Cryptic Crossword - Economic Times Chennai (8847 of 20-12-2023) - Fillable and with solution

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Across:
1 Most loaded box behind trio essentially (7)
5 Pass bakery item before purchase, reportedly (4,2)
9 Excellent line for one person in a field? (4,3)
10 Exact measure of drink in New York taken by a learner (7)
11 Make a slip in another rota (3)
12 Sadly rain vacates place for holidaymakers? (7,4)
13 Vehicle for engagement with a Japanese poem (5)
14 Talk with a number one? (9)
16 Duly grade changes in a cautious fashion (9)
17 Series of calls in a session of golf (5)
19 Succeed very easily in a light hour’s work (4,7)
22 Small French coin is bogus? The odds are non-existent! (3)
23 Sweet following and not bananas (7)
24 Boisterous Sid had to alter after end of school (7)
26 Charlie and person that’s defeated becoming more intimate (6)
27 Period of renting empty townhouse by French city (7)

Down:
1 Think about fine lecturer (7)
2 Argumentative Conservative with a notional front demanding reform (15)
3 Some telling measure of cloth once (3)
4 Wild cat heading for guard in rank (5)
5 Any clever novel has applicability (9)
6 Admit element following the French (3,2)
7 Bring union in order about long search, subject of heated discussion (7,8)
8 Claim drink to cover side in cricket (6)
12 Place to get fruit or missing leafy vegetable (5)
14 Presbyterian minister rated room defective (9)
15 Different directions around a church to find tree (5)
16 First piece of garbage, say, if transformed gets to be like hydrogen? (6)
18 Resolute and tough at sea in case of disarray (7)
20 Stands, it’s said, showing signs of emotion (5)
21 Small military group touring lake in the dark? (5)
25 Scandinavian national cut short expert in judo (3)
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