Cryptic Crossword - Economic Times New Delhi (9498 of 17-01-2026) - Fillable and with solution

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Across:
1 Act around club put under dis­cus­sion? (7)
5 Avoid ringroad (6)
9 Rue name devised for woman (7)
10 Not applic­able for duty? (3,4)
11 Dis­ap­prov­ing sound from teach­ers (not half) (3)
12 Peers scored badly one earlier in post (11)
13 One from Italy in navy gets to continue longer than expected (3,2)
14 Democrat given fake cue I felt to be dishonest (9)
16 Somehow Matt's aped thing to record time (4,5)
17 Some marmalade alternatively distributed (5)
19 Latin pair brought back with a relish fancy megaphones (11)
22 Celebrity firstly ignored pitch (3)
23 Packed athletics event backed in capital of Germany (7)
24 Lab sure to be demolished in European country (7)
26 Bit of data favoured type of drug (6)
27 Contaminates place in western half of desert (7)

Down:
1 Greek goddess encountered among hunted animals (7)
2 Singer James has misplaced trust in men to get hammer, maybe (10,5)
3 Part of a course quite expensively retained (3)
4 Substantial needs to be revised (5)
5 Goat beginning to chomp elevated flower (9)
6 Photos in exhibition principally showing elf (5)
7 Surfers cast rest out of order for small breaks? (6,9)
8 Stuff to fill an estate (6)
12 Longs for trees with cones (5)
14 Warning I'd suspect typical of some evenings? (7,2)
15 Asian banker in business ignoring judge (5)
16 Remove permit to enter Scottish river (6)
18 Drives from hospital amid NHS institutions (7)
20 Robbery seen in Rotherhithe is tackled (5)
21 Dame from the south touring Britain and Spain was in decline (5)
25 Throw ball when in club at intervals (3)
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