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1 The sharp end of a pencil with no tip bizarrely (5) 4 Reading her Kindle inside London’s bombshaped skyscraper (7) 8 An ale idiot gets a glass tankard in the bar (4,3) 9 Sounds like it isn’t a black mark or stain (5) 10 Paper money, say, for a male singer (5) 11 A brand of butter – you’ll always find it on a ship (6) 14 Should be a stretch of rough terrain – and it’s terribly tough (5) 16 Reverses, stops and detects a leopard’s features (5) 18 A song I composed for the musical Miss of South Vietnam (6) 21 No bag is brought back to this African country (5) 24 In Barra, was house flooded? (5) 25 Even more strange, it’s rewired wrongly (7) 26 Sprightly sea legs unaffected by the years going by (7) 27 Sounds like a vehicle with Mum is the Buddhist’s destiny (5) 1 Bars and boozers poured us Belhaven stout primarily (4) 2 A lettuce found in the frozen north or south (7) 3 A short break from work for a Cadbury’s bar, say (4,3) 4 Jokes and prevents someone from speaking (4) 5 Don’t have a meal out in a posh English school, say (3,2) 6 It’s bon viveur Floyd the celebrity TV chef, Penelope (5) 7 Taunt Sir about being a birthday suit enthusiast (8) 12 Headgear used by a spaceman on an upwards trajectory (3) 13 BA was not flying to the country of the No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (8) 15 A really greedy person – and a pig on the road (3) 16 Silly Sis and cake? That leads to suffering on a ship (7) 17 Sadly no red, or requested and awaiting delivery (2,5) 19 It’s senseless and silly, Nan – i.e. must be rewritten (5) 20 The yellow-brown colour that’s noticed in Loch Restil (5) 22 Runs up debts initially? Old Walter’s exceptionally stupid (4) 23 An air, a reflective solo song from an opera (4)