ACROSS
1 Exhortation during mass: "forgo sin for a day" (6) SERMON (SERVICE with MON for VICE)
4 Study amalgamated at sea (8) CONFUSED (CON + FUSED)
9 A big kill for the
bird (6)
OSPREY (OS + PREY)10 Oddly
dw
el
ls on ….. knowing the
state (8)
DELAWARE (DwElLs + AWARE)12 Players are out, discarded (8) CASTAWAY (CAST + AWAY)
13 A man from South Africa went on to propagate it (6) AHIMSA (A + HIM + SA)
15 Frank arrived with the artist for the
reality show (6,6)
CANDID, CAMERA (CANDID + CAME + RA)18 Time to say yes for sex (3,2,7) AGE, OF, CONSENT (CD)
21 He is late for a cause (6) MARTYR (CD)
22 Spin out in the centre plot (8) CONSPIRE (SPIN* inside CORE)
24 Learner dropped from height to gain portability (8) APTITUDE (ALTITUDE with P for L)?
25 One gets into muted, peculiar monotony (6) TEDIUM (I inside MUTED*)
26 Micromanaged any outward animosity (8) ACRIMONY (ANY outside MICRO*)
27 Pothead employed in the least onerous job (6) STONER (T) Put STAPLE (P inside LEAST*) first and was stuck for a while.
DOWN
1 Work could start in the capital to stem the flow (8) STOPCOCK (OP + C inside STOCK)
2 A spongier variety for lying down (8) REPOSING (SPONGIER)*
3 Could be tapestries on gym Windows, for example (9,6) OPERATING, SYSTEM (TAPESTRIES ON GYM)*
5 Warning from some fomenting trouble (4) OMEN (T)
6
Often sent here as replacement
to make money illegally (7,4,4)
FEATHER, ONES, NEST (OFTEN SENT HERE AS)*7 Point man to lead the fighters is seen as ingratiating (6) SMARMY (S + M + ARMY)
8 River bird to provide some music (6) DEEJAY (DEE + JAY)
11 Being holy, can become tranquil (7) HALCYON (HOLY CAN)*
14 Character active keeping mum mostly (7) OMICRON (ON outside MICRO)?
16 Second version of a crime (8) SEDITION (S + EDITION)
17 Way a machinist makes a banner (8) STREAMER (ST + REAMER)
19
A drink on the way up for the
animal (6)
IMPALA (A + LAP + M1)<=20 God expending
energy made
a hole in the ground (6)
CRATER (CReATER)23
Divine presence in colour c
oding (4)
ODIN (T)
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