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By teamcrazymatt
Hidden in the grid are the seven ways to 17.
(Originally published as MyCrossword #961.)
(Originally published as MyCrossword #961.)
Across
| 1 | Confused idiot gripping tip of unwashed fork (6) |
| 4 | Providing retired seniors who aren't currently in (8) |
| 9 | Ordinary aircraft zip down - holy cow! (6) |
| 10 | One proving genuineness of evaluation adopted by principal of Anchor Hill (8) |
| 12 | Staff by right locks in a number of old sports with church key (3,6) |
| 13 | Oswald uncovered king's letters from the heart? (5) |
| 14 | Set on work with captain of swashbucklers, put out to find X (2,7,5) |
| 17 | Make out clear frostbite spreading over arms' extremities (3,2,5,4) |
| 21 | Prince Henry embracing sex, caught becoming erect (5) |
| 23 | Bit of tart ignorant cooks selling down the river (7,2) |
| 24 | Force scraps of turkey lodged in small intestines (8) |
| 25 | Far-right members of Senate bear furor to crueler Representatives making mistakes (6) |
| 26 | Scattered those residing in Iran before princess swallowed conclusion of record (8) |
| 27 | Pallid, snubbed by club, swallowing drop of Beyra port (6) |
Down
| 1 | Most excellent characters, primarily cool, boring many (8) |
| 2 | Align headless marionette artfully (9) |
| 3 | Fired doctor over beginning to prescribe steroid, for example (7) |
| 5 | Cost of borrowing parts of retinas repeatedly manipulated (8,4) |
| 6 | Lyricist's not as important when penning nothing (7) |
| 7 | Another passage court's thrown out (5) |
| 8 | See 22d |
| 11 | Meeting with criminal, going to bury conflict (12) |
| 15 | Saint with cry of frustration meets general being shown up by stellar image (4,5) |
| 16 | Attractive knight goes inside after perhaps turning screw (3,5) |
| 18 | 21, all Africans, installing African royalty (7) |
| 19 | I charter baseless travels to find one of three rulers (7) |
| 20 | One separating from society with speed meets with resistance (6) |
| 22, 8 | 22, 8I hid Star Trek in performance, conceding a last chance (5,6) |
