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ACROSS 1 Cellar can easily conceal secret (6) 4 Fought to be discarded (8) 10 Produce notes on organ (7) 11 Quiet youngster, after hesitation, has a lot (7) 12 Loner forced to sign up (5) 13 Invent ale brewed for sweetheart (9) 14 Annulment of ancient local performance (12) 18 Dad navigates – terrible setback (12) 23 Hawk, affectionate, has gone off to the right (9) 24 Betting diamonds provide excitement (5) 25 The fool foregoes the ceremony of the ionic compound (7) 26 Leave lad on new boat (7) 27 Sailor’s old instrument is complete (8) 28 Respect for engineers always included (6)

DOWN 1 Spectators due a nice change (8) 2 Church tradition takes in a gas (8) 3 New book (5) 5 Husband and wife have time for some poetry (7) 6 A Latin writer to laugh at navy instrument (9) 7 Outline is almost complete (6) 8 Garden design in jeopardy (6) 9 Crawl to group of trees by lake (6) 15 Leader composed ideal trio (9) 16 Stop one note upsetting singer (8) 17 Bishop constantly has time for a drink (8) 19 Extend gem layout in gold book (7) 20 Sign captivates a shrew (6) 21 Draw an eccentric country (6) 22 Roman burst apart around turn (6) 24 Feeling that may be common (5)