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Plain - Nero could be unrivalled (9)
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Across
- 1APlain - Nero could be unrivalled (9)
- 8AFruit found by Caledonian brook and hill (8)
- 9ACharles in Australia (6)
- 10ALeader volunteers in himself? (9)
- 12AOne under the Ministry of Defence leader (4)
- 13ABen cuts fling short, maintaining order (8)
- 16AAnother way to cry out "Wahey!" - with another way? (6)
- 17ATwist of egg and liver (6)
- 18AKid's film festival? (8)
- 19AA delay to West End performance (4)
- 20AGreat fellow: "Compose note and relax." (9)
- 24AExaggerated a Washington capital (6)
- 25AStick sack over half pochette, going round the bend (8)
- 27AFrustrated, a Gen-Z nerd might find peace here (3,6)
Down
- 1DAn atmospheric and magnetic display? (8,6)
- 2DRelative pronunciation of French city (5)
- 3DA quiet turn for sketchy shopkeeper (3)
- 4D"Rhotacism," said Thierry, "leads to boredom." (5)
- 5DTramp's dog? (4)
- 6DTwisted aberration not in botanical gardens (8)
- 7DScientist airs Cannes to WI mixer (3,5,6)
- 11DThe Creator will depend on backing in to junction (5)
- 14DNew city shopfront stories (8)
- 15DPoles outside hospital system funded by taxes (3)
- 16DCarry on excitedly - in which they make a racket! (5)
- 21D"Simon the Good" in Paris (2,3)
- 22DVery much Donne's arrangement (2,3)
- 23DYes, German soundly sleeping could make music (4)
- 26DLAN drops from Angola state (3)