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1 Runs away in panic from the blood-sucking insects, we hear (5) 4 Unload an item at someone’s house and fall asleep (4,3)

8 Could be as steep in the former Spanish coins (7)

9 Causes damage to a marsh when badly managed (5)

10 Spicy American food that Veronica Junior can produce (5) 11 This boat must have a bit less, even going back (6)

14 What wild beast is the scavenger? Any he disturbed (5)

16 I must leave busy oilmen with big fruit (5) 18 Foolishly asleep? Yes – pass by and slip away (6)

21 Debate, cross swords and urge a change (5) 24 Prod and push to lie outrageously about an MP (5)

25 An embarrassed person with a cheeky cosmetic (7)

26 Prince’s first secret oddly revealed an item of royal regalia (7) 27 Reach the finish with your bahookie in the air (3,2) 1 A little wasp often upsets vain men obsessed with clothes and manners (4)

2 Force into servitude when Lee’s van drives round (7)

3 It’s a must – a sweet sliced up small orange (7)

4 Move with haste to search for Dot’s companion (4)

5 Old cars had rusty exteriors, primarily a yellowy brown (5) 6 Fairy tale monsters lurk in a bog restless (5) 7 Stupidly eats flan in the 70mph part of the motorway (4,4)

12 Seuss endless returned to bring legal charges (3)

13 Farewells, goodbyes and departures to get an oaty cereal (8) 15 A wee whisky, say, with a pin-up (3)

16 In Braemar, Queen finds a temporary outdoor structure (7) 17 Expressed amusement after the glue had spilled (7) 19 Just a slice of the ham, please – it’s quite sufficient (5) 20 Divide and share a banana and ice cream dessert (5)

22 An instrument that no Boeing is fitted with (4)

23 A weak, pathetic person with a leaky tap? (4)