Untitled No. 1 — Solutions
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Across
9
CANDIDATE
Applicant is able, accomplished, and a true employee's leader (9)
CAN + DID + A + T + E
10
EXILE
Throw out eggs, I'll say (5)
[EGGS I'LL]~[EXILE]
11
DROVE ON
Urged daughter to wander about (5,2)
D + ROVE + ON
12
E-READER
Kindle perhaps uncovered here by a revolutionary communist (1-6)
[h]ERE + A + [RED]<
13
MOSQUITOS
Most nearly gave up — so revolting, little suckers (9)
MOS[t] + QUIT(gave up) + [SO]<
14
CROSS
Ford Hybrid (5)
Double def
15
ARID
Type of climate around in Baghdad, Iraq? (4)
Partial &lit: [baghdaD IRA]<
16
SCUBA
Swerve cab around turn after double-bend, and take a breather? (5)
S + (CA{U}B)*
18
CAVE
Yield, and start to change road (4)
[C]hange + AVE
22
JAUNT
Jacks' relative, Sally (5)
J + AUNT
23
ATONEMENT
Prepared note meant to make amends (9)
(NOTEMEANT)*
24
NON-ZERO
Pierre's rejection: O-positive or negative (3-4)
French 'No': 'NON' + ZERO(O)
25
WRESTLE
Sleep in? You and I are over 50, and struggle (7)
W{REST{L}}E
26
LISPS
Slurs slip out, ending in tears (5)
(SLIP)* + S
27
AGREEMENT
A setter contributes to new Time's contract (9)
A + [GREE{ME}NT]
Down
1
ACADEMIA
One holding a PhD's final goal: returning to the scholarly world (8)
[AC{AD}E] + [AIM]<
2
UNCONSCIOUSNESS
Doctor Nefarious initially uses concussion to yield coma (15)
(N + USES + CONCUSSION)*
3
FIXED UP
Annoyed about stuck-up Chinese president being reformed (5,2)
F{XI<}ED UP
4
MAGNETIC
Irresistible charm enthralls ten, head over heels (8)
MAG{TEN<}IC
5
RECESS
Suspend free access use often (6)
[fReE aCcEsS uSe]
6
BESEECH
Pray to exist, and appreciate church (7)
BE + SEE + CH
7
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Messy affairs bothered close friends (5,2,1,7)
(AFFAIRSBOTHERED)*
8
TETRIS
Fitting game, and the story is so odd? (6)
[ThE sToRy Is So]
17
BOOKWORM
Scholar's schedule: "End of term, fight to get a raise." (8)
[BOOK](schedule) + [M + ROW]<
19
ENTREATY
Suit's appearance has taste (8)
[ENTR{EAT}Y]
20
ATHEISM
A lack of faith in his team sadly (7)
(HISTEAM)*
21
RENEWED
Serene wedding, carrying newborn (7)
seRENE WEDding
22
JUNGLE
Pitcher captured country's heart with foreign article in 'Variety' (6)
[JU{N}G] + [LE](foreign article)
23
AVOWAL
Acknowledgement of brief Wheel of Fortune question to the audience? (6)
[A VOWEL?]~[AVOWAL]
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