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1 Dreadful bores should be clear headed and not drunk (5)

4 The car takes heavy weights – warehouse containers maybe (7) 8 The sick rep’s ale resulted in a setback in the illness (7)

9 Pat’s keeping the last of the lettuce for the oatcake spreads (5) 10 Stay away if avid about nothing (5) 11 Fillet the fish perhaps? Wee Deborah has one (6)

14 Somehow aimed to deliver the newspapers, magazines, etc (5) 16 Gets closer to a snare that’s been slyly repositioned (5)

18 Army officers give them – and monks take them (6)

21 A place to pour over textbooks may become dusty (5) 24 Hunt the movie star? He takes little Leonard to find her (5) 25 The bizarre van came for a Neanderthal perhaps (7)

26 Irate after yours truly returned to Abu Dhabi, for instance (7) 27 Slightly burn a batch of frankfurters in Germany (5) 1 Repair not too many of the radios or televisions (4)

2 Love lying in bed, cherished and much adored (7)

3 The parcel I lost has a duplicate (7)

4 A type of haircut for the ship’s workers (4) 5 Some wee purchases arising? You need currency (5)

6 Do better than someone else with an alfresco party (5) 7 Puss seen sneaking about will create the essential Hitchcock ingredient (8)

12 Bring electrical equipment primarily for Rimsky-Korsakov’s buzzer (3)

13 A blended fruit drink for a charmer (8) 15 Catherine must be a bit upset with the anger (3)

16 Eva isn’t flying to see the indigenous people (7)

17 Part of the body’s torso? That’s a terribly bad omen (7)

19 Hi! Following Boy Trotter to an ancient city in India (5)

20 A darn rough round in the world’s oldest golf club (1,3,1)

22 The accountant is upset – he has a persistent pain (4)

23 We hear a female family member has a stake in the game (4)