppress rage) containing L | |
| 19 | In boat, spotted holding power tool (4-3) |
| CATS-PAW – CAT(catamaran, boat), SAW(spotted) containing P | |
| 20 | Bath is very popular, going by boat (3,3) |
| HOT TUB – HOT(very popular), by TUB(boat) | |
| 22 | It’s horrible working in this territory (5) |
| YUKON – YUK(it;s horrible), ON(working) | |
| 24 | Vestment almost entirely black (3) |
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ALB -AL |
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