Cryptic Crossword - Economic Times New Delhi (9342 of 19-07-2025) - Fillable and with solution

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Across:
1 One receiving guests, those at sea with ship (7)
5 Ploy for piece of equipment (6)
9 Face in turn old pair of fellows given the boot (4,3)
10 Enthusiasts’ publication is great covering Australia and New Zealand (7)
11 Bad smell close to expanding marshland (3)
12 Ben, it seems, a rogue creating problem at work (11)
13 Trace of colour found in painting, exceptionally (5)
14 Hair accessory I balanced in a precarious way (5,4)
16 Director likely to fail in Bedfordshire town (9)
17 Follow first to last discussions (5)
19 Trace a logic surprisingly that’s explicit (11)
22 Greek character in Switzerland and Italy (3)
23 Distribute diamonds with triumphal cry in public (4,3)
24 Typical failure to pay (7)
26 Refuge in a yard in downtrodden area (6)
27 Start to draw one gun wrongly in underground cell (7)

Down:
1 Swimmer is hard, one built for working out (7)
2 Plants to avoid having assembled glistening tents (8,7)
3 Selfishness embodied by obsessive golfer (3)
4 Looks through changes with no end of relish (5)
5 Eve’s friend abused right away is prickly (9)
6 Serena’s sister snubbed by European in site for event (5)
7 Detached doctor etc. breaking rule formulated for teaching session in hospital (8,7)
8 Considered action to protect writer (6)
12 Warning of danger is read firstly in a rental property (5)
14 Place devoted to elders? (9)
15 Highly praise old partner with upstanding group (5)
16 Resolve from Dutch city team with leader absent (6)
18 Struck son has something to put on hand (7)
20 Grey nocturnal creature making hostile sound (5)
21 Fake journalist describing a cryptic message? (5)
25 Enjoyment following article in Paris Match (3)
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Created at 20.00 hrs IST on 19-07-2025 from Bangalore

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