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ACROSS

1 A baffling bulge in the army’s reveille instrument (5)

4 “Hi, cuppa?” We hear it’s an early evening meal (4,3)

8 Actor Greg, the Strictly contestant, is out of bed – and gets smarter (5,2)

9 Explode fifty per cent of Wilbur’s TNT (5)

10 A shinbone starts to throb (Isabel bumped it accidentally) (5)

11 Somehow reared to be a book lover (6)

14 A bit of a sandwich in Scotland – especially a jeely one (5)

16 Ed returned with an enemy of Robinson Crusoe’s author (5)

18 Take back the gun and get a bit of gold (6)

21 Exploiting someone? And you sing, they say (5) 24 Graven images to be worshipped are suspiciously solid (5)

25 Some frail men today have a physical or mental disorder (7)

26 Convey one’s thoughts in a fast, nonstop train perhaps (7)

27 Scary mountain beasts? Yes, Ed takes it slowly initially (5)

DOWN

1 Cry out loudly when the Brownies’ leader breaks the law (4)

2 Rae’s fig pie requires a source of heat (3,4)

3 See unit being constructed in the bedroom’s bathroom (2,5)

4 Bunny moves to get the beer ingredients (4)

5 Get a bigger light – excellent primarily for a building’s end wall (5)

6 It turns to red when exhausted (5) 7 Tear Tony away to see a solicitor in the United States (8)

12 Try to sound like some of the Barra people (3)

13 Heard at the dentist’s: “Throw out dope with wine!” (4,4)

15 Some recognised a toothed wheel in the machinery (3)

16 A little child is playing in the public exhibition (7)

17 Supporter gets trouser strap for part of car cooling system (3,4)

19 The GP must accept our sickly rock band (5)

20 Follow as the chosen suede gets trimmed skilfully (5)

22 Friendly movements of the dog’s tail for the footballers’ spouses (4)

23 Tam’s broken the bank’s hole-in-the-wall machines (1,1,2)