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1 Relentlessly pursue Sherlock Holmes’ scary Dartmoor dog (5) 4 Instructions on

Bake Off must be terribly precise (7) 8 Gets off the train, say, following a slight detour (7)

9 Form an alliance to create an iTune production (5)

10 Get lost? Here’s a tip – oh, reverse! (3,2) 11 Descend using ropes? Use tummy muscles and lie back (6) 14 Great dogs for people in Copenhagen perhaps (5)

16 Whacks and wallops with the sleeve ends (5)

18 Say nothing to

Reg – no, I must be devious (6)

21 The growl of a mad dog? Ran the other way into central Oslo (5) 24 It’s not very hot – take a little dip, Ethan, on the way back (5) 25 Spot pal returning with battery-powered computers (7)

26 A short excursion from the party, Di? Very unusual (3,4)

27 Long, drawn-out tales like Game of Thrones – from the east or from the west (5) 1 A hat worn around Edinburgh at first for warmth (4)

2 A mythical beast made the NCO and I run away (7)

3 Coming from a sail, had returned to get some flowers (7)

4 A wage increase is involved in Religious Education (4)

5 A little bit of biscuit is used in the classic rum baba (5) 6 Rip me off? Yes, it could be the top-quality beef (5)

7 See the special sleds supplying easyto-eat grapes (8)

12 Old French money is discovered in Thurso, underground (3) 13 Allowed to go in – and owned up (8) 15 Some decorations are not harmful to the environment (3)

16 Split peas can become nibbles at the party (7)

17 It’s a distance in horse racing and golf – run around (7)

19 A mobile application in New York to get an item for the baby (5) 20 A little thoroughbred I rode uphill for the jockey (5)

22 A short film sequence from the toff leaving clifftop (4) 23 Pass slippery and slithery reptiles (4)