The Star Early Edition

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1 Stick with cement, initially poorly glued! (6) 4 Ribbon was right to put back in bowler (8) 10 Slightly cacophonou­s fifth Beatle? (3) 11 Public vote for display of cards dealt (4,2,5) 12 Watches sun set on crop (6,4) 13 Capital is little more than half-baked, you hear (4) 15 Shakespear­ian character from the underworld is in trouble, too (7) 16 Using too many words or lip service? Wrong! (6) 18 Rhesus monkey shows the way to seat (6) 20 Beat gold in the open air (7) 22 Gem to polish with glossy finish (4) 23 Eastern European drip painting like chalk and cheese! (5,5) 25 Home kit begs for change in the urban jungle (3,3,5) 26 Georgia’s empty talk (3) 27 Devil worshipper set saints at odds (8) 28 Charters top of the line and relaxes (6) DOWN 1 Quickly saw twice (4,4) 2 Pearl’s the subordinat­e who changes the topic (5,3,7) 3 Winds out leis after holiday (10) 5 Spot wetsuit in dance music (3-4) 6 Resonate through parts of Czechoslov­akia (4) 7 After rain, nomad scurries over mountains with fruit (8,7) 8 Turned squire off colour (6) 9 Steal up on new part of the Malay archipelag­o (6) 14 Come together to frame paintings, raising breach (10) 17 Favouring trials for civil disobedien­ce (8) 19 Half-spoken benefits of marriage partners (7) 20 Cat may extol economic cutback (6) 21 Gravity operated stair is free of charge (6) 24 Abode of God abandoned in Oz (4)

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