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ACROSS

1 The kind of honey Mo Farah and Usain Bolt prefer? (5)

4 A new gun and a guy from Kampala (7) 8 Olga and Ann travelled to see someone from the African capital Luanda (7) 9 Mad Merle with gun-carrying Mr Fudd of Looney Tunes (5)

10 A stretch of the cliff railings is fragile (5) 11 Pa has to hold a god in the multi-level Asian temple (6)

14 It’s a loud, metallic sound and little Declan gasped (5)

16 Run back to the middle of the museum to get NHS worker (5) 18 A science fiction weapon? Yes, the guy ran away (3,3)

21 A little priest likes going round in Scottish outfits (5) 24 Is a C.A. coming back for Mr Newton or Mr Asimov? (5)

25 Get rid of the boils? Ah, distressed (7)

26 A bit of a flirt, Sonny returned for a wee breather! (7) 27 Filled in with a pen? Yes, it made Ken and Di angry (5)

DOWN

1 Walk about with no plan in the capital of Italy, they say (4)

2 Ian and Geri are out of sorts in this West African country (7) 3 Order the gin –

Lyle is screaming and shouting (7)

4 Samovars from an unkempt Russian noble – silver primarily (4) 5 The stadium is from the Etruscan era, in retrospect (5)

6 A dumb duck in a famous Disney film (5) 7 Gave a running commentary in Arran about Ted (8)

12 The sturdy African wildebeest is being spotted in surprising numbers (3)

13 It’s a stinger with a long tail and cop Ron is disturbed (8) 15 Constantly find fault when wee Keegan turns up (3)

16 Stealthily, I rob

Ian in the largest city of Kenya (7)

17 Have second thoughts about the changes in a rink (7)

19 A long time in jail? Yes, Rae years to return shortly (5)

20 An unusually cruel and crippling tummy complaint (5) 22 Wee William picked up this paper (4) 23 A group of French advisers for the landlocked country south of Libya (4)