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1 Healthy way to cook fish, veg – and possibly meats (5)

4 Busy planning to get married (7)

8 The char was driving about hunting for a vehicle cleaner (3,4)

9 Legally responsible? Yes, primarily only for any gas explosions (2,3) 10 Crew’s in trouble with the twisty nail (5) 11 All directions, say – on every occasion (6) 14 Vigilant? Queen Victoria’s husband threw the first of the burglars out (5)

16 Don is holding me back – he’s a real baddie (5)

18 Quack! Ducks on country tracks obstruct Robert initially (6)

21 A poseur or pretentious person – P.S. due to return (5) 24 Raised from seed? Yes, but it’s wrong, all twisted and tangled (5) 25 A baffling clue: son gets legal advice from an advocate (7) 26 Foul-mouthed guy in the witness box? (7) 27 Pour the juices over and get the lamb as tender inside (5) 1 Informally remove from employment, a fabric bag (4)

2 Pain in the acoustic canal? Take a care – he collapsed (7)

3 Sad Sean met the least generous of all (7) 4 The chorister produces a sound that bounces back (4)

5 The noise of a dog helped to create a big row, ludicrously (5)

6 It’s a bit rough… an airplane to a West African country (5) 7 Putting on clothes to find a sauce for the salad (8)

12 Whoopee? No, when hope is lost, it’s misery (3)

13 The band takes a long time to get the first-aid wrappings (8) 15 Dorothy cut down the decay (up in Stornoway) (3)

16 Pester and annoy the bird and Stu turns nasty (7)

17 Ms Sue, so versatile, produces whipped desserts (7) 19 Have difficulty breathing, found in a car (5)

20 He’s the proprietor, first and foremost, of Wong’s new eastern restaurant (5) 22 Sizeable cuts always result initially in a skin blemish (4) 23 Silly uncle loses the newspaper’s first crossword hint (4)