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1 A regal comeback for the light, refreshing drink (5)

4 Stop speaking after a row, with radioactive dust in the air, say (4,3) 8 The blog set out to show wine glasses (7) 9 All the newspapers, TV, etc, aimed to be different (5)

10 Game fishes belonging to the Dad’s Army silly boy? (5) 11 Pretty in Scotland – singer Tyler or actress Langford (6)

14 Icy cold, like Tom Hanks’ express to the North Pole (5)

16 Low heel or no heel shoes for the apartments (5)

18 We sent off for the most recent and state-of-the-art (6) 21 Ralph always retained the first Greek letter (5) 24 A big Highland bird – one better than a birdie (5)

25 Ready and willing to do something – a tricky UFO trip (2,3,2) 26 Random reasons these women married in Madrid, say (7) 27 Rolls of film reveal a smaller Conger eel swimming (5) 1 The French leave to get building bricks (4) 2 The big angel at Christmas – possibly real big (7)

3 How do you get to these antlered animals? Listen, use the oars, honey! (3,4)

4 Quick to understand and to diet – like Usain Bolt (4)

5 Duck under a branch for a famous low-down West Indian dance (5) 6 A set of cool dentures in the past (5) 7 Cross? Yes, Art turned up over a section of the poem (8) 12 A bit upset in Dunfermline? Yes, it’s no score (3)

13 Painless exercises for the King Charles dogs (8)

15 Returned from Ireland with beer (3) 16 Become infatuated? Yes, partly, if all forgiven (4,3) 17 Theresa arranged a wood source for the baseball bats (3,4) 19 You’ll give up drink when you are on this horse-drawn truck from the Wild West (5)

20 Get the fresh pears with this long sharppointed object (5) 22 Turns to mush and smells unpleasant (4) 23 Moving a seat to spot the pilots’ landing predictions (1,1,2)