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Puzzle 3 by Slovany
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Slovany's puzzles are always welcome here and this is his third offering. It is constructed around a long quotation in the manner of some Guardian puzzles. As always, his clues are challenging, fair and fun to solve. I particularly liked 20 across and 23 across.

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ACROSS
1 See 7
8 Marxist speaking of modern fruit (10)
9 Something of Shane Warne's encore (4)
11 See 7
12 Funny business with McBain in my grasp (6)
14 Material Chaney linked to the Five Boroughs (5)
15 Race comically needing a starter that's majestic (5)
16 Muscle-woman's replaced by one intellectual (5)
17 Blessed 16 with vowel shift  (5)
20 Sailor against wearing spectacles from the beginning (2,3)
22 See 7
23 Cater for Germany entering with fifty minutes of the hour gone (6,2)
25 Amanda's Shakespearean 15 (4)
26 Hoeness's quiet scheme when entering races - some bloomer! (5,5)
27 "Who shall have a fishie on ----- " (Miles away, I let Delia Smith loose!) (1,6,6)

DOWN
1 Oddly got on Ribble bus twice, tragically wrecking airy ambitions? (8,7)
2 US government supporter supplied another 25 (7)
3 Alumni gathering for holy matrimony 9? (7)
4 Dress up twice in Western Australia (5,5)
5 Stubbs's student splitting bone (4)
6 The St Petersburg Palace: unknown and cold (7)
7,13,21,24,1ac,10,11,22 Tut-tut, thus a no joy era, OK? Or, "A sad world here." "Gorblimey! Why be sad?" (The Life of 17)  (6,4,2,3,6,4,2,5,4,6,3,4,4,8,6)
10 See 7
13 See 7
18 Eisenhower's veto on a Tokyo flower arrangement (7)
19 Number Ten abbreviated memo (4)
20 Terence's brothers maybe lead one behind the tavern (7)
21 See 7
24 See 7
 

Solution to Puzzle 3 by Slovany