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ACROSS 8 Line port up for trans-border surveillan­ce (8) 9 Chinese animals go back to sorrowful sleep (6) 10 One leaves North Sea oilfield to show personal strengths (6) 11 Deckchair, perhaps, in play area on cruise ship (8) 12 You and I have taken against small enclosure (4) 13 and 20 Tennis fault at colony results in dispute resolution without judgement (3,2,5,10) 15 Three-dimensiona­l tiff one had with a beginner (7) 17 Mates find flower withers before it’s even opened (7) 20 See 13 22 Gums up the works letting learner loose on

teeth of wheel (4) 24 Has prude tampered with Platonic dialogue? (8) 26 Pop up to put phone facility where it’s audible (6) 27 Fixed routine finds nothing in trees (6) 28 Reticent Queen speaks to American Indian people (8) DOWN 1 Once get excited about and call for repeat (6) 2 Don’t move with musical rhythm followed by silence (2,2,4) 3 Post a piece about bishops (10) 4 Oxfam, for instance, orders second change with the purpose of making things clear (7) 5 Movie picture at heart like “Star Wars” or “Ben Hur” (4) 6 Boffin dig on island reveals purple (6) 7 No worries finding zero charge for welfare services (8) 14 Nutters seen in Dundee and Genoa, for example (10) 16 Hear plot about a lot (8) 18 Crack the code for deep rich confection (8) 19 Fashion designer makes current entry in poetic style (7) 21 Dog comes back with bone for this man (6) 23 Mottled texture of cereal on fork (6) 25 Deer heads rented out every season (4)

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