Cryptic Crossword - Economic Times Chennai (8926 of 20-03-2024) - Fillable and with solution

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Across:
1 Old boy regularly heard amid drink has to stop being tipsy? (5,2)
5 Stickler in place around titled figure in retirement (6)
9 Serb too misused dose of a vaccine (7)
10 Person in Rome possibly is powerful leader (7)
11 Have a bite in Spanish car after leaving front (3)
12 Old lover cuts awfully manic gesture in crowd movement? (7,4)
13 Figure with daughter embracing right fashion (5)
14 Impressionable university learner taken in by sourced novel (9)
16 Pal manipulated bond to get a temporary posting? (9)
17 Decorators of cakes put in nicer shops (5)
19 One might get in it when going off on a trek? (8,3)
22 Thing found in a candle has to get bigger (3)
23 Note controversy in a further edition? (7)
24 Noel and Pat chomped Italian food (7)
26 Some prefer risque actress Pam (6)
27 Set down sum of money paid into an account (7)

Down:
1 Undermine the power of warring brutes around Vietnam’s capital (7)
2 She’s obtained fee after work to avoid risk? (2,2,3,4,4)
3 Rubbish starts to range over terrace (3)
4 Outer parts of pretty rare cross in heat-resistant glass (5)
5 Visionary priest attended by unusually nice set (9)
6 Mature writer following religious instruction (5)
7 Disown passenger improperly getting to try new stuff? (6,4,5)
8 Welcomes environmentalists with time for last part of action (6)
12 Small fly, say, not distinct when on the rise (5)
14 Office workers pocketing small cosmetic products (9)
15 Exploiting mistake admitted by leaders of unreliable gang (5)
16 Old man and son to sample food from a bakery (6)
18 Sat next in order to see navigational instrument (7)
20 Question that’s difficult for an affected type (5)
21 Person, perhaps, has offer about exercise (5)
25 Cut line introducing work (3)
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