You’ll need chemistry knowledge and more to solve this cryptic crossword!
Across
| 1 | Thumped dunce got pH confused (7) |
| 5 | See 3d (7) |
| 9 | Bring it around to restrain horse (7) |
| 10 | Muddled multiethnic etc removed for element (7) |
| 11 | Russian chemist mistakenly delivered me mint (6, 9) |
| 12 | See 18a (6) |
| 14 | Cup leper prepared for herbalist (8) |
| 17 | Restrain wild areas (8) |
| 18, 12 | 18, 12Others trying to unravel this idea? (6, 6) |
| 21 | Confused choristers elope for analysis (15) |
| 24 | Path a Northerner took to find hidden furnace (7) |
| 25 | Internal mail a mosque returned to African country (7) |
| 26 | President in style confusion (7) |
| 27 | Any salt compound for chemist (7) |
Down
| 1 | Tried mixing 5 down for olivine (7) |
| 2 | Ran online puzzle-not straightforward! (9) |
| 3, 5a | 03, 5aPreachers sob about ammonia production (5, 7) |
| 4 | Smut a leading Dame returned for points (6) |
| 5 | Element symbolic of an Italian river? (8) |
| 6 | Ten photos developed there and then (2, 3, 4) |
| 7 | Even he’ll hit the top! (5) |
| 8 | Mar a small sovereign for tea with 11 across? (7) |
| 13 | Treats can turn into chemicals (9) |
| 15 | Dissenting chemist sounds clerical (9) |
| 16 | Radon ran amok for European (8) |
| 17 | See 19d (7) |
| 19, 17 | 19, 17Get that parsley prepared for treatment (7, 7) |
| 20 | Blended hashish not hot in this pipe! (6) |
| 22 | Radical lye and thorium compound (5) |
| 23 | Strum balalaika for concealed dance (5) |
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