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How to solve a cryptic crossword, Everyman 3,845 walkthrough

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How to solve a cryptic crossword, Everyman 3,845 walkthrough

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You can try the featured puzzle at: theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3845

Across
1 Bowler's second stopping run ... leads economically to 3 down (3-5)
5 Reconstituted spare parts for Everyman in the old country (6)
10 Our cousin's a warrior, we hear (7)
11 You can see right through this earl with the old predicament (7)
12 Fool almost getting married, in a manner of speaking (5)
13 In desperation, hold out scrap (4-5)
14 Advice lacking energy, odd: 'Stand one's ground' (3,3,5)
18 Southern guy is nasal, revolting, disgusting (2,4,2,3)
21 Errant – so bad – pole dance (4,5)
23 One in 5 now wanting some veterinarian to return (5)
24 Setting down two things musician might do for audience (7)
25 Best part of visual increased tenfold (7)
26 Esme Llywellyn's a little malodorous (6)
27 Sup tasty prepared remains (5,3)
Down
1 Witches, soldier included in something distinctly Scottish (6)
2 It's a complex container for rising Doctor! (6)
3 Not initially well groomed – could become one to emulate (4,5)
4 Mathematician blathers madly, wasting time in Savoy (7,7)
6 Polish team regularly getting goal (5)
7 Primarily, something hollered out with the utmost noisy energy? (4,4)
8 Incorrectly, 'the May stone'; it's the February birthstone (8)
9 Riotous pastoral events? (8,6)
15 Finding crater on island, attempt practice with canines (9)
16 Cold shaken off, biceps flexed, a doctor's inserted instrument (8)
17 Partridge perhaps pulls funny face earlier in absurd endeavour (4,4)
19 Pervert hides letter from Greece; it involves muscle-stretching (4-2)
20 Knight abandons aggressive tone (6)
22 Man fleeing bright-bottomed baboon? That's boring (5)

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