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5-across – Red ring, one covered by pole : MAOIST

6-across – Little one in big boxes close to dustbin : INFANT

9-across – Take on a problem in extremes of solitude : ASSUME

10-across – Angels beginning to belch amid much ire, unfortunately : CHERUBIM

11-across – Time that flies? : BIRD

12-across – Marley had these situations hard to break, miser ultimately involved : DREADLOCKS

13-across – Someone permanently into his work, good he likes to party : GRAVEDIGGER

18-across – High — evidently drunk? : STAGGERING

21-across – Hear red fly : SOAR

22-across – Cut food into strips, right in the middle of summer? : JULIENNE

23-across – Porter’s observation after self-diagnosing ringworm? : IVEGOT

24-across – Flashy fishy? : GARISH

25-across – Red setter, line in rust : MERLOT

1-down – See 23 : YOUUNDER

2-down – Scale a scale, short of the bitter end : ASCEND

3-down – Outsider in high dudgeon — that’s about right : UNDERDOG

4-down – Castaway not entirely possessing a great singing voice : CARUSO

5-down – See 23 : MYSKIN

7-down – Sensitive skin of tiger, unpleasant : TRICKY

8-down – Turner’s tipple? : SCREWDRIVER

14-down – 7 in 7, everything originally from a European city : VIENNESE

15-down – Circling bloom, see wind : EASTERLY

16-down – As a fiddle is so troublesome initially, one of several steps taken? : STRUNG

17-down – One on top of an elephant, pig climbing off : MAHOUT

19-down – Thyroid problem — it’s in the blood : GOITRE

20-down – Money for the state : GUINEA

1-across – Finish fences with power dropping on grass : COWPAT

4-across – Horses run cutting legs : STAGERS

9-across – Primarily Best Mate wins only finest cups? : BONECHINA

10-across – Trotter not in state that’s conscious : AWARE

11-across – Records backing second horses here? : EPSOM

12-across – What might make jumper fast? Horse chases pack : PRESSSTUD

13-across – Drink as school term’s over : SCHNAPS

15-across – Last try to see racing : YESTER

17-across – Queen following horse that’s older? : GREYER

19-across – Covering racing ground, initially going inside old Bob Champion : SURFACE

22-across – Farm labourer to pass all the runners first : FIELDHAND

24-across – Horse at the front in good position : NICHE

26-across – Contact English bloke by phone : EMAIL

27-across – Makes use of false start to race with Esha Ness : HARNESSES

28-across – Daughter married and carried on : DALLIED

29-across – Advanced training, driver reversing out  : ASLEEP

1-down – Broadcasting woes: BBC showing signs of neglect  : COBWEBS

2-down – Women wearing dresses with middle cut out to show curves : WINDS

3-down – Jockey AP McCoy with an escort : ACCOMPANY

4-down – Grand National tip from last year : STATELY

5-down – Race horses : ARABS

6-down – Rash man murdered with the axe : EXANTHEMA

7-down – Stayed around stable : STEADY

8-down – Large animals in soft conditions finally getting round circuit : HIPPOS

14-down – Plant in earth: soil turned over : HORSETAIL

16-down – Second they run off, they go fast : SPRINTERS

18-down – Got hold of wine bottles individually : REACHED

19-down – European wearing fancy dress for ceremonial dinners : SEDERS

20-down – Settles the night before partners get excited : EVENSUP

21-down – Away result hurt : OFFEND

23-down – City to trade? Not a good morning : DELHI

25-down – Rank form close to race : CASTE

1-across – Admirer pulling sausage skin from dish of game? : GROUPIE

5-across – Into loveless jive/salsa dancing, am I potty? : CERAMIC

9-across – A success for Lloyd Webber, somewhat inevitably : EVITA

10-across – See 25 : BLACKMAIL

11-across – Daughter inspired by the influence of granny, perhaps, after heading for shower to get cleaner : SOAPPOWDER

12-across – Avian that’s smoked : SHAG

14-across – Gloucestershire opener in desperate chase dropping catches — players get lessons here : STAGESCHOOL

18-across – Fine lifesaver having stepped down, one in the majority : MOSQUITONET

21-across – Head shaved in bed, that’s proved painful! : OUCH

22-across – Man offering personal advice, lunacy gone mad! : AGONYUNCLE

25-across – Feeling initially around letter bag, need letters for children’s favourite game? : EMOTIONAL

26-across – Sweet thing hard to forget in ancient Chinese text : ICING

27-across – Little jerk inspiring one to beat giant : TITANIC

28-across – No explosive energy for runner : NOMINEE

1-down – See 4 : GREASE

2-down – Welcome in outskirts of Ontario, an American statesman : OHIOAN

3-down – Best thing to bury a spy, so desperate to feign death : PLAYPOSSUM

4-down – Joint declaration of nation, great effort : ELBOW

5-down – Fickle type appeared to welcome leadership of Hitler and Trotsky : CHAMELEON

6-down – Womaniser’s tool : RAKE

7-down – Point put in to ham about right for butcher’s device : MEATHOOK

8-down – Single weapon briefly in contact with a Roman emperor : CALIGULA

13-down – Cruise too flipping grand for PC travel : ECOTOURISM

15-down – In eating badly, chips primarily causing immune response : ANTIGENIC

16-down – Weak figure entering testament in support of the devil : IMPOTENT

17-down – Intellectually threaten to push city’s outsiders around : PSYCHOUT

19-down – Fighting, it arises during a party : ACTION

20-down – Beginning to brag, bird hunter : BEAGLE

23-down – Stretcher on after awful injury, demolition all ends up : NYLON

24-down – New painting lifted hero : LION

1-across – Promotion offering sex in the open air? : PUBLICRELATIONS

9-across – Puzzle only negative? : NONPLUS

10-across – Powerful beast, south-west Indian stream it’s suggested? : GORILLA

11-across – Lighter materials under packages : SUN

12-across – Genius doctor hugged by sweetie : SMARTCOOKIE

13-across – Bewildering debts cut, or stopped : OBSTRUCTED

15-across – Drifter accommodated by millionaires? No way! : SNOW

18-across – Hitch lacking success after film score : ETCH

20-across – Play about Genesis : RECREATION

23-across – Live by chance : ASITHAPPENS

25-across – See 8 : AGE

26-across – Cuddle sweetheart 1002? : EMBRACE

27-across – City assuming footballer’s first to join club, perhaps? : CARDIFF

28-across – John Lennon has one song left before dying : AIRPORTTERMINAL

1-down – Writer is character in Yorkshire market town : PENISTONE

2-down – Hand up the pole : BANANAS

3-down – Imagined America in attack showing no leadership : ILLUSORY

4-down – A celebrity finally reaching the top, Jamaican perhaps? : RASTA

5-down – Extraordinary way gay Hitler minced : LIGHTYEAR

6-down – Supercharged time for swimmer : TURBOT

7-down – Nicking case of liqueurs, pleb in raincoat : OILSKIN

8-down – Technologically advanced spring on base of hinge in prison : SPACE

14-down – Those baked on the plains of Manitoba? Temperature most disturbing : CREEPIEST

16-down – Cracking whip lower down initially fun : WONDERFUL

17-down – Bum note concealed by West Midlands boomer : BASSDRUM

19-down – Originally cost flexible, one going up : CLIMBER

21-down – One overcoming queen, an Islamic republican : IRANIAN

22-down – Inferior company accepting lots : CHEAPO

23-down – Patch around surface of nose ring : ARENA

24-down – Host ends in house from chronic fatigue syndrome : EMCEE

9-across – New finish for race — it’s Green Park : SERENGETI

10-across – Whip’s nothing, said the Member for Rotherham : KNOUT

11-across – Rake in money — the opposite is what normally happens : ROUTINE

12-across – One not very good picking up runs? Hardly : BRADMAN

13-across – Was sarcastic about shows lacking sensitivity : CRASS

14-across – Fencing by side of grass a joke? : SWORDPLAY

16-across – Went home only occasionally — no fun at this lousy address : STATEOFTHEUNION

19-across – Berks here groomed Rocky for battle : SEDGEMOOR

21-across – River horse is caught : RHONE

22-across – Bribe keeps old worker cheerful : BUOYANT

23-across – Stopped being right-on then? : LEFTOFF

24-across – Caught by shy rustic : CHURL

25-across – At risk surfing? Time he stopped : ONTHELINE

1-down – Costs are high — one’s introduced cuts : OSTRACISES

2-down – British mostly in error — invisible border causing fuss : BROUHAHA

3-down – Comes to life again in bra and panties! : UNDIES

4-down – The Speaker’s top dog : PEKE

5-down – Programme in a lot of trouble, right? : BIGBROTHER

6-down – Had nukes prepared … or a less effective weapon : SKEANDHU

7-down – I won’t! Redhead on strike turned round, as expected : NORMAL

8-down – ’E’s crazy — First Noel a protest song! : ETON

14-down – Readily accepts newspaper work — on reflection it’s an easy choice : SOFTOPTION

15-down – Made American define a key change : YANKEEFIED

17-down – Looks at the writer talking rubbish : EYEBALLS

18-down – Like some drinks in one boozer kept cool endlessly : ISOTONIC

20-down – Washington idiot is in our party : DOOFUS

21-down – See 8 : RIFLES

22-down – Champion’s dark side ignored : BACK

23-down – Ex and others getting upset : LATE

1-across – Land in Siberia, part of journey being discussed : STEPPE

5-across – Supporter covering grass for sporting occasion : BOATRACE

9-across – Announcement: target has been hit? : BULLETIN

10-across – Hunter put game on stick : NIMROD

11-across – In which babbling voices rant on? : CONVERSATION

13-across – See 23 : SAID

14-across – Round of leaflets ending in porch and I almost exploded! : MAILSHOT

17-across – Colour to match in gaol : PEAGREEN

18-across – A figure turns — on this? : AXIS

20-across – Knock back and forth : TATTARRATTAT

23-across – Scrabble has no guide, no further explanation required : ENOUGH

24-across – Lock up the little devil, having rejected classroom show of dissent? : IMPRISON

25-across – Possessions for forward delivery, ultimately : PROPERTY

26-across – Summary, like one this short, ends : DIGEST

2-down – Thunderstorm’s beginning, cling to hood : THUG

3-down – Officer’s faithful colleague decorated in unlimited expression of remorse : POLICEDOG

4-down – Range that’s 20 in film : EXTENT

5-down – Defensive attitude that may once have got Tiger Woods out of trouble? : BUNKERMENTALITY

6-down – One doubts a jerk will keep number up : AGNOSTIC

7-down – Brief stop : REMIT

8-down – In fitful pain, wine not finished: I’m surprised! One’s always at the bar! : CHOCOHOLIC

12-down – Partner of footballer always tackling scorer, one has a job : WAGEEARNER

15-down – Remarkable bird circling peak in Tibet : STARTLING

16-down – Chaser possibly? I’m not sure one’s a hunter : SEARCHER

19-down – Thick sauce and pieces of meat, but no starter served up : STUPID

21-down – Strike head of teddy bear : THUMP

22-down – Battle in Belgium on Sunday : MONS

9-across – With minimal change, criticise becoming fundamentally different : DISPARATE

10-across – Tedium seen in music regulars : ENNUI

11-across – Warning of danger to sailors : SIREN

12-across – Local Arab may say this about art without borders : NEIGHBOUR

13-across – Unique identifier seen when naked takes doctor aback : BARCODE

14-across – Cat and dog or cat and dog : WHIPPET

17-across – Guide for objective pronouns : USHER

19-across – See 22 down : BAR

20-across – What some of these eggs could turn into? : GEESE

21-across – Sad lover’s essentially missing you : SOLVERS

22-across – Shifting wet spot moves from Texas : TWOSTEP

24-across – Skinhead excluded from essential part of arithmetic schedule … : TIMETABLE

26-across – … and from standard type of phone : TOUCH

28-across – Expert in an exposed section of the stage : APRON

29-across – Move around in secure romantic alliance : LOVEMATCH

1-down – A date from the Gobi Desert : IDES

2-down – More confident after last item on menu is shark … : USURER

3-down – … and principal one in shipping lane? : MAINCOURSE

4-down – 11 may be eating a sandwich : SARNIE

5-down – One who criticises right to compete in vessel : REVIEWER

6-down – The limits of Maggie Smith’s network : MESH

7-down – Divorce de Monsieur et Madame? : UNCOUPLE

8-down – Primarily lacking integrity as reporter : LIAR

13-down – See 22 : BLUES

15-down – Early home fun : INGOODTIME

16-down – Port deserted by an idiot : TWERP

18-down – Stamp from Hong Kong having left in false alarm : HALLMARK

19-down – Game brawl regularly takes place in Swiss city : BASEBALL

22-down – Music for depression after pub crawl? : TWELVE

23-down – T-tarnished but reliable : TRUSTY

24-down – Some contraption that catches one unawares : TRAP

25-down – See 26 : TONE

27-down – Wall of laughter : HAHA

1-across – Found behind its initial: lion, perhaps, in dictionary : LOCATED

5-across – See 8 : WITHOUT

9-across – Vacant, the number one place to sleep on reservation : TEPEE

10-across – Ridiculous entertainment, nothing short in Hindu festival : MELODRAMA

11-across – Fine before shrapnel wound protecting the front in close range of Chamonix? : FRENCHALPS

12-across – One might be beaten in the ring, losing always in the end : EGG

14-across – Very modern jail wants cunning type put away : BANGUPTODATE

18-across – Dutch playing away, Northern Ireland’s cleverest attacker starts in defence : FORNICATRESS

21-across – A papal line : ARC

22-across – Run to fill golden pancake — in Italy, it’s the quickest way : AUTOSTRADA

25-across – Same thing, party whip involved in deception : DUPLICATE

26-across – So PM I return, pal? : AMIGO

27-across – See 2 : NITRATE

28-across – Seen in temper, case of volatile nemesis : AVENGER

1-down – If removed from existence, swell excuse : LETOFF

2-down – Blue substance — is this what officers get paid after dark, did you say? : COPPER

3-down – Architect built outstanding oratory primarily run by clerics : THEOCRATIC

4-down – Help? Never! : DOMEA

5-down – Fats hampering dad, soft rolls of that? : WALLPAPER

6-down – Considerable mess gone? : TIDY

7-down – Scholar of art and law in chairman up for test : ORALEXAM

8-down – So voice activation system unnecessary, obviously : THATGOES

13-down – Bargain — exchange rates in large company : HORSETRADE

15-down – Still waiting for nanny to collect you, go to bits : GRANULATE

16-down – Not always concerned with cool river : OFFANDON

17-down – Brilliant container for nut : CRACKPOT

19-down – See 8 : SAYING

20-down – See 4 : FAVOUR

23-down – Conclusion of some gastronome : OMEGA

24-down – Pass beautiful view, taking time out : VISA

1-across – Dance clubs serially introducing followers of Paddy Clarke? : CHACHACHA

6-across – Poor clue’s back to front : THIN

8-across – Refined tincture into which is dipped a second pen : COAUTHOR

9-across – It could go off with a bang in Hollywood this evening : TONITE

10-across – Chapel in Dumfriesshire bearing name of Roman city : LINDUM

11-across – Out of true love, lady finally managed hugs : BOSSEYED

12-across – Pasta rings: line in new Alien : ANELLI

15-across – Regret turning over like one reaching North Pole, say : EUROPEAN

16-across – Allowed bill to add up, so this wine sent back : MUSCATEL

19-across – The way to work round Emerald Isle sheep : MERINO

21-across – Rabbit initially trapped by African, then catching a dim-witted friend of his : BRERBEAR

22-across – Loveless woman of some allure to set about Valentine’s rival : THURIO

24-across – Strong liquor street bar had in short supply : STINGO

25-across – A prominent hole — the suspect … : ELEPHANT

26-across – … how should we respond? Not at all : DONT

27-across – See 26 : MENTIONIT

1-down – Something Indian women wear during public holidays : CHOLI

2-down – Someone for young athletes to look up to? Mo’s leaving town : ARUNDEL

3-down – Water, perhaps, let me think it’s deadly boring : HOHUM

4-down – Butler cracks enigmatic clue — so not hopeless! : CURABLE

5-down – Net is cast in a suspicious part of a defensive system : ANTISERUM

6-down – Rebellious set cuffing suspect seen to get nervous : TENSEUP

7-down – Commonly used as Frankfurter dips? : INTHEMAIN

13-down – Tutee not excited about nucleus of charged or, possibly, uncharged particle : NEUTRETTO

14-down – See 25 : INTHEROOM

17-down – Great disappointment for ice cream lover? Topping embellishment : CORONET

18-down – Queen’s name included in list for Swampy? : LERNEAN

20-down – Chap last in Tour: I don’t want any more cycling! : ROUGHEN

22-down – Personal training rep : TREVI

23-down – I’d find out which items are odd, perhaps even : IFNOT

9-across – Reason one is entertained by beer-swilling vermin? : RATIONALE

10-across – Singer of serenade, Lennon : ADELE

11-across – Extremity of foot on swine? : TROTTER

12-across – See 16 : AFFAIRS

13-across – Attractive person shaved for public display : EXPO

14-across – Sleeping around, breed regularly like rabbits? : BEDHOPPING

16-across – Possible shocker, business news : CURRENT

17-across – Reason Trump needs bottom wiped, incompetent US politician : SENATOR

19-across – Phrase, fast one working : EXPRESSION

22-across – Brandy, stuff knocked back : MARC

24-across – Very many in dish with 24 blackbirds, say? Then bird finally flew : PILOTED

25-across – Those in the pit not entirely fearful about God : TIMPANI

26-across – Thread referring to the night before : REEVE

27-across – Noble Swedish retailer, tucking into terribly poor stew, right to curse privately? : SWEARLIKE

1-down – The Spanish worm has filled comrades’ shoes : BROTHELCREEPERS

2-down – See 27 : ATROOPER

3-down – Training target absurd : POTTY

4-down – Most dangerous horse finally caught by girl in Kentucky Derby, perhaps? : HAIRIEST

5-down – God rises over local angel : SERAPH

6-down – Clue about a drink describing strong little tipple : HALFAPINT

7-down – Body removed from grave? Little sign : GEMINI

8-down – I’ve got your communication, as by some modem or nanotechnology? : MESSAGERECEIVED

15-down – Figure gathering spotted coats : SEVENTEEN

17-down – Why the limp position? : SHORTLEG

18-down – Tiny boy penning a song for a drink : TIAMARIA

20-down – Cut off old thumb : POLLEX

21-down – Pious type caging a wicked god, the brute : SADIST

23-down – Stylish sting : SMART