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1-across – I don’t know times to go round : PASSBY

4-across – Commotion from Spare by Prince : POTHER

9-across – Frank washes hands : STRAIGHTFLUSHES

10-across – Lucky escape for one after virus : FLUKEY

11-across – Stirring drinks in pub: large one re-ordered in litres : PHILTRES

12-across – Land in trouble, British and American bank providing protection : BARBADOS

14-across – You might see irony in this bore chasing it : SATIRE

15-across – Artist bent over, inspired by unopened magic mushroom : AGARIC

18-across – Home team to shoot first : FIRESIDE

21-across – Throughout the last month, hospital department is close to the bone : INDECENT

22-across – Wooden trough at the front blocking stable : STOLID

24-across – Reward for going in kennel has had dog barking : GOLDENHANDSHAKE

25-across – Short skirts in August? Bachelor extremely excited to be introduced : ABRUPT

26-across – Seller of cooker missing ring to con rector : VENDOR

1-down – Secretary to reveal a bit of leg : PATELLA

2-down – Fire blankets left hanging : SLACK

3-down – Mostly stiff around golf hole: dropped a shot : BOGEYED

5-down – Hey! Girls going out, they might be boring : OILRIGS

6-down – Stalls his estate after turning around : HESITATES

7-down – We hear row with love being stuck in a rut? : ROEDEER

8-down – Listener has one song’s intro on both sides of cassette : STAPES

13-down – Celebrate with clothes removed during heavy session: one serves alcohol : BARTENDER

16-down – Boat to travel north: see the sights of city : GONDOLA

17-down – Bank in competition to win a lot of money : CLEANUP

18-down – Fine for Conservative primarily avoiding tax: greedy so-and-so : FATCAT

19-down – Novelist to go after press : RUSHDIE

20-down – Sponge outline from designer tattooist : DRINKER

23-down – Expressed satisfaction with loves: that man would : OOHED

1-across – Equine and ovine attached to a tool I use : ANAGRAM

5-across – Language basic, I await your call! : PHONEME

10-across – NY baseball team’s backstop : STEM

11-across – See 12 : AXETOGRIND

12-across – A tax haven ignored foolishly, bear a grudge : HAVEAN

13-across – Story and information about parent, vassal : LIEGEMAN

14-across – O for one damned exercise that involves little time : BLOODTYPE

16-across – One lifting stones? : JEWEL

17-across – See 16 : THIEF

19-across – Ceremony in honour of African country, stuffing knocked out of Turkey! : FORMALITY

23-across – See 27 : MONDRIAN

24-across – Leech in cat’s paw? : SUCKER

26-across – Alaskan animal with dark beak, I gathered, visited by duck : KODIAKBEAR

27-across – Artist: I paint modern shapes : PIET

28-across – Uniform, novel colour shown : USHERED

29-across – Producing match in laboratory, stick masks on : CLONING

2-down – All the green bottles put up before party game : NETBALL

3-down – Putting gift in bog, I’m mean : GIMME

4-down – VAT restricting profits? : AGAINST

6-down – US president, a 24? : HOOVER

7-down – Conductor giving brass little room : NERVECELL

8-down – Sequence of pictures on label tucked in by me : MONTAGE

9-down – Beautifully furnished place enclosed by remarkably deep wall : WELLAPPOINTED

15-down – Gear required with reference to tee shot : OVERDRIVE

18-down – Gangster, initially offensive, often swearing, curses : HOODOOS

20-down – Current suspension, test failing to start : MISTRAL

21-down – Check beneath article in that place : THEREIN

22-down – Rough edges on large cutting tool : SICKLE

25-down – Cock leg beyond limit : CAPON

1-across – Moves chess pieces, with son suffering checks for crazy plans : CASTLESINSPAIN

9-across – Princess tucked into sweets with Rector and Dean? : ICESKATER

10-across – Loose woman in the family losing face : UNTIE

11-across – Judgment carrying a lot of weight shortened conflict : FATWA

12-across – Make good beer one’s mixed with rum : REIMBURSE

13-across – Like GIs in WW2, it’s said — and what the buggers do! : OVERHEAR

14-across – As members may be with a novel personal problem : AKIMBO

17-across – After start of swingers’ party, fellow’s wanting a rest : SIESTA

19-across – Women love jollies by club, getting taste of absinthe : WORMWOOD

22-across – One’s pickled fish in a couple of litres, I see : ALCOHOLIC

24-across – Saucy stuff in Latin, two lots of it going around : SALSA

25-across – Check this person’s getting into bed abroad : LIMIT

26-across – Running about at first, getting severe cramp : CONSTRICT

27-across – One’s behind nurse admitting trouble with cocaine : TAILENDCHARLIE

1-down – Force head cook to consume current prison food : CHIEFCONSTABLE

2-down – That lady’s keeping warm, getting cover : SHEATHE

3-down – Liberal president gets equally popular at once : LIKEASHOT

4-down – Barbecued meat wraps you picked up on road when footie match is on? : SATURDAY

5-down – Swedes, say, are done with rice, endlessly cooked : NORDIC

6-down – Smack bum without hesitation, given choice at first : PLUMB

7-down – Picaroon’s supporting football club in transition period : INTERIM

8-down – Kind of stock car owned by present Conservative PM briefly : HEREFORDCATTLE

15-down – In part, USA makes up advice for Congress : KAMASUTRA

16-down – Liable to explode, am I able to cut a lot of spice up? : VOLCANIC

18-down – Praises high income tax with no 25s : ENCOMIA

20-down – Time to leave work by philosopher, where work is pressing : OILMILL

21-down – Firm pastry cases in glass container : FLACON

23-down – Golf follower getting height on ball allowed to rise : HOTEL

1-across – Looking for Eastern investment in capital once : PEEKING

5-across – Problem on the phone, call Austen character : DILEMMA

9-across – Bedouin’s domain, not one to be tampered with : NOMAD

10-across – Form features instant fights : TICKBOXES

11-across – Charged with disrupting first half of Ariana Grande performance : ARRAIGNED

12-across – Radioactive element and/or manufactured gas : RADON

13-across – Off the cuff in 9 6 : ADLIB

15-across – Strange times covered by great work of knowledge : EPISTEMIC

18-across – Fish scales and water? : STARSIGNS

19-across – Went out, being old : DATED

21-across – Dance and drink with graduate : RUMBA

23-across – Window covers dope in out-of-sight location : BLINDSPOT

25-across – Plants start to bloom in joy : EUPHORBIA

26-across – Love for one European river or another : RHONE

27-across – Reformed sex cheat to admit Philistine employs repeated pretexts : THESAME

28-across – See 27 : EXCUSES

1-down – Old continent pagan converted by Hare Krishna at last : PANGAEA

2-down – Hugo’s character is damsel in distress about period : ESMERALDA

3-down – Primate is a bit of a gin drinker : INDRI

4-down – Pioneering book to throw big blue net around queen and country : GUTENBERG

5-down – Gambled in pieces : DICED

6-down – Blair regularly criticised for what he and Bush allegedly did to Iraq : LIBERATED

7-down – Trash poem using them? : MIXED

8-down – As organised resistance set letters out : ARSENIC

14-down – Beat supervisor with an egg? More than one! : BOSSANOVA

16-down – This month I get a flying start : INSTIGATE

17-down – See 7 : METAPHORS

18-down – Excessive number of waves? Tie up! : SURFEIT

20-down – This red revolution is not decisive : DITHERS

22-down – Structure ultimately supporting crooked palm tree : MAPLE

23-down – See 4 : BIBLE

24-down – Like some columns in a Scottish language : DORIC

1-across – Very round coin placed on back of bureau quickly : SUBITO

4-across – Old scorer with a header for Chelsea hugged by a coach : ABACUS

9-across – See 17 : DOWN

10-across – A peak around Northern Cheyenne, say : AMERINDIAN

11-across – In conversation, I see cunning pattern : ARGYLE

12-across – Ire with steed unbridled — most likely to bend? : REEDIEST

13-across – New arrival, baby infant finally grabbing spiritual leader’s attention? : YEAROFTHE

15-across – Non-starter, particular offensive : ICKY

16-across – Fix direction : TACK

17-across – Trendy opening weakens book : WATERSHIP

21-across – Fuddy-duddy had been observed by epicurean, we hear? : DINOSAUR

22-across – Amateur joins theatre for show again : REPLAY

24-across – Mashed blend, asset for bangers? : STEELBANDS

25-across – Ass that is kicking out duck : TWIT

26-across – See 27 : BEATTY

27-across – Actor reporting telecommunications provider on the underground network? : WARREN

1-down – Curse company that’s invested in sudden increase : SCOURGE

2-down – Like a cake with old chicken for a vixen : BUNNY

3-down – Is this East End criminal strained? : TEALEAF

5-down – See 2 : BOILER

6-down – Bits of fish in Elizabethan containers : CODPIECES

7-down – Old detective whose partner was in smaller residence than 27? : STARSKY

8-down – Police document conflict in NHS, rat race ghastly : SEARCHWARRANT

14-down – Pre-cook fresh crab essentially for Tommy, say : ROCKOPERA

16-down – Get to load part of gun up — a revolver? : TWINTUB

18-down – Vast region, area is spread round capital in Uzbekistan : EURASIA

19-down – European boxer punches giant after wiping brow : ITALIAN

20-down – See 13 : RABBIT

23-down – Diminish 20 : PETER

1-across – Food fixed by chance : BREAKFAST

6-across – 1 across satede? : FULL

8-across – Flower blooming ultimately through warm feeling in a den? : FOXGLOVE

9-across – Warm, as a 1 across item? : TOASTY

10-across – Criminal, one finishing off something for 1 across, did you say? : SERIAL

11-across – Toy in inspection recalled, water having got in : TRAINSET

12-across – Artist in trench briefly : WARHOL

15-across – Wheels feeling rotten on set of bells : CARILLON

16-across – 1 across that’s served in jug : PORRIDGE

19-across – Lector’s failed to notice a title : MISTER

21-across – See 20 : SANDWICH

22-across – Someone gasping, almost retaining old seat : POUFFE

24-across – See 10 : KILLER

25-across – Country’s revolutionary feels pain, having poached eggs and kippers, originally : SLOVAKIA

26-across – Initially forgotten, extra obligation : ONUS

27-across – Find club jolly : DISCOVERY

1-down – Drink bringing Bronx cheers, by the sound of it? : BOOZE

2-down – See 6 across : ENGLISH

3-down – Small mound, a little hill on Kos that’s raised : KNOLL

4-down – Clean empty pocket I filled in a moment : ASEPTIC

5-down – Peg put up, coat finally secured, bringing four-letter word! : TETRAGRAM

6-down – Cleaner bilge : FLANNEL

7-down – Flexible, elastic item with holes : LITHESOME

13-down – Homage a teacher keeps in proportion : ADORATION

14-down – Romantic song and direly mushy : LADYINRED

17-down – Posers, twin daughters thrown in nettles : RIDDLES

18-down – Ancient city where relative undressed, South America : EPHESUS

20-down – Possible item for 1 across: breban gerad? : SAUSAGE

22-down – Picture tropical river banks : PHOTO

23-down – Spirit pretty holy in the end : FAIRY

1-across – See 17 : IMAGING

5-across – The late tragic Jesse Owens? : ATHLETE

9-across – Look to cover the centre of wound dressing : GAUZE

10-across – Real gold, 24 ct, I fancy : AUTHENTIC

11-across – Hapless fellow finally dines: terribly posh establishments with awful working conditions : SWEATSHOPS

12-across – See 4 : ONES

14-across – Unorthodox priest with job providing inspiration to dance : TERPSICHORE

18-across – Secret family decree in advance : CLANDESTINE

21-across – Call round : RING

22-across – One egg and one roast cooked for starters : INITIATORS

25-across – Unlikely relief at chancellor’s contribution : FATCHANCE

26-across – Grumpy pirate’s not quiet : IRATE

27-across – Permission to take off uniform in misleading nice clue : LICENCE

28-across – Jews initially hate allowing skirts to be pulled back : HASIDIM

1-down – Eat for a laugh, as they say : INGEST

2-down – Tickled by 14 for one in the current era : AMUSED

3-down – Nice small top slips — being embraced by one naked causes awkwardness : INEPTITUDE

4-down – Show anger in a different way: he’s a gent, sincere at heart : GNASH

5-down – Perhaps it’s a pain having to eat trout’s head for starters : ANTIPASTI

6-down – What’s up with the Spanish setter’s instruction? : HEEL

7-down – Start of exercise with 10, repeated thus on right muscle : EXTENSOR

8-down – In finale, Johnny at last became monetised : ENCASHED

13-down – Outlines school team playing pieces regularly : SCHEMATICS

15-down – See 17 : RESONANCE

16-down – Sneering at origins of severe cases of rampant new flu variant : SCORNFUL

17-down – Way to test attractive and unusual scenario: men becoming mature! : MAGNETIC

19-down – Occasionally in the present, as well as in the past : NOWAND

20-down – Lauder mascara’s top value : ESTEEM

23-down – See 4 : TEETH

24-down – See 19 : THEN

1-across – Your tormentor is a crony in religious office : IMAMATE

5-across – Gruff personnel fitted in perfectly, surly ultimately : THROATY

10-across – Aware of chain, one’s shackled : INON

11-across – Old Olympian back on sherry, safe inside bar : MARYPETERS

12-across – Scorer, one recovering having missed header? : ETCHER

13-across – Whistler paintings observed after artist finally leaves : TREFOILS

14-across – Design of short race that’s divided into sections : ORCHESTRA

16-across – Saint has dropped in, sharp! : CRISP

17-across – Terrific increase : SWELL

19-across – Borough after female leader, young ladies on parade : MAYQUEENS

23-across – Blithering ethicist, most irritating : ITCHIEST

24-across – English flower and Egyptian spirit discovering expression? : EUREKA

26-across – Given hindsight, adults in haze, one hating marriage : MISOGAMIST

27-across – Great coup from Walkers, did you say? : FEAT

28-across – Chance initially blown, America stepping in, typically : ASUSUAL

29-across – Opposite written by poet? : INVERSE

2-down – Tremendous artist, 16’s cousin : MONSTER

3-down – See 2 : MUNCH

4-down – Qualities we hear in Frazzles poked by doctor : TIMBRES

6-down – Frog artist? : HOPPER

7-down – Courteous cooks give work to others : OUTSOURCE

8-down – Excitement when Quavers passed round hotel : THRILLS

9-down – Vermin that’s infernal, heart of Satan, get — different child? : FRATERNALTWIN

15-down – 16’s cousin in dance bands : HULAHOOPS

18-down – Which models for 16’s cousin? : WOTSITS

20-down – 16, one of 5 divided by 10, possibly? : QUENTIN

21-down – Dancin’ to reggae for flippin’ 16’s cousin! : NIKNAKS

22-down – State of Virginia invading Middle Eastern port from the south : NEVADA

25-down – Common to bandage left arm : RIFLE

1-across – Greek character’s collared by drunk philosopher : SOPHIST

5-across – One’s involved in backing country’s diet : REGIMEN

9-across – Day daughter omitted to follow Latin primate? : LORIS

10-across – Excellent T-shirt on fellow at fair? : TOPFLIGHT

11-across – Relish being shut off in Amiens, surprisingly : ENTHUSIASM

12-across – Be annoying, when a good chap abandons dog : MIFF

14-across – Gossip needs time to enter name and two temporary initials in account : TITTLETATTLE

18-across – Exhausted and is taken aback by ‘5’ in part of crossword that’s comprehensive : ALLINCLUSIVE

21-across – Sack author who’s ditched two leading characters : OUST

22-across – Fancy gemstone inlaid with an exotic fruit : MANGOSTEEN

25-across – Report: ‘Former political organisation is on rocks’ : EXPLOSION

26-across – Move made by bird that’s lost its independence : BUDGE

27-across – Herb carries, ultimately, the can for VIP’s team? : RETINUE

28-across – Part of group, including FBI agents : SEGMENT

1-down – One who soothes a charger : SALVER

2-down – Do to keep one’s equivalence : PARITY

3-down – Totally unconcerned at home, with a very small amount of money, not able to include one : INSOUCIANT

4-down – Orchestral passage — dear me, it’s over! : TUTTI

5-down – Espresso’s lousy — take it back! : REPOSSESS

6-down – What greedy consumers do about Cork County : GULP

7-down – Artist from China, imbued with strength of character : MAGRITTE

8-down – Informant? I dispute that with raging fire! : NOTIFIER

13-down – Gather electronic device is a pest : HARVESTBUG

15-down – Full of gas, it goes up in nasty vat leak : TALKATIVE

16-down – One bent on disrupting airline’s return route somehow? : SABOTEUR

17-down – Top shelf made suitable for high living? : FLESHPOT

19-down – Spur found to Cleopatra’s right? : NEEDLE

20-down – Most outstanding head moves down, as pests do : INFEST

23-down – John gains name on the inside : GENTS

24-down – See 6 : DOWN

8-across – Letters from first eleven taken wrongly : HIJACKED

9-across – Unyielding in charge, like the Screwtape Letters? : IRONIC

10-across – Nymph’s letter for the radio : ECHO

11-across – Leaders in the Economist repeated, repeated within as paired discussions : TETEATETES

12-across – Hustle confused seeker of purloined letter, for example : SLEUTH

14-across – Open University letter, moving right to left, that gives better options : ROULETTE

15-across – Submit page on Oscar in ordinary language : PROPOSE

17-across – Letters rewritten for newcomer : SETTLER

20-across – Our object, discarding hearts and starting with clubs, is trying to win hand : COURTING

22-across – Ministerial assistant’s uniform in box : CURATE

23-across – Dave, having misplaced vowels, said to be very upset : DEVASTATED

24-across – Letter’s demand producing tear : RENT

25-across – Car model’s sound — G, J, P or R, initially : BEATLE

26-across – It scores at least 14 in itself : SCRABBLE

1-down – Like letter in Dombey and Son that a lot of people get : CIRCULAR

2-down – A couple of letters said to deliver final blow : KAYO

3-down – Outline of character, say, son inscribed on boat : SKETCH

4-down – Recipients of letters I sorted wrongly : EDITORS

5-down – Section of literature replaced by one letter that links two of them : LIGATURE

6-down – Something warm that may be used to press a suit : LOVELETTER

7-down – Is uplifting part of Christian year, like parts of hymn and psalm : SILENT

13-down – Like parts of eg UK, over time, for ruling class : UPPERCASTE

16-down – Spell of work on island that makes capital : SHIFTKEY

18-down – Snarl from figure in world of magic not opening letter : ENTANGLE

19-down – Person overusing one vowel — so get it changed : EGOTIST

21-down – Dish included in some letters, as Americans serve it : OMELET

22-down – They work on transforming characters, reforming credos : CODERS

24-down – Are you followed by bee and why? It’s said to make you red : RUBY