The fifteensquared blog on the puzzle is here.
ACROSS
1 AFRO; a + anag.
4 COMPONENT; P on for m in comment
9 ABALONES; alone in ABs
10 ACUMEN; Cu in amen
11 KNOTWORK; not + row (rev.) in K K
12 BRIGHT; r in bight
13 ACACIA; c in acai + a
14 THREE-PLY; e in th(e) reply & lit.
16 FIVEFOLD; anag.
18 ULLAGE; e.g. all U (all rev.)
20 EIGHTY; (w)eighty
22 PANCETTA; pan + anag. + ta
23 SPINAL; spin al(l)
25 THIRTEEN; t in ire in then
26 TWENTY-ONE; 2 mngs.
27 SURF; s(c)urf
DOWN
2 FIBONACCI; fib on acc I
3 OOLITIC; anag. in Co. (rev.)
4 CONSOLATORY; anag.
5 MUSAK; a in musk
6 OVA; initial letters
7 ERUDITE; E + it in rude
8 TEETH; tee th(at)
12 BARQUENTINE; anag.
14 TAD; ta(me)d
15 LIGHT YEAR; light + year(n)
17 ENHANCE; anag. + (d)ance
19 LAERTES; set real (all rev.)
21 INPUT; p in I nut
22 PATIO; I tap (rev.) + o
24 LIT; 2 mngs. (one abbrev.)
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