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ACROSS

1 This glows and dies at the end of this month (5)

4 An awful bore – CIA get the heart-pumping kind of workout (7) 8 Not in favour of an Aga and isn’t prepared to cook (7)

9 Elbow out and not on deck (5)

10 A person from Musselburgh maybe has a racecourse (5) 11 Somewhat bold, a gentleman in the later time of life (3,3)

14 Get some extra sleep in Skelmorlie, incidentally (3,2) 16 Charlie always prepared excellent disguises, first of all dressed like batman (5) 18 Stir her tea and warm up in the microwave perhaps (6) 21 Tina at first wins the sign of Gemini (5) 24 Sadly sat in New York in unpleasantly wet weather, say (5) 25 Gadabout grannie is bringing home the bacon (7)

26 A different role, etc, for a person with the right to vote (7) 27 Observed, they say, a small part of the play (5)

DOWN

1 Distinctive style or flair in the Japanese language (4)

2 Defeats yours truly? Yes, I can’t figure it out (5,2)

3 Race to the bottom in a poor state of health (3,4)

4 Primarily amazing! Listening to only Liza Minnelli’s voice, say (4) 5 Huckleberry returned shortly with a person who defies authority (5) 6 Gather some herbal samples in the wood (5) 7 Cooked chowders for American guys who tend the cattle (8) 12 Genetic trial evidence turned up in Callander (1,1,1) 13 Nightingale in the capital of Tuscany (8) 15 The heated emotion that can arise in a brasserie (3) 16 They were not courageous as crowd dispersed (7)

17 Eve nips out, thinking deeply about something (7) 19 Bertha’s team shows unnecessary speed (5)

20 Yeast has to be used, up to this point in time (2,3)

22 Workman’s equipment or clothes, often changed in a car (4) 23 Go up to the French and stare in a lustful way (4)