Cryptic Crossword - Economic Times New Delhi (9636 of 27-06-2026) - Fillable and with solution

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Across:
1 Group after return in hold-up (7)
5 Agree to work behind firm with money (6)
9 Prisoner put in foul rural settlement (7)
10 Involve some swimmers enthusiastically (7)
11 Chap starts to demand extra services (3)
12 Fellow among some left at ground has to release pent-up energy (3,3,5)
13 Very long time in sides of priory for garden plant (5)
14 Banger for buying in Berlin? (9)
16 Exercise by Henry and Leo represented sign of exploratory work? (9)
17 Grades files (5)
19 Son pretends to break down those answering surveys (11)
22 Proscribe group taking diamonds (3)
23 Lab gear out of place for type of mathematics (7)
24 Film with unusually cool flute-like instrument (7)
26 Condition by director declared (6)
27 Male or female learner in Germany, for example (7)

Down:
1 Slowly accumulated bread? (5,2)
2 Select cop I fancy above faculty gets aid for shooting (10,5)
3 Woman and man regularly seen (3)
4 Ken somehow left marginalised was a supplicant? (5)
5 Richard, maybe, has to look towards coastal feature (5,4)
6 Uses gestures on boards (5)
7 Titles given greater prominence? (5-5,5)
8 Allow hairstyle with appeal (6)
12 Faithful ally possibly defending leader in office (5)
14 Terribly bad bar on front in Devon to get high-speed access (9)
15 Something pointed, first to last, in parts of a speech (5)
16 Hold up largely discourteous sort of actor in university city (6)
18 Yes, Ron's wrongly characterising perception? (7)
20 Area of influence kept by actor, bitterly (5)
21 Panel broken in mountainous country (5)
25 Trick in competition (to avoid challenge) (3)
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