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ACROSS

1 Drunken sot, wealthy – he refuses to accept reality (7) 5 Register soon adjusted, including Poland’s top artist (7) 9 Judge and assess a composer’s last piece first (9) 10 Drop by Paraguay’s borders as a token of respect (5) 11 Troublesome, single American takes gold back (7) 12 Keen setting limit on bone (7) 13 The essence of Greek extremes (5,3,5) 18 Following particular style, in a way (5,1,7) 20 Graduates have laugh on small island nation (7) 23 Tune not quite so stuffy (7) 25 Reptile in box, audibly (5) 26 Month at home with European saint (9) 27 Negative about second drink being a remedy (7) 28 Pantomime character finds what’s left in the grate (7)

DOWN

1 Old traitor alternatively becomes a speaker (6) 2 Proposes a lieutenant gets a condiment (5,4) 3 Ration revision, losing a foreword (5) 4 Covering top mark with terrible mark (9) 5 Kiss son before Dot (5) 6 Vegetable with onion, not on sausage (9) 7 Crawler caught with one inside sort of jelly (5) 8 Main ploy devised by top sportsman (8) 14 Boundary fellow put round a sheep (9) 15 Coasting aimlessly around lake, yearning (9) 16 Ire is new, troubling English straight man (5,4) 17 Youngster’s family provides material (8) 19 Fools succeeded, getting value (6) 21 Qualifying races suit lack of resistance (5) 22 Some insects start, initially affectionate (5) 24 Check last of trees is in sap (5)