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1 Heading for the exit when no gig has been organised (5) 4 Noel returned to a Trossachs loch with Star Trek’s Nimoy (7) 8 Speaks from memory re construction areas, we hear (7) 9 Sinister signs – so going back to let the men in (5) 10 Some cheap robes? There must be an investigation (5) 11 Operate a bicycle, say, and sell goods from house to house (6) 14 In the Hebrides, Odette is about to be given medicine (5) 16 Stephen, Arthur, Rex and Elvis? (5) 18 A feast for your sight? Sounds like the tower in Paris (6) 21 Move on hands and knees to see the freestyle swimming (5) 24 Some bingo tonight in a big bar (5) 25 Perhaps the 3:30 at Ayr cancelled? Leave in a hurry (4,3) 26 It enables you to listen if a murder is being arranged (7) 27 Letters from a Tain lawyer to the spouse’s mum or dad (2-3) 1 Complain when an American soldier joins Royal Navy briefly (4) 2 Discard damaged items of identification and security (1,1,5) 3 A good bet solves the problem – hit the sack (2,2,3) 4 A heavy drinker from a number of Honolulu’s hostelries (4) 5 This UV-absorbing layer is over us, and one is below Australia (5) 6 A school principal is in front (5) 7 Issue medicine when Sid turns up with UK coins, say (8) 12 Aid injured man from Wales (3) 13 He’s going into a dive! It’s going to be a sticky situation (8) 15 Maybe Tolkien’s hero Legolas is a bit of a wastrel, foolishly (3) 16 Coming from Dakar, a chieftain in an Indian city (7) 17 Wow! Leon gets spinning with fresh fibre from a fleecy flock (3,4) 19 Pour out a lager for the Enigma Variations guy (5) 20 Make a statement about part of the Beirut territory (5) 22 A small amount of Scotch whisky from a wee doctor before noon (4) 23 We fall, being upset after the learners leave – not many (1,3)