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1 Ernest likes going round partly in Scottish outfits (5) 4 An alibi, say, after Ed came round with a stolen goods dealer (7) 8 Vouchers from the NCO and soup gets poured out (7) 9 Carrying a weapon – what the gendarme definitely revealed (5) 10 Little Bridget hugs violent ruffians (5) 11 Red returned with Lea at the start – aliens always ask to be taken to him (6) 14 Weighed down and burdened – a troubled N.E. lad (5) 16 Scallywag Eck often holds a lizard (5) 18 It’s a terrible bore to start the computer up again (6) 21 Use the gym when there’s some incessant rain (5) 24 Great howls or unearthly laments initially – it’s an evil spirit (5) 25 A very tight turn in the road for a coiffeur fixer (7) 26 It’s a different sea duty one day of every week (7) 27 McIlvaney hopes to return shortly with a cackling carnivore (5) 1 Strike with the foot – you’ll get some stimulation from it (4) 2 The huge lad misbehaved and giggled (7) 3 A dreadful gunshot – a firearm that leads to a hurried wedding? (7) 4 A chef’s creation – but only a bit of the Chateaubriand is hot (4) 5 Alf returned with me to track down the pilot light (5) 6 Damon upset a man of no fixed abode (5) 7 A Kirk leader and Dad’s boy – he’s the guy who inherits (5,3) 12 Had a meal – it could be tea (3) 13 Everyone correct – in a satisfactory and proper condition (3,5) 15 The wandering hobo finally reveals self-esteem (3) 16 Decorate the meals when sharing out… (7) 17 …a pie and chip combination in the fish supper shop (7) 19 Fell apart and fractured? Yes, and without any money (5) 20 No longer squeaking – using cut up dandelions (5) 22 A sailor’s cry? Ah, the Orkney island with the Old Man stack, we hear (4) 23 Lying among the incapable – a very old Peruvian (4)