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1-across – Have to follow safety test for record label : MOTOWN

4-across – Barker’s call for a cigarette : ROLLUP

9-across – First progenitor? : ADAM

10-across – Drinking wine, croon covers of Lead Belly in a bad way : SHOCKINGLY

11-across – During archaeological work, nothing’s in the shade : INDIGO

12-across – Unthinking king — born idiot! : KNEEJERK

13-across – He’s on the end of a cross termagant’s raving : TARGETMAN

15-across – European leaves America just like that : THUS

16-across – Material that floats in either end of creek : CORK

17-across – Distressed pangolins’ sound heard in church : PLAINSONG

21-across – Family member you heard laugh creates uproar : BROUHAHA

22-across – Foul air current inhaled by maternal grandmother : MIASMA

24-across – Break into mostly crazy book full of it : BONKBUSTER

25-across – Fare from India, not heading for Thai island : BALI

26-across – Shelter fenced off by a German lady : EILEEN

27-across – Perhaps ham or starter of piri-piri chicken? : PLAYER

1-down – Singer put on that fellow’s clothing article : MADONNA

2-down – Satisfied after raising sleuth’s rates : TEMPI

3-down – Rain-hit event wasn’t in entertaining hotel : WASHOUT

5-down – Men on island around northern British Isles : ORKNEY

6-down – See no good PM save on underwear : LONGJOHNS

7-down – Star is to divide opinion after striking finale : POLARIS

8-down – Seizing end piece, conceited revellers may get a punch here : COCKTAILPARTY

14-down – Art of songwriting shown by Elgar furiously penning dance music : GARFUNKEL

16-down – Nibble away at my caviar? Penny tucks into it : CORRODE

18-down – Wrong marks twice taken in by person setting exam : IMMORAL

19-down – Moving more freely, medic dives into one river, then another : NIMBLER

20-down – About to follow football team — it’s put out on field : MANURE

23-down – At intervals, gamely holding jacket for Bob Monkhouse? : ABBEY

8-across – Every now and then Joe has awful feelings of resentment towards a rival : JEALOUSY

9-across – Sexy kiss for Romeo’s fancy : EXOTIC

10-across – Top banana? : BEST

11-across – See 10 : OFTHEBUNCH

12-across – Swordsman who works at the end of the garden? : FENCER

14-across – Perhaps cold egg in Irish stew : RHINITIS

15-across – In essence, God, Buddha and Jesu use idiosyncrasy : ODDNESS

17-across – A prize being wasted : ATROPHY

20-across – Solvers surrounded by rats in flipping sanctuary? Don’t ask! : NEVERYOU

22-across – Relish being in Glasgow as a bisexual : WASABI

23-across – Accessories for Caroline and Peggy Sue? : SUNGLASSES

24-across – See 20 : MIND

25-across – Made up for United having dismal start : ATONED

26-across – Approach clear river : OVERTURE

1-down – Minister’s cut always included : REVEREND

2-down – Lacklustre meat cooked for fellow resident : FLAT

3-down – In time, hesitation can be fun : HUMOUR

4-down – Philistine’s tyres blown? That’s hard to explain : MYSTERY

5-down – Ramshackle antiquity appearing in adverts regularly : DERELICT

6-down – Big and bright benevolent heart at first : VOLUMINOUS

7-down – Korean-inspired meals can have it for starters : KIMCHI

13-down – Coming together, some work as nuns : CONVERGENT

16-down – Broadcaster’s drawback covered up : SKYWARDS

18-down – Champion welcomes a boycott of hot stuff : HABANERO

19-down – Picture a reason for a sensitive person to delay drinking tea? : MUGSHOT

21-down – Leave secured by you, once up for union : EQUITY

22-down – That woman is following her organisation’s desires : WISHES

24-down – See 2 : MATE

1-across – As some stones of course ground, grit’s back : ROSECUT

5-across – Say what you might do with cheese for bird? : GREYTIT

9-across – Player referring to publication’s withdrawal : GAMER

10-across – See 28 : BROADCAST

11-across – Fruit: bloke gets one out : MANGOSTEEN

12-across – Be honest, singer flat: lack of effort about the same? : CALL

14-across – Fun with a tot never in doubt for abandoned child : ENFANTTROUVE

18-across – See 12 : ASPADEASPADE

21-across – Father held back by mother, I see : SIRE

22-across – Britain is split about one getting behind party — what might reward loyalty? : DOGBISCUIT

25-across – Laying off vodka in particular, atmosphere initially has turned sour : OVIPAROUS

26-across – Part needing no introduction, slow burner : EMBER

27-across – See 24 : KITTENS

28-across – Programme that’s tedious? : OUTSIDE

1-down – Ruling system, for example, welcomed by prince after revolution : REGIME

2-down – One day in solitary on the borders for religious offence : SIMONY

3-down – Stew seeing German city commer­cial: worry about that : CARBONNADE

4-down – Norman’s half-hearted uprising in Far Eastern land : TIBET

5-down – March, when bird with budgies and canaries flying north? : GOOSESTEP

6-down – Current dispute, sound and fury ultimately : EDDY

7-down – Where pain registered like that, a hit lodged? : THALAMUS

8-down – Wrecked, having carried round the entire load : TOTALLED

13-down – I go on trail that’s colourful : IRIDESCENT

15-down – Similar capital in Uganda, Angola so different : ANALOGOUS

16-down – Key pulling spring up in timing mechanism : CAPSLOCK

17-down – Role is in religious text for Riley, say? : OPARTIST

19-down – Asian metropolis offering relative security, briefly : MUMBAI

20-down – Go without eyeball having restricted vision, primarily : STARVE

23-down – Voice of albatross, a bird ascending : BASSO

24-down – Produce little balls of fluff and feel hair stand on end? : HAVE

9-across – Making flat denial at first, then have to reveal a U-turn in government policy? : LEVELLING

10-across – Said one was equipped for work in the Garden State : IDAHO

11-across – Nameless criminal and comic : GAGSTER

12-across – Heavily beaten by mistress : OVERRUN

13-across – Confuse with nonsense — initially, they wouldn’t leave : ADDLE

14-across – One may come up with ‘The Future’s Green’, also ‘Green Revolution’ : SLOGANEER

16-across – Conservative pals may coin it freely — that’s about right with this : CRONYCAPITALISM

19-across – One right suppressed among others — tough! : RESILIENT

21-across – Are talk shows being withdrawn next? : LATER

22-across – Talked of private grudge : RANCOUR

23-across – After year out, south coast team’s internationals destroyed City : POMPEII

24-across – Abandon a lot of mates outside America : WAIVE

25-across – On the job with lady occasionally entertained — which a certain politician aspired to be? : WORLDKING

1-down – One taking steps to record driver originally going through sign : CLOGDANCER

2-down – A good rave largely annoyed an Italian law man : AVOGADRO

3-down – Was effective around left — that bloke’s happy : BLITHE

4-down – Complain about one ‘inadvertently misleading’ Parliament? : LIAR

5-down – Crop expert disheartened fighting simpleton over time : AGRONOMIST

6-down – Movies : CINERAMA

7-down – … horror one for PM’s ‘closest adviser’? : CARRIE

8-down – See 9 : DOWN

14-down – Mark and Charlie worse off without — they’re not exactly smart in their field : SCARECROWS

15-down – On motorway, transport’s beginning to conk out — hitching again! : REMARRIAGE

17-down – Cry due to looking old : YELLOWED

18-down – Inherit a settlement, generally felt to be imminent : INTHEAIR

20-down – Finally register wrong family : SINKIN

21-down – Boy gets lots of information in a letter : LAMBDA

22-down – Wake up hearing arguments : ROWS

23-down – Green area is quiet place of refuge : PARK

9-across – A writer thus recalled joining Telegraph after vacancy — master of manipulation? : OSTEOPATH

10-across – Love found by a number after gender transition? : AMOUR

11-across – Right plugs please for thin flow : TRICKLE

12-across – Reported ability to appreciate for board : PALETTE

13-across – Certainly not unbuttoned, back to front : NOPE

14-across – Chief serving shipping route? : MAINCOURSE

16-across – Shifty backward pass received by First Lady : EVASIVE

17-across – Key word or phrase contains first of text penned by witch : HASHTAG

19-across – Singer in tizzy, music perhaps getting stick earlier? : RODSTEWART

22-across – Fair game, lamprey’s caught : MELA

24-across – Some kind of denim’s OK, perhaps? : ANAGRAM

25-across – File in or head for the exit? : GROWOLD

26-across – Japanese creation, great achievement by the sound of it? : HAIKU

27-across – A rogue in a car alongside me offering Emmylou Harris memorabilia, perhaps? : AMERICANA

1-down – Creation of ‘7’ playwright tries: laugh about that with another 7 : HORTONHEARSAWHO

2-down – The opaque moon constant over a country : ETHIOPIA

3-down – See 23 : SOCKS

4-down – A racket thrown over back of fence, don’t get hurt : TAKECARE

5-down – I’ll drive you south of capital in Caracas, maestro : CHOPIN

6-down – In Bavaria, certainly one lake hot: river cooler : JAILHOUSE

7-down – Spike kind of funny, if doubled up? : DOCTOR

8-down – Commonplace sutures encourage smooth creation of ‘7’ : GREENEGGSANDHAM

15-down – Spooner’s pitcher of beer for dance? : JITTERBUG

17-down – Geronimo for instance eaten by lions : HEREGOES

18-down – Creation of ‘7’ with scalpel, head removed, cutting into chest : THELORAX

20-down – Sound clasps unprepared for hook : DRAWIN

21-down – Pill cut up for animal : WOMBAT

23-down – Creation of ‘7’: poisons initially unseen imbibed by large numbers, not fifty : FOXIN

1-across – Rugby formation picking up a bone : SACRUM

4-across – Spend a penny gathering mud ants : PISMIRES

9-across – Abundance of reflected light before first sign of dawn : NOEND

10-across – Proponent of a doctor drinking vodka ends with separation : ADVOCATOR

11-across – Invasive species weren’t far out : WATERFERN

12-across – One doubted if Bob is leading poet : DYLAN

13-across – Mandarin orange centre shown in Sir Clive TV broadcast : CIVILSERVANT

17-across – A dishwasher may be good for the opposition : LABOURSAVING

20-across – Dressage de lycée? : HAUTE

21-across – Chrysler or Ford or a Team UK assembly : AUTOMAKER

23-across – Mean Girls damned by harsh critics : MALIGNERS

24-across – See 20 : ECOLE

25-across – Like operating surgeons having clean place to sleep : SCRUBBED

26-across – Trade cycle report : PEDDLE

1-down – Somehow banks on the first person in Germany to provide food : SANDWICH

2-down – React badly on Philistine’s becoming artistic : CREATIVE

3-down – Foreign articles take advantage of court record’s ultimate drama : UNDER

5-down – Half invoke All Saint’s Day parody about truth after a few : INVINOVERITAS

6-down – Comedian running a country until recently : MACEDONIA

7-down – Informer regularly talked to confuse : RATTLE

8-down – From Caesar on Gaul: it’s a wrap! : SARONG

10-down – Canine exchange to follow this legal framework? : ANEYEFORANEYE

14-down – Zip up seaside town in play : LLAREGGUB

15-down – See 3 : MILKWOOD

16-down – Wrong man needed to fashion graven image : AGGRIEVE

18-down – See 12 : THOMAS

19-down – Nevertheless, tell the officer finally who did it! : BUTLER

22-down – I don’t buy this setter’s issue of contention in 10 : MYEYE

7-across – Group of 3 that is following yours truly to swim across the Channel : MENAGERIE

8-across – Stars participating in trashy drama : HYDRA

9-across – Potter’s follow-up shot can’t be fast, pocketing white second : FANTASTIC

10-across – Sordid, in the main? Crikey! : SEAMY

12-across – In the kitchen, moistens 9 3 : BASTES

13-across – Touring Switzerland, female with pride leaves current place of one of the 9 3 : LOCHNESS

14-across – Setter’s embraced by pop diva, having adult fantasy! : CHIMERA

17-across – Where to study mawkish stuff in highly valued company : UNICORN

20-across – Two insects biting horse, a whopper : BEHEMOTH

22-across – Pastry is a new filling food : DANISH

24-across – Deprived of love, Marx has yen for one of the 9 3 : HARPY

25-across – Torch along with others caught in vision : SETALIGHT

26-across – 9 3 still exists : YETIS

27-across – Separating from 9 creature during water sport : DIVORCING

1-down – Comeback of Cameron in extremely ashen state : NEVADA

2-down – Handyman has bit of dope and round belly : FACTOTUM

3-down – See 9 : BEASTS

4-down – Ludicrous guy bored by one’s article in Paris Match : RISIBLE

5-down – One of the 9 3 disheartened wordy French author no end : WYVERN

6-down – Guarantor for one disinclined to disburse? : PROMISER

11-down – About to enter hospital for medical examination : SCAN

15-down – Ambassador reverent about Elizabeth’s coat sounded like an ass : HEEHAWED

16-down – Maybe study Othello in revolutionary manner : ROOM

18-down – Win over clubs playing and failing around noon : CONVINCE

19-down – Photos capturing house in French or US capital : PHOENIX

21-down – 9 creature elevating English wit : ESPRIT

22-down – Formidable female criminal’s wrapping paper : DRAGON

23-down – Hard to crack misleading words by Times puzzle setter : SPHINX

1-across – Darn! Accepting credit leading to ruin : SCREWUP

5-across – Arguments about a 9’s impositions : TARIFFS

9-across – Capital! Old guy playing the field : ROMEO

10-across – Countryman rejected home at deer park, originally : PAKISTANI

11-across – So cheap it’s ridiculous, this previous form of transport : POSTCHAISE

12-across – Note cocaine and smack : CHIT

14-across – Figure’s toned and rather developed : TETRAHEDRON

18-across – Are sure to be in trouble during army detention : HOUSEARREST

21-across – Miserable reason for 8 7? : DOWN

22-across – See 21 : INTHEMOUTH

25-across – Make standard inside Scandinavian country : NORMALISE

26-across – Good hotel described as having limited appeal : NICHE

27-across – Silk in south-east courts not about to work : TUSSORE

28-across – Split from a rubbish Tory department : ABSCOND

1-down – Case of stout ready in bar : STRIPE

2-down – Negligent about failure : REMISS

3-down – Feller with glasses at Washington, right? : WOODCUTTER

4-down – Go quietly, American pig! : PEPPA

5-down – Cheers — doctor keeps half of hair gel : TAKESHAPE

6-down – Rebel forces Irish division raised : RISE

7-down – See 8 : FEATHERS

8-down – Fight a persistent battle, getting furious : SPITTING

13-down – Ready to include north? People involved in it having second thoughts : SENTIMENTS

15-down – Persecute Francesca on the stage wearing rubber : TYRANNISE

16-down – Savage taking too many drugs in comic novel : WHODUNIT

17-down – Kabul was gutted, right? Rebuilt defensive fortifications : BULWARKS

19-down – Ambassador’s sister vicious at heart : NUNCIO

20-down – Nurse invites the man inside : THEEND

23-down – Might one be spotted laughing? : HYENA

24-down – One about to make an alliance : NATO

9-across – A sheep fed cocoa, extremely hot drink : AMERICANO

10-across – See 20 : POUCH

11-across – At sea, naval disheartenment OK, I swear : TAKETHE

12-across – Reversed mystic symbol inscribed with a second charm : ENAMOUR

13-across – Lips on confectionery? That’s it! : CANDY

14-across – Behind vehicle, trailer? : SLOWCOACH

16-across – See 11 : LORDSNAMEINVAIN

19-across – Right exalted originally by right-wing theatre : REPERTORY

21-across – Money on counter, type of table? : READY

22-across – Girl’s well after setback, praise be! : HOSANNA

23-across – Italian city, intimate and more exotic : PALERMO

24-across – See 4 : CANEM

25-across – Book with ripped jacket, quality finally improving : ONTHEROAD

1-down – Remarkable point : PARTICULAR

2-down – See 21 across : RECKONER

3-down – Arctic land tax : WINTRY

4-down – Danger! Initially vicious, aggressive chihuahua’s turned up? : CAVE

5-down – See 25 : TORECOVERY

6-down – Look to file request for painter and decorator? : SPRAYCAN

7-down – Goddess a lion, did you say? : AURORA

8-down – Interminable annoyance for god : THOR

14-down – Shakespeare fan aswoon, very dizzy : SWANOFAVON

15-down – Writer of short stories loving a film actor : HENRYFONDA

17-down – Country in India toured by Singh or Patel, for example? : SURINAME

18-down – Just charge for that work in support of development in Africa : AFAIRCOP

20-down – Improper garment in which Carol’s welcomed by father: that’s painful! : POSING

21-down – Comfort priest in embrace of arbitrator : RELIEF

22-down – White hair shaved on top : HOCK

23-down – PM, hell for the Speaker? : PITT

9-across – Make good magazine earlier : ATONETIME

10-across – One inspects pupils losing way round Windows : OCULI

11-across – Giving a boost to Jack’s function : LIFTING

12-across – Top cleric’s scripture class fills course : PRELATE

13-across – Either half of sweetbread : LOLLY

14-across – Bare contents of French well, by the sound of it : AUNATUREL

16-across – Mad Bojo is in fact admitting day’s a reward for work? : JOBSATISFACTION

19-across – Silk may be found in this elevated part of Wimbledon : HIGHCOURT

21-across – Special day for old Roman teams : SIDES

22-across – Mostly clean quarterdeck for hobby? : PURSUIT

23-across – Server’s first to stop backing horse : BARISTA

24-across – Liquid waste, a by-product of hard labour : SWEAT

25-across – Eg Central Park race is about to block country bumpkin there : RUSINURBE

1-down – Orchestra catch up around start of joyful chorus : HALLELUJAH

2-down – Lots of holes in this wood perhaps : GOLFCLUB

3-down – Tax collecting? It’s fun! : LEVITY

4-down – Mass inspires fashionable man on board : KING

5-down – Working out goalie’s job, one appearing in paper : KEEPINGFIT

6-down – Solve Times cryptic crossword, initially at home? : DOMESTIC

7-down – A posh couple’s foreign 6? : AUPAIR

8-down – Help plan last first : AIDE

14-down – I see a scavenger going round creating flyers : AVICULTURE

15-down – Brown maybe settles on skip : LANDSCAPER

17-down – Current noble’s relations : ACCOUNTS

18-down – River Test’s vigour : INDUSTRY

20-down – Information about a way to tidy beds : GARDEN

21-down – Analyst’s quiet place for bowling : SHRINK

22-down – One’s often driven in job : POST

23-down – Tied up by strapping American : BUSY