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ACROSS

1 Various flares needed by company outdoors (8) 5 Engineers with a couple to fix (6)

10 For GI, Ron, in action I’d repaired cooling system (3,12) 11 Snobbish earl left it first (7) 12 Apprehensive national leader upset over America (7) 13 Better senior police officer with ten beside river (8) 15 Head getting hold of second adhesive (5)

18 Point interrupting friendly relative (5)

20 Small kind youngster, initially pale, finding window (8) 23 Rush up excitedly holding Latin element (7)

25 Saint with discourteous lad initially getting pastry (7) 26 Twin, banned, holding large French article like some guns (6-9)

27 It’s dehydrating for doctor unknown in Gateshead (6) 28 Depend on holding unmarried woman negligently (8)

DOWN

1 Labyrinth in commercial filled with surprise (6)

2 Fool covered with hair initially unhappy about chairs, for example (9)

3 Head of Economics with reason for moving (7) 4 Rogue with film of trainee (5) 6 English received rent for selfish activity (3,4)

7 A male I leave with friend (5) 8 Notice about wild tigers (8) 9 Overcharge man for fish (8) 14 Engrave Eric’s bin terribly (8) 16 Arranges clues she’d solved (9) 17 Enid does badly when it’s unfair (3-5)

19 Clone – he somehow gets level (7)

21 Liar is wrong about European and Middle Easterner (7) 22 First to greet boy, extremely lively, willingly (6)

24 Poor soul with youth leader, very bad (5)

25 Wiser veteran covering dish up (5)