Across 3. Candidate (9)
8. Finished (4)
9. Reparations (9)
10. Notwithstanding (6)
11. Avarice (5)
14. Taut (5)
15. Go in front (4)
16. Avoid (5)
18. Judge (4)
20. Yet (5)
21. Elevate (5)
24. Empty (6)
25. Song with refrain (9)
26. Aspersion (4)
27. Savagery (9)
Down1. Endurance (9)
2. Answer (9)
4. Course (4)
5. Passenger ship (5)
6. Force (6)
7. Not any (4)
9. Concur (5)
11. Serious (5)
12. Pleasing (9)
13. Flattering (9)
17. Composition (5)
19. Loadstone (6)
22. Purloin (5)
23. Indigent (4)
24. Huge (4)
Last week's solution
Across: 1 Able; 3 Assemble; 9 Tendril; 10 Tress; 11 Disintegrate; 13 Twinge; 15 Divert; 17 Impermanence; 20 Herds; 21 Article; 22 Hilarity; 23 Heal.
Down: Antidote; 2 Links; 4 Sullen; 5 Extortionate; 6 Breathe; 7 Ease; 8 Transgressor; 12 Ethereal; 14 Immoral; 16 Impart; 18 Niche; 19 Shah.
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