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1 Desperately want to carve with wild abandon (5)

4 A spaniel destroyed some plants in the rock garden (7)

8 Mislays thing and become very angry or deranged (5,2)

9 Hi, Ron! Off to track down the one-horned African beast (5)

10 A dog for two-time world champion Tyson Fury perhaps (5) 11 Meet Sean returning shortly with respect and admiration (6) 14 The French ned falls over, weighed down with a load (5) 16 Nimble but somewhat fragile (5) 18 Not seeing eye to eye next to the bookie’s starting prices (2,4)

21 A goggle box?

The Voice show excites Tracy primarily (2,3) 24 A bit of an idiot, terrified of a furry river animal (5) 25 Successfully wooed – now back and finished (3,4)

26 Draws in and attracts some decent ice skaters (7)

27 Lorne must head west to join the army or navy maybe (5) 1 Phone, say, an island west of Mull (4) 2 Bad NCOs contrived to leave secretly to avoid arrest (7) 3 Possible the nearest to a Bollywood cowboy movie? (7)

4 Cats are roaming around parts of the play (4)

5 Sir appears to be flying north shortly to a French city (5)

6 In Barcelona, I’ve become gullible (5) 7 More turbulent in the resort – I’m shaking (8) 12 Take part in the Tighnabruiach kids’ chasing game (3) 13 Absolutely by oneself? Yes, Leo and Allan have gone off (3,5) 15 Wrap it up and send without a stamp at first (3)

16 Move forward and get some pay before it’s due (7)

17 Freeze after the rain? Shorten the nice overcoat (3,4)

19 Our choir tried easy tunes, first of all, with a musical group (5) 20 Definitely original – Robbie is chatting initially in the NorthEast dialect (5)

22 Is behind with the bills in Linlithgow especially (4)

23 Turned up in La Rochelle for the unwritten language exam (4)