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1 Somewhat ultraromantic about the deepest Scots loch (5) 4 Organise a seminar for troops trained to serve on land or sea (7) 8 Arty Sue sails adrift in the tidal mouth of a big river (7) 9 Take ref and go round to the blacksmith’s workshop (5) 10 Channel 4 newsman Mr Snow – ah, a whale of a guy! (5) 11 Spill the beans about calf meat (6) 14 A little chap is tempted to go to the downhill ski run – and sounds drunk! (5) 16 The untangled net is for TV seafood chef Rick – or Jock? (5) 18 Tam? He’s swimming in a famous English river (6) 21 Confess! This could make it mad (5) 24 Tam’s leaving Minnesota sadly to show the perfect way to sink a golf ball (2,3) 25 The CID is heading west – and Ken’s with author Charles (7) 26 Topless near Lyon right at the start (5,2) 27 Val’s got to leave the relatives to fix a loose lace (5) 1 Far from fearless – that’s me going to East Kilbride briefly (4) 2 Burst out the Asti, Ron, for the soldiers’ meals (7) 3 Ella and Rae brewed a traditional cask beer (4,3) 4 PM Theresa gets a ring in a west of Ireland county (4) 5 Ransack and rob with a long gun (5) 6 Care for a surgeon’s assistant (5) 7 The lads then went off to a group of Scottish islands (8) 12 A 20 per cent tax for a number of conservationists (1,1,1) 13 Demolishing the first pie in a Second World War plane (8) 15 Take the car test certificate up to Mr Hiddleston (3) 16 A motorcycle attachment for the races I’d organised (7) 17 Dive over to Ear, Nose and Throat briefly? It’s obvious! (7) 19 Ma is upset over our love affair in France (5) 20 A sad poem, last of all – she will make Greg unhappy (5) 22 Ned turns up under the first of the evergreens in a famous garden (4) 23 Lies about Mull, for instance (4)