Across
| 1 | Prisoners' vehicle almost crashing into building (12) |
| 9 | Hair, essentially brown, swirling about in colorful display (7) |
| 10 | See why a convertible is nonsense (7) |
| 11 | Eddy's mother hugging Slater wildly (9) |
| 12 | Check German car ahead of time (5) |
| 13 | Chic attempt to embrace closure (6) |
| 15 | Mark from juices I spilled backing up (8) |
| 17 | Rules against Giants, dropping loss (8) |
| 19 | Essayist pens finale of “The Guiding Light” (6) |
| 22 | Start to choreograph opening scene in “Desert Bloomers” (5) |
| 23 | Cryptic constructor, perhaps, dims somehow in value (9) |
| 25 | Pacino returns with story about Northern Italian dish (7) |
| 26 | Those who exhibit bathroom fixtures (7) |
| 27 | Common folk taking back boast about king and lady (7,5) |
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Down
| 1 | Note Series miracle catch, so fantastic (9,5) |
| 2 | Nearly nail half of veterans for childishness (7) |
| 3 | Containers holding top-grade instruments (5) |
| 4 | In France, a war club is not suspicious (6) |
| 5 | The real man drinks, without trace of embarrassment, in underwear (8) |
| 6 | Evita Peron endlessly tortured spy (9) |
| 7 | Some animals also like following pack's leader (6) |
| 8 | Remodeling those tiny shops is an ecological process (14) |
| 14 | Strange set-back overwhelms blundering bravado (7-2) |
| 16 | Bow out under cover of darkness, an unpleasant surprise (8) |
| 18 | Most pleasant home has one chimney in front (6) |
| 20 | Fancy me sitting in broken chair (7) |
| 21 | Stir last of soup reflectively? No, sir (6) |
| 24 | Stick mostly around center of group, impassive (5) |
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