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1 MacCorkindale the actor is returning on Monday briefly (5) 4 Arrived with a large amount in King Arthur’s castle (7)

8 Searches for food like a wild animal? Yes, for a long time (7) 9 Chopped turnip and apples for an Edinburgh Zoo animal (5) 10 Stare in a weird way, showing signs of crying (5)

11 A shortage of the special thread (6)

14 The VAT is being fiddled, reveals Panorama! (5) 16 Sounds the car horn when coming back from glorious Peeblesshire (5) 18 Dave is westbound in North America to see the Las Vegas state (6) 21 Kick the bucket with a frog sound (5) 24 In Swansea,

Glenn spotted a big bird of prey (5)

25 A former prison for Lucifer, the Prince of Darkness (3,4)

26 A healthier cooking utensil for a ship like the Waverley (7)

27 Dug up a mine at end of the road (5) 1 Use a sieve on some of the flours (if teacakes) (4)

2 Business marriages Ms Greer organised (7) 3 Specially developed grain – i.e. for an African country (7)

4 The court evidence for and against turned up in a refuse sack (4) 5 Wee Pamela lifted the French syrup in Canada (5)

6 An antisocial person? One hides in an empty larder (5) 7 Teach a topless pest supplying a box from Assam perhaps (3,5) 12 We followed Andrew at first to see Scotland’s longest freshwater loch (3) 13 People out for vengeance use nasty nerve gas (8)

15 Two in Scotland are back from Wishaw tomorrow (3)

16 It’s the cause of yawning in a bedroom, surprisingly (7)

17 Illegal dodging of taxes perhaps? No, I save up (7)

19 Slater must leave the travelogues and get a fashion magazine (5) 20 Dr Mae from the south? That could be a nightmare (5)

22 A cool whisky and lemon drink? Ours is perfectly mixed (4)

23 A slide on the road? The kids will go wild (4)