Awesome long anagrams. Quite a few people names: John, Yogi Berra, Simon, JFK, Ali Bacher, Lollobrigida, Ian, Ray,(any more?); place names: Africa, Canberra, Germany, Zagreb, JFK, America, Bulgaria, Polynesia/Tahiti ...ACROSS
1 Pin up covers by a North African (6) LIBYAN (BY covered by NAIL<) The Colonel there had a unique 15a, in absentia, leading to execution of a 18a
4 John joins a yogi, say in
the capital (8)
CANBERRA (John=restroom=CAN,
BERRA)
9 Gets it at home, along with the dogs (6) INCURS (IN CURS)
10 Pretty conservative which is not doing any good (8) CHARMING (C HARMING)
12 It is soothing to speak of
a royal residence (8)
BALMORAL (BALM ORAL)
13 In Germany you managed to get one
fruit (6)
DURIAN (You in German=DU, RA(1)N)
This fruit is so smelly that in Malaysia some shops prohibit cutting it on their premises15 In such a trial romance precedes marital problems (5-7) COURT MARTIAL CD (romance=COURT MARITAL*) The punishment for such a romance, can, as we have already seen, be a shotgun wedding
18 Draw that near making execution legal (5,7) DEATH WARRANT (DRAW THAT NEAR)* If that shotgun is actually used, puts the above mentioned swain out of the miseries that he may face in the future
21 A man's fat, retired, creating foul air (6) MIASMA (MIAS M A<)
22 Tailor raincoat for one from Zagreb (8) CROATIAN (RAINCOAT)*
24 Upset Simon had to express disapproval (8) ADMONISH (SIMON HAD)*
25
More hideous fruit taken with pear regularly (6)
UGLIER (
UGLI pE
aR)
26 To grow, fishy scale consumed (8) ESCALATE (SCALE* ATE) For a good work-out, walk up a de-escalator, i.e. an escalator going down.
27 Small youngster, extremely shy (6) TEENSY (TEEN ShY)
DOWN
1 Relaxed and placed second (4-4) LAID BACK 2 Nice to do this type of puzzle in a relaxed way, without the frenzy.... but power played truant today...My half done cartoon will probably be uploaded later in the day
2 Taxi brought up sick American – could this be the cause of sickness? (8) BACILLUS (CAB< ILL US)
3 Important trailer made timeless by JFK, for example (7,8) AIRPORT TERMINAL (IMPORTANT TRAILER)* This terminal is the last place for many leaving US
5 Ali Bacher's got a complaint (4) ACHE (T)
6 It is termed Bulgarian but placed somewhere else (7,8) BERMUDA TRIANGLE (TERMED BULGARIAN)* I thought of making a cartoon for this, but the idea disappeared
7 Growing mostly fruit (6) RAISIN (RAISINg)
8
Heartache over article on Miss. Lollobrigida (6)
ANGINA (AN
GINA)
Gina, who said I don't have to make sense ! I am Italian !, in Come September, did probably cause a few heart-burns, heart-ACHEs, heart-breaks an(d)-ginas. 11 Throw one in with a game (7) CANASTA (C(AN)AST A)
14 A way to follow a food waiter (7) STEWARD (STEW A RD) I hope he gets some Idiappam with the Ishtew
16 Polynesian volunteers attack Scotsman (8) TAHITIAN (TA HIT IAN)
17
Fish for smart lad (8)
STINGRAY (STING RAY)
Reminded me of Steve Irwin19 Devil drink will kill (6) IMPALE (IMP ALE) I can just about imagine Vlad holding a bottle of the devil drink when going about his business
20 River rodent coming up the
runway (6)
TARMAC (
CAM RAT)<
Granted that Cam was called Granta earlier, when Cambridge was called Grantebrycge23 Initially placed on board time to call for attention (4) PSST (Placed SS T)
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