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Across 3— He takes his bow before the performance starts. (9) 8— One unusually old object of worship. (4) 9— No backing in domination of religious community. (9) 10— Petty-officer taken in by a new strange piece of armament. (6) 11— The man with the cane had a great dislike of children. (5) 14— Doesn’t include a change in nine. (5) 15— The girl who sounds to be better groomed. (4) 16— A slight colour around a stain. (5) 18— The courts are evenly divided by these catchy entanglements. (4) 20— There’s nothing to blemish this award. (5) 21— Fast moving winger. (5) 24— Rate fixer? (6) 25— forecast the works will be reconstructed. (9) 26— See 5 Down. 27— So charter can be formulated by noted group. (9) Down 1— Position from which to watch the screen? (9) 2— They study all sorts of blooming things. (9) 4— One of the figures of the church. (4) 5— and 26 Across—Don’t go away without paying tribute to the service. (5,1,3) 6— One thinks of it when it turns up in the middle of the day. (6) 7— Classify in ones or twos. (4) 9—Damp ring hidden in the haze. (5) 11— Derrick gets nothing in this mix-up. (5) 12— Gives no heed to the rebates. (9) 13— They are used for fastening locks. (4-5) 17— What the Romans assumed to come from goats. (5) 19— It’s used off and on. (6) 22— Cutlery for Guy, we hear. (5) 23— Loud melody is barely satisfactory. (4) 24— Change direction when the revolution comes back round the East. (4) (Solution tomorrow) Yesterday’s solution Across: 1, Airs; 3, Pin-point; 8, Penn; 9, Designed; 11, Reappearance; 13, Taking; 14, Formal; 17, Occasionally; 20, Melodist; 21, Anna; 22, Speedway; 23, Mete. Down: 1, Asperity; 2, Ransack; 4, Ice-cap; 5. Prima donna; 6, lonic; 7, To-do; 10, Open-handed; 12, Playmate; 15, Melange; 16, Siesta; 18, Calve; 19, Amps.