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1-across – Wind up close to Stonehenge, stone almost blown over : ENRAGE

4-across – Start high, then go down : OFFSET

9-across – Please send money urgently or Click here to claim your prize are plots to be rejected : SPAM

10-across – About two hundred bananas eaten up — three hundred more despised! : UNACCEPTED

11-across – House for the fifth primate? : ORANGE

12-across – Most bizarre, keeper’s header has beaten Stoke 1- 0 : KOOKIEST

13-across – Concert at which I perform karaoke likely to improve? : PROMISING

15-across – Hero going after rebel in uprising? : LION

16-across – Busy route going over across yacht : MAXI

17-across – Self-indulgence thus with kissers is beginning to mount : SOLIPSISM

21-across – Interrupting date, parent wearing nothing returns in checks : EXAMINES

22-across – Revolutionary musical director’s opening a case : DATIVE

24-across – Drunk, I’m at peace swigging last of gin, set free : EMANCIPATE

25-across – Bloody career’s ending, time to retire : RARE

26-across – Series of tests on small items of clothing : SASHES

27-across – Positive thing about old network : PLEXUS

1-down – See 2 : EMPEROR

2-down – One is among divine royalty, as leader : ROMAN

3-down – Throne’s occupant left in 2011, according to a 2 1, initially upset with Augustus : GLUTEUS

5-down – Cap for football player, a contribution : FACTOR

6-down – Pietism aggravated split in the Americas for 2 1 : SEPTIMIUS

7-down – In conclusion, royalist thinking it’s an offence : TREASON

8-down – Place snail owns spiralling, as a working rule : PARKINSONSLAW

14-down – 2 1 saw in the Guardian a burden retaining human resources : MAXIMINUS

16-down – See 3 : MAXIMUS

18-down – Be permanently present at the bottom of a shaft, drinking ditchwater, primarily : INDWELL

19-down – See 6 : SEVERUS

20-down – One new face serving porridge? : INSIDE

23-down – See 14 : THRAX

1-across – Composer’s been nursing tenor at seaside town : BEETHOVEN

6-across – What cellists do on radio in The Boy Friend? : BEAU

8-across – Is Elgar distracted by love in rooms for wags? : SERAGLIO

9-across – Refrain in Switzerland or America : CHORUS

10-across – Group in the other marquee forget note : SEXTET

11-across – Subtle hint: tune in regularly during pub function : INNUENDO

12-across – Pole’s covering segment of Berenice capriccio : ICECAP

15-across – Variable speed acceptable in extremely showy work : SYMPHONY

16-across – Beecham choir can randomly test sound here : ANECHOIC

19-across – The way to tackle long instrument : SPINET

21-across – Drink firms suppress Consumers’ Association note : COCACOLA

22-across – Disconcert maestro : RATTLE

24-across – Note describes topless dance in big city : MUMBAI

25-across – Intervals silence soprano, saving contest : SEVENTHS

26-across – Catch debut of Hammond organ : HEAR

27-across – He sings melodies using vowels, so clavier must be tuned : VOCALISER

1-down – Note: Brahms overture always turns up : BREVE

2-down – Sort of band that’s sensitive to changes in income : ELASTIC

3-down – Hearts lost injured scorer : HOLST

4-down – 5–10 strings, excluding E strings : VIOLINS

5-down – Steal Handel’s so-called familiar titles : NICKNAMES

6-down – The CBI managed to secure Ring for GM work, say : BIOTECH

7-down – Host a bishop and, according to Bach, a new church : ABUNDANCE

13-down – Roll up to study very old instrument : CONVOLUTE

14-down – Evidence I’ve translated about Köchel for composer : PROKOFIEV

17-down – See 16 : CHAMBER

18-down – Hundreds miss one cracking established work : CLASSIC

20-down – Boringly recites how basic scales progress : INTONES

22-down – Barman left after party : RAVEL

23-down – Subtle harmonies more than sufficient for composer : LEHAR

1-across – Lean to one side, then lean back, in part of plane : COCKPIT

5-across – Position breaking off, inelegant : FINELEG

9-across – Perfect oil for cooking mayonnaise : AIOLI

10-across – See 26 : THEWAYTHE

11-across – Choral work — I’m flipping expected to stretch singer! : BMINORMASS

12-across – Dull people run without jumping : FLAT

14-across – Labouring obsession in creation of an icon, barmy? : CORBYNMANIA

18-across – Having spoiled a couple of drinks, bloke taking last of Cointreau in case : PORTMANTEAU

21-across – Groom, male snared by nag? : COMB

22-across – Might one fear the motor in old scanning device? : CARDREADER

25-across – Party atmosphere initially does for singer : BALLADEER

26-across – Never mind, come to the bakery — what’s this clue about? : THATS

27-across – Philosopher has to take stock, they say? : RUSSELL

28-across – According to Spooner, lad observed pulse : SOYBEAN

1-down – Irritable, as shelled on the beach, perhaps? : CRABBY

2-down – See 26 : COOKIE

3-down – Carefully prepare oneself to accommodate criminal as con — is here? : PRISONCAMP

4-down – Bear market’s first symbol : TOTEM

5-down – Stagger round filthy house in outskirts of Folkestone — or crawl, perhaps? : FREESTYLE

6-down – Cattle good in Texas? : NEAT

7-down – In general, something designed to grip much less : LETALONE

8-down – Change of gear, rating outstanding western as monstrous action : GREATWAR

13-down – Posh gets to make an impression with mean clothing in audacious fashion : IMPUDENTLY

15-down – Trigger a memory, as circle on mysterious label : RINGABELL

16-down – Counter, on top of which room key : SPACEBAR

17-down – See 26 : CRUMBLES

19-down – Commercial programs showing up in some raw data : ADWARE

20-down – Prayer is off, _____ as an alternative? : ORISON

23-down – Board game something to play when upset : DARTS

24-down – See 12 : RACE

9-across – Dance tour abroad put on first of all : UNDERCOAT

10-across – Retroaction regularly is seen amongst the Gods : ERATO

11-across – Stupefy with gamble taken over shipping order : BESOT

12-across – Acting considerately, chucking up role in consortium : SYNDICATE

13-across – Frightened as the result of a slight cut in earnings : PANICKY

14-across – Against old order once found in Turkey : ANTIOCH

17-across – Try to get out of manufacturing, which originates in Tibet : INDUS

19-across – Bar starts with roll of drums : ROD

20-across – Drain away from lowest point : NADIR

21-across – Corrupt secretariat cast out of country : ERITREA

22-across – Quite recently acting in an amorous manner : FRESHLY

24-across – Scoffs very loudly — interjecting four times in constitutional convention : JEFFERSON

26-across – George is fit to be called the King : GABLE

28-across – Articulated demand to work making bread : KNEAD

29-across – Strict way to call hospital department : STRINGENT

1-down – Restrain mongrel starting to bark : CURB

2-down – Team is up to making two appearances in London : EDISON

3-down – Fault finder cites Right Reverend’s unruly gathering here in Paris : CRITICISER

4-down – Yellows all at sea after losing centre : WOLSEY

5-down – Old car rallying point : STANDARD

6-down – Spirit said to be made from pears : PERI

7-down – Like 5, reported to be angry and oversuspicious : PARANOID

8-down – Mount where 24 across is one of 4 losing speed : MORE

13-down – Old man at home finds sweetheart : PAINE

15-down – Beat knowledge and spirit with late finisher : TANKENGINE

16-down – Only just failing to secure the Labour leadership : HARDY

18-down – Dope can act as stooge for slow administration : DRIPFEED

19-down – Consider once more dimwits having a role in limited research : REASSESS

22-down – The very best clothes are about to leave processing plant : FINERY

23-down – Limps along having no use of left leg : HOBBES

24-down – Root receives Kent cap : JOKE

25-down – She led church movement in a circle : EDDY

27-down – Consumes a variety of teas : EATS

1-across – Main worker providing revolutionary war machine : FISHERMAN

6-across – Yellowish nut : BUFF

8-across – Lackey following party rule : DOMINION

9-across – One in factory, yielding : PLIANT

10-across – Nothing to hide in stuttering we suspect, as words hard to say : TONGUE

11-across – Posh kid has to tolerate travel by train, all may conclude : BROOKLYN

12-across – Not entirely destitute, Russian in a warm, com­forting place : UTERUS

15-across – The story of my wife, perhaps? : RELATION

16-across – Talking wordplaying reptile? That’s anarchic! : PUNKROCK

19-across – Concern parent’s shown about infant, finally : MATTER

21-across – One attached to an arrangement of holes? : SHOELACE

22-across – Join together small head on small person : STITCH

24-across – Ending in contact, an acknowledgement when hit with tip of épée? : TOUCHE

25-across – Mathematical statement in a quote, perhaps? : EQUATION

26-across – Separate card game : SNAP

27-across – Expression of contempt, one being caned? : RASPBERRY

1-down – Junk food including burger, ultimately for a Hobbit : FRODO

2-down – Primarily stylish bird, fashionable type : SWINGER

3-down – Cream slice’s ending on hat when thrown up : ELITE

4-down – Hear the sound of a lamb, perhaps, as a feature of one’s hotel room? : MINIBAR

5-down – Close to oven, half-baked bloomer keeps soft, don’t worry! : NOPROBLEM

6-down – Beef steak, say, filled with danger : BRISKET

7-down – By which Spooner might get hold of a rabbit in a sensitive area? : FUNNYBONE

13-down – A dash crestfallen, seeing American sporting success : TOUCHDOWN

14-down – One using catchphrases, someone looking to encapsulate fruity name? : SLOGANEER

17-down – Born among wolves, raised to show a bit of leg : KNEECAP

18-down – Guards look to restrain agent from below : KEEPERS

20-down – See 10 : TWISTER

22-down – Mostly short and stocky, black fledgling : SQUAB

23-down – Holding on, howl is intimate : CRONY

1-across – Standard pain not entirely ideal : PARAGON

5-across – Hugging skill backfiring, kiss — this kept up one’s sleeve? : SNOTRAG

9-across – What is able to keep children fit? A nut! : PECAN

10-across – Painful thing seeing a couple almost knocked over by relative : CARBUNCLE

11-across – Permit banning it, we go in clumsily — that’s providing authorisation : EMPOWERING

12-across – In chlorine, one finds a gas : NEON

14-across – Might one recognise a story that is by man who talks backwards embraced by reader? : LIEDETECTOR

18-across – Mountaineer out for the count : ENUMERATION

21-across – Sweet — or not? : TART

22-across – Two locos — make sure the little one’s going in the right place : POTTYTRAIN

25-across – Short suit in the bag : BRIEFCASE

26-across – Little time in the King and I for musical instruction : TUTTI

27-across – Course ahead initially among the branches? : AINTREE

28-across – Little support for pond life : TADPOLE

1-down – Riddle, corny stuff? : PEPPER

2-down – Method majestic sovereign set up : RECIPE

3-down – Actor, part of one’s make-up less restrained : GENEWILDER

4-down – King released from pound, more agreeable : NICER

5-down – Plain figure in the end dividing complex integers : SERENGETI

6-down – Load of extra money skimmed : ONUS

7-down – People eating European cheese dish : RACLETTE

8-down – Author Ray after centre parting, leaves : GREENERY

13-down – Control said to be brought back : REINSTATED

15-down – Fancy getting flesh out : ELABORATE

16-down – Green initiative’s ultimate supporter getting item in a column : VERTEBRA

17-down – 1 Aug and solver finally cracking this puzzle here : GUARDIAN

19-down – Shabby stuff besides, beating performance? : TATTOO

20-down – Half the field in one sport, legal in another? : ONSIDE

23-down – Illegal practice that’s much studied in the City : THEFT

24-down – A force flying up in the distance : AFAR

7-across – Kennedy famously meeting Castro in crisis — no sign of thaw? : JACKFROST

8-across – President opening Gettysburg Address with passion : GRANT

9-across – Gods here reflect the head of state on high, my fate, my beginning : MTOLYMPUS

10-across – Perhaps Bush shredded his letters about the end of the USSR : SHRUB

12-across – Constituents of Adams once produced fruit : DAMSON

13-across – Perhaps Reagan lost his head in office? : RESIDENT

16-across – Sails hauled tight on boat of Florida president : FLATAFT

19-across – President losing his cool but triumphed without getting the bird : WIDGEON

22-across – Clinton reputedly with wanton harlot says: I have to pay? : LOTHARIO

25-across – President: no hesitation getting on the box : CARTON

27-across – President laid bare? : NIXON

28-across – Boatman caught in delicate illumination : STARLIGHT

29-across – Lack of clarity in speech by president : HAYES

30-across – Start to salivate about bun : SCROLLBAR

1-down – I keep saying this femme fatale has no power : MANTRA

2-down – My abilities sell tragic content in satire : SKILLSET

3-down – Boatman’s spirit seen in colour of president : TRUMAN

4-down – Revolution in USA! Try supporting last to give mouth : ESTUARY

5-down – Alternatively, dressed down with a flower : ORCHID

6-down – Clue for Northern Ireland, taking its place : INTURN

11-down – Bottoms up! It’s a reason to fill your glass : ASTI

14-down – It’s important to maintain trust, Eisenhower said on diplomacy : EYE

15-down – One in temporary accommodation : TEN

16-down – Flower seen in autumn in US, with leaf’s first drop : FAL

17-down – See 15 : ANT

18-down – President might introduce ads to create trends or reach family men? : FORD

20-down – Unexpectedly agile FDR becomes president : GARFIELD

21-down – See 14 : CONTACT

23-down – President, one in role of a nation’s leader: he does magic? : OBIMAN

24-down – Not wholly macho, overworked president : HOOVER

25-down – Perhaps Lincoln led servant from the bottle : CARBOY

26-down – Fool, foolishly hoaxed : OXHEAD

1-across – See 19 : SUDOKUS

5-across – On the phone to purchase no-frills aircraft : BIPLANE

9-across – In short, I’m disgusted by most fruity type of language : UGRIC

10-across – Agonised shout, if family fails to finish puzzle : FUTOSHIKI

11-across – Once again swallowed up British group, an aerospace one back in debt : REABSORBED

12-across – Puzzle only half completed by a footballer : KAKA

14-across – An interjection, perhaps by EEC? : PARTOFSPEECH

18-across – Being completely wiped out by dodgy rite during sacrifice : OBLITERATION

21-across – Friend has yen for sexually attractive American : FOXY

22-across – Sinking of vessel Nemo managed without undue risk, largely : SUBMERSION

25-across – Nude dancing entertains bar, that’s clear : UNBLOCKED

26-across – Prison camp body regulating prisoners? : OFLAG

27-across – Debtor desperately needs capital in eastern Germany : DRESDEN

28-across – State : AUSTRIA

1-down – See 24 : SQUARE

2-down – See doctor had rum : DURHAM

3-down – Gives up before back-up guitar gets going : KICKSTARTS

4-down – Return of service great up to this point : SOFAR

5-down – Some milk to express? Nothing at all in emptied breast : BUTTERFAT

6-down – Set puzzle ordinary solver easily finishes? Just the opposite : POSE

7-down – Setter’s dined in joiner’s chipper : ANIMATED

8-down – This paper briefly abandoned deadlines? They might be stoned : EPITAPHS

13-down – Pour out port down under, getting rollicking : UPROARIOUS

15-down – Nought for English in dish that’s Thanksgiving grub : TURDUCKEN

16-down – Trick discovered in puzzle : CONFOUND

17-down – Book in store contains law that’s easily bent : FLEXIBLE

19-down – Surprisingly sulks, having liked our puzzles : KILLER

20-down – Megan’s wrong about inner piece of jigsaw puzzle : ENIGMA

23-down – Play in game, sat next to dealer : MEDEA

24-down – Puzzle 14,225? : WORD

1-across – Musical group, possibly retro, has to tour clubs : ORCHESTRA

6-across – Musical group, possibly retro? : ABBA

8-across – Honey Honey, Mamma Mia! : DEARDEAR

9-across – Urge party to take a fifth of 6 across’s number? : LIBIDO

10-across – Babble as baby, Dancing Queen! : YABBER

11-across – 6 across’s great loss : WATERLOO

12-across – Before 1002, I diminish in value : IMPAIR

15-across – Lunatic pleased to accommodate one bright group of relatives? : PLEIADES

16-across – A shade raised around stack : BRICKRED

19-across – Keyboard operator extremely twitchy, something of a nut? : TYPIST

21-across – 6 across’s number outlining case for the inquirer : SOCRATES

22-across – Drunk first of brandies — take a chance on me! : BLOTTO

24-across – Drink, last bit dropped on envelope : COCOON

25-across – Peculiar play with Act 1 at sea : ATYPICAL

26-across – PM’s first words got Fernando confused with Ring Ring? : GOOD

27-across – See 26 : AFTERNOON

1-down – Greek character taking up long and short periods : OMEGA

2-down – Parts of an organ in church bear cracks — that’s about right : CEREBRA

3-down – Islamic ruler of supreme erudition : EMEER

4-down – Give up one’s dinner hour with pained expression, sheep being passed round : THROWUP

5-down – Share totally exaggerated, people claimed : ALLOTMENT

6-down – A singer shortly going north, south of a Canadian province : ALBERTA

7-down – Primarily counterpanes observed being spread out? : BEDCOVERS

13-down – Old travelling merchant bringing old stuff over — that’s the name of the game! : MARCOPOLO

14-down – Song written up about topless prude in mythical kingdom : RURITANIA

17-down – All passengers in Italy, Charles and Bill : CARLOAD

18-down – Mr O’Connor hasn’t the talent to be a singer : DESCANT

20-down – Qualification is secured by college official — no way! : PROVISO

22-down – Customer taking massage the wrong way, you getting squeezed? : BUYER

23-down – Match captivating a US author : TWAIN

1-across – Tetanus jabs are welcomed at first by key partner : LOCKJAW

5-across – Previously enters poor clue for anorak : CAGOULE

9-across – Alternative to part of 18 in bid for 6 beats : CLUBS

10-across – Paper snake in empty dessert dish : DREAMBOAT

11-across – Artists as a body follow a competitive lifestyle : THERATRACE

12-across – Republicans in Iraq briefly feature in admirable air composed by Gershwin : IRA

14-across – The tenor’s wobbly bottom in bid for 6 : THREENOTRUMP

18-across – Bid for 6 could lead to vice : FIVEDIAMONDS

21-across – Streak with no clothing, drunk : RUN

22-across – Interrogate family on odd price for food : PUMPKINPIE

25-across – Occasional dab of refreshment applied primarily in pit : DEODORANT

26-across – Bush Senior : ELDER

27-across – Take a defensive position when grenade explodes : ENGARDE

28-across – Revolution for some feminists is erudite and does not surrender : RESISTS

1-down – Find, see and hear one asked for a kiss : LOCATE

2-down – Grounds where copper leaves political meetings : CAUSES

3-down – Not a lot of uniform stock in green : JUSTASHADE

4-down – Drew a tangled knot, perhaps : WADER

5-down – Album includes screen shot — love the build-up! : CRESCENDO

6-down – Playing tricks, try to hug a compiler and start to blush — cool! : GAME

7-down – Visiting Luxor, I ousted loving wife : UXORIOUS

8-down – They plan to generate total heat : ENTHALPY

13-down – Feature of food that could lead to digestion stress with spare tires : STODGINESS

15-down – Blurt that European currency unit’s dead without Angela Merkel’s approval : EJACULATE

16-down – See 6 : OFBRIDGE

17-down – Service, say, includes 6 but excludes 1 : EVENSONG

19-down – Diggers’ alternative to 20 in bid for 6 : SPADES

20-down – See 24 : HEARTS

23-down – Dad’s half-hearted talk : PATER

24-down – Spooner’s unchaste lady cuts one bid for 6 : FOUR