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Across 3— Down-to-earth device. (9) 8— Fasten up the marine creature, (4) 9 and 24 Down—The mate has methods for making nautical ladders. (9-4) 10— About to go round the corner for a ticket. (6) 11— We hear the lamentations of a country. (5) 14— This may come from a mill in England. (5) 15— Near the end of the board, I have to take the plunge. (4) 16— The necessity, one hears, to make some dough. (5) 18— Fish producing deep-throated sound. (4) 20— Is about endlessly cherished concepts. (5) 21— Unruffled after all this time. (5) 24— A meta! ring required for laundry apparatus. (6) 25— He's employed to do the shooting. (6-3) 26— A dam without a water bird. (4) 27— Playfellow? (9) Down 1 — It was used for taking altitudes from real boats. (9) 2— State associated with the briny. (9) 4— Immediately unsigned, in short. (4) 5— Greek character employed in International pharmacy. (5) 6— What one in the pink did on the run. (6) 7— It's used by the craftsman for bringing back the booty. (4) 9— The kind of shaft for a faddist. (5) 11— It's indispensable in revolutionary movements. (5) 12 — Teams about to display subsidiary attractions. (45) 13— A hundred making certain of handing out blame. (9) 17— Sea. I’d put back on the vehicle. (5) 19— Master reformed a chosen group of pupils. (6) 22— The French colonist showed a certain inclination. (5) 23— Just a loud melody. (4) 24— See 9 Across. (Solution tomorrow) (Yesterday's solution) Across I. Draw; 3. Headline: 8. Skip; 9. Practice; 11. Swimming-pool: 13. Eleven; 14. Stir up; 17, Crescent moon; 20. Infantry; 21, Bore; 22. Paralyse; 23, Isis. Down: 1 Disaster. 2 Asinine: 4, Erring; 5. Decapitate: 6. Inigo- 7. Eden; 10, Impersonal; 12, Spinners; 15, Riotous; 16, Yearns; 18, Refer; 19 >J( Wisp.