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Across
1 Genuinely reduced increase for William (3)
21 Arab probing for a source of edible rootstock (4) _ ar _
27 Centrepiece is removed from green hub (5) _ a _ ve
49 Edmund's country wife missing from Hebridean town lane (3) _ nd

Down
1 Money taken away from mean unpaid worker (4) _ s _ e
8 Sullen local bits making passes in East London (6) PO _ R _ S
23 Winged insect is evidently dropping dead crossing France (8)
_ _ a _ efly (CRANEFLY? but cannot parse)

21 taro ? (edible rootstock) cannot parse

27 would work if it was 4 letters
green = naive, remove centre to get nave, a hub

re 21, perhaps it is using 'for' as a synonym for 'to'

23 Cranefly

Anagram of - France

Evidently = Clearly - drop 'Clear' (Dead) - ly

Clear profit/Dead profit

??

Here's the puzzle if anyone wants a look.


https://www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/magazine/crossword

Yes, clearly. Very clever.

That was a response to Mattprom!

Mamya. Yes - I should have got that one. It almost had to be cranefly but I did not spot the anagram (plus).

Mamya - thanks for putting up the puzzle. I tried, but the system prevented me as I am only a recent poster.

1d Esne (a slave)

Mesne (mean)
Minus M for money.

???