Crossword by Boffles

No.352

Across

1 It’s gospel that, if you do, you shall find (4)

3 Good-bye to Jean and Pierre (2,6)

9 Indignation when power failure includes right (7)

10 Herb found in Eastern myth (5)

11 Trio of oriental donors (5)

12 Something fishy rascal and I put together (6)

14 ‘For …… made her what she is, and ne’er made anither!’ Burns (6)

16 National headcount (6)

19 Savaged composer without right (6)

21 King Edward, for example, sounds like a music maker (5)

24 Johnsonian lazybones – not Boris (5)

25 Small car available for hire from Citizens Advice Bureau? (7)

26 Parting word (8)

27 What there was in the beginning. Gospel! (4)

Down

1 A glimpse of it used to be shocking (8)

2 Consumed and whipped without beginning (5)

4 How the heads of 11ac lie, it is said (6)

5 Surplus actor (5)

6 Divine domicile (7)

7 Regrets Parisian ways (4)

8 Augustus was the one who ordered a critical 16ac (6)

13 Attributed to writer in the modern era (8)

15 Unserious person fond of sherry? (7)

17 Old camping gear range? (6)

18 Paint for teeth? (6)

20 Final one of the dice is your last chance (5)

22 Sort of mate you do not want onboard (5)

23 Minor quarrel result of big dog losing degrees (4)

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