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1 Neal’s meandering round the narrow country roads (5) 4 Rab returned with George VI perhaps to a London suburb (7) 8 Paw runs off and removes the paper from a present (7) 9 A wake-up call startled Lamar (5) 10 The Queen leaves the mothers – they fly everywhere at night (5) 11 A warning of intent to harm the art possibly (6) 14 Ned followed little Diana and had an evening meal (5) 16 Little Jane’s bickering about a famous Norwegian playwright (5) 18 Models of perfection from fussy ladies (6) 21 Caught sight of what 007 did (5) 24 The lively laity of the land that surrounds San Marino (5) 25 A golfer’s target with James VI, for instance – a driving challenge in the city centre (7) 26 An ultra adjustment – it’s not man-made (7) 27 Like some Bake Off bottoms (5) 1 Noisy when the first of the lads and the duo returned (4) 2 A regular lunar occurrence? Yes, but a strange omen now (3,4) 3 Sam’s showed up – he’d become totally inebriated (7) 4 A shrub for Barack Obama’s predecessor (4) 5 Arm’s length? Each goes below the rear-end at first! (5) 6 Furious? Yes, upset some secretaries (5) 7 A diamond or ruby? Meg headed north with 14 pounds (8) 12 Steal from Mr Brydon, the Welsh comedian (3) 13 An arithmetic calculation in India? Dot gets confused (8) 15 Historic period when items of apparel make a comeback (3) 16 I’m taking afterdinner wines – foreign goods brought in (7) 17 Looking for something – observe Henry VIII maybe (7) 19 Make into law with a series of sudden actions (5) 20 A section of the cake for the carpet fitter (5) 22 Ring friend – it’s a milky white gem (4) 23 Don leaves the ungodly – it’s not nice to see (4)