Cryptic #49 - by Symptomatic

Across 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1 Bar crate (6)

5 Awaits holiday 9 10
around North
Dakota and Santa
Barbara (6,2) 11 12

9 Duty of 13
politician
involved in 14 15
counterfeit
weapon... (5,3)
16 17 18 19 20
10 ...scandal at first,
after policy given
new sheets
perhaps (6) 21 22

11 Fancy lass 23
hanging around
24 25
shopping centre
to see debut of
magician's dozen
26 27
tricks (5,4)
12 First two,
perhaps? (5)
14 Badger sound 24 Straighten out Down 7 Xander Pollard
around Sunday leaderless 2 Quantum forged two old
school (6) council in coins (7)
entanglement
disarray (6)
15 Backing vocal involving 8 Motlier
noise from 25 Penny left a noxious ale brew Bohemian
within group of French dress (with osmium worked out
three in the West incomplete and removed) important piece
Indies (8) in tatters - sacks, happens twice a of mathematics
in other words year (8,7) (8,7)
16 Patrol reportedly
(8) 3 Spots bare-
arrests hippies 13 Money-making
(8) 26 Fungus found in headed elf in power? (5,5)
mouth of cattle mountains (7)
19 Accepts 13 17 Vibration when
(8) 4 "Spit" riots erupt:
surprisingly but elm root chopped
painlessly (6) 27 Places where TV season cut (7)
women might short (10)
21 TV's best 18 Sharp, hollow
entertain drunk, 5 Finds last
alternative has little spire (7)
naked freshman
university surviving
(6) 20 A Spanish
involvement (5) instrument (7)
balcony bar
22 Lively city 6 Apt descriptor of adjoins a ledge
garden upset (9) a sailor (4) recess (7)
23 1 shoe (4)