Across
1 Painful condition caused by cold in ramshackle hill cabin (9) CHILBLAIN*
5 Morning ritual cut short for a divine drink (5) AM RIT
8 Let no ape be mistaken for another mammal (8) ANTELOPE*
9 Saif is upset over business failure (6) FIAS*CO
11 Somewhat less important musical key (5) MINOR
12 Wealthy one buying shares for quick profit escorts first of elders to German House (9) R(E)ICH STAG
13 Spirit, a drop of alcohol swallowed by evil spirit (6) D(A)EMON
14 A memorial to peacekeepers getting back in short time (8) MO(NU<-)MENT
16 The preferred entrance for candidates with pull (4-4) BACK-DOOR
18 A struggle for doctor, wearing a jacket (6) CO(MB)AT
22 Something added by quiet writer in a proverb (9) A(P)(PEN)DAGE
23 I leave an apparition in anger (5) WRA(-I)TH
24 Loud, empty talk — the stuff of balloons? (3,3) HOT AIR
25 Such a missile is fired in flight (3-2-3) AIR-TO-AIR
26 Prison camp featured in Solzhenitsyn’s work (5) GULAG
27 Treason is wrong — that is a positive statement (9) ASSERTION*
Down
1 Enchanted by daily, medico lost 50 per cent (7) CHAR MED(-ICO)
2 Passionate in the past, for example (7) IN TENSE
3 Taking formal steps as a social activity! (8,7) BALLROOM DANCING
4 Hope to confuse nameless Persian (6) ASPIRE(-N)*
5 One not in his element, like a swimmer denied oxygen (1, 4, 3, 2, 5) A FISH OUT OF WATER
6 Decoration for a girl, one who checks tickets on train (7) ROSE TTE
7 It is considered an idea (7) THOUGHT (nicely thought!)
10 Intolerant person with strong views gets a large collection of books (5) BIG OT
15 The kind of treatment a king would get from a viceroy always (5) ROYAL
16 A wrestler’s hold made famous by Khrushchev? (4,3) BEAR HUG
17 First-rate seat of government (7) CAPITAL
19 In India, one Tamil poet (7) BHARAT I
20 A city to hearten rebels (7) TEHERAN*
21 A category of creatures including one showing exceptional ability (6) GEN(I)US
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