Across
| 1 | Sacrifice hairstyle and tattoo, initially (4) |
| 3 | Today, starting to bring in simpler ground-clearing device (10) |
| 9 | Lady hugging extremely old lumberjack (7) |
| 11 | Crazy bald guy in Beetle (7) |
| 12 | Asian river ordeal; it's upset manufacturer (13) |
| 14 | Hunger after party for senior member of group (5) |
| 15 | Forks over wire customized for special explosives (9) |
| 17 | Eccentric team owner is behind the times (4-5) |
| 19 | Steel is ruined, nearly destroyed (5) |
| 21 | Noted Sid returning and ex leaving, put out (13) |
| 24 | Late-starting affinity for charm (7) |
| 25 | Got crazy, wearing feathers in colony of rodents (3,4) |
| 26 | Incorrectly label an envelope; note poor trim (10) |
| 27 | Pale, essentially scrawny, and short (4) |
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Down
| 1 | Places for viewing canines maintaining awful din? (3,7) |
| 2 | Do annoy suspect when both hands are up? (7) |
| 4 | Having a specialized tax status, the result of a visit to an amateur tailor? (9) |
| 5 | Originally, worker misplaced mail for Mrs. Flintstone (5) |
| 6 | Princesses's attendant, yawning, laid it out (4-2-7) |
| 7 | Lexicographer traps trio of terrapins (7) |
| 8 | Fixes trucks (4) |
| 10 | Get the wrong idea, damn it, distressed about breaks (13) |
| 13 | Distributing candy canes with upper hand (10) |
| 16 | Praised a general capturing returning traitors (9) |
| 18 | Edits Russian performances (7) |
| 20 | University cubbyholes harboring first of Harvard releases (7) |
| 22 | Bury in the empty sepulcher, eventually (5) |
| 23 | Backing appropriate crowd (4) |
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