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ACROSS

1 Daughter finds infinite variety with old meaning (10) 6 Girlfriend is concerned about ring (4) 10 Terribly cruel, getting politician to collapse (7) 11 Self-seeker gets to travel around Italy (7) 12 Strike back in a literate version (9) 13 Had trouble with a cold house (5) 14 Firm about communist beliefs (5) 15 Set off to see some cricket, or what’s remaining (9) 17 Run to directors - that’s where the controls are (9) 20 Rust developed on second support (5) 21 Bill gets the French instrument (5) 23 Stop miner going mad in gallery (9) 25 Hour wasted, taking back stupid case (7) 26 List that is about changing times (7) 27 Fervently wish, say, for a victim (4) 28 Old, curved street forming an eyesore (10)

DOWN

1 Code cracked with right furnishings (5) 2 Break in geology, not quite so perfect (9) 3 Emperor to burn with unknown spirit (8,6) 4 End with one form of digital protection (7) 5 Subject of reflection feels no different (7) 7 I left CIA worried about lower part of the body (5) 8 Sending a chart to school is providing relief (9) 9 Raised son, involved with value and fitness to drive (14) 14 Acted badly by small joint during training (9) 16 Strangely active, due to be improving (9) 18 Tax ran out, with husband getting disease (7) 19 Tried formula gets one river less clean (7) 22 Explosive European dessert (5) 24 It happened in the Seventies (5)