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4 5 Throw out what you’ve a right to chuck away (5) Bus or train (5)

On which to stand and storm wildly about the Rugby Union (7)

She’s back again (5) Again, a manuscript takes a lot of paper (5)

Child upset by rain on its bare head (5) Meanwhile, I’m joining that Milan club (7)

To start back to the States, transport is needed (3) Light, but not in weight (4) Again dish up a suitable share to finish lunch (6) In the bank, it’s not in circulation (5)

Maybe endlessly shorten the options (6)

He soldiers on, but not overseas (4)

Drink, little one (3) Reckoned to have played a part (7)

Trembling panes can shatter! (5)

Wear flamboyantly just for fun (5)

Grains in their thousands (5) An excellent result, getting ahead of “28 Across” (7) Simply drivel (5)

She’s pigheaded yet noble (5)

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The piano lady (6)

Hole made by a great boxer? (6)

Pantomime cat (3)

Go ahead and make new mates (5)

6 Wept about half an hour and made something hot in the kitchen (7)

7 Sign me on, mistakenly (4) 8 Stay awhile with us in the college grounds (6)

12 Do they mean costly trouble for British capital? (5) 13 Otherwise get the info sorted by Tuesday (2,3) 14 Getting drunk can be difficult (5)

15 The tradesman in Sherlock Street (5)

16 What the horse did with a coconut in view? (5) 18 Flighty fellow? (5) 19 Location of terrible riots in the outskirts of Blackpool (7) 21 22

23 25 26 28 Champion headgear? (6) Charitable chap just a shade out (6)

You, again, are extraordinarily dear! (6) Supplies some consumer goods for a fee (5) Jason’s nautical associate (4)

Tasty bit of gossip (3)