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ACROSS

1 Exotic woman's probing survey taking in hotel (9)

8 Thus an acceptable article loses final direction (5)

9 & 25 Across One with no plans to purchase my pub and leisure complex (7,5)

11 I am, sad to say, coming back with something meaty! (6)

12 I relate a new version in the studio (7)

13 He wasn't an entirely hopeless footballer! (4)

14 This hill's not coming from the left? (3)

17 Observe some house extensions are in order (3)

18 One's bewildered by these vast periods (4)

21 Rants about one's involvement in deals (7)

23 Look at election's reverse, and move uncontrollably (6)

24 South and North are confused about East's contract (7)

25 See 9 Across

26 Final addition to volume or draft we revised (9)

DOWN

2 Yours truly returned and came face to face with aunt, or so we're told (5)

3 Regular installation of old city in sacred surroundings (6)

4 Line, we hear, as used by Potter (3)

5 The nation is gripped by two points in country dwellings (7)

6 Churchmen remove account from what's precise at Spithead (7)

7 They grip helms, keeping hard right (9)

10 Scottish banker's retreating with a leading player (4)

12 A blaster gets besotted with love for old navigational instrument (9)

15 Second matches quietly introduced to sprint races (7)

16 Where the road ran awry? (7)

19 Affluent old drummer (4)

20 Spoil an argument with something from the vegetable patch (6)

22 Theme erratically conceals a foreign ruler (5)

24 Ready for some tennis (3)

LAST WEEK'S SOLUTION: Across 3, Stiletto. 8, Faro. 9, Wonderland. 10, Kind. 11, Espy. 13, Not on. 17, Tickle. 18, Clever. 19, Amigo. 22, Ceps. 24, Load. 25, Going spare. 26, Eric. 27, Tempting. Down 1, Rapid. 2, Powder keg. 4, Today. 5, Loren. 6, Trait. 7, Ordinary. 12, Poet. 14, Oversleep. 15, Straight. 16, Ache. 20, Idiom. 21, Ought. 22, Capon. 23, Sadie.