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ACROSS

1 Goes against agreements I’d entered into in recession (11)

9 Coach writer engaged in backing sport in Japan (7)

10 Distinctive one among different places (7)

11 She never stripped (3)

12 A tiny amount of strong drink right for Yankee? (7)

13 Very acceptable grass skirts withdrawn (7)

14 The group I belong to receives nothing but grief (3)

15 Celeb, I think, is venomous type (5) 17 What mayors of Big Apple do, describing some jams (5)

18 Cork’s dances? Reels perhaps (5) 20 Remarkably, he says nothing at Pinewood (5)

22 Tread warily and softly these days (3) 24 Invest pounds here, only to lose them (3,4)

25 Approve current application for compensation (7)

26 Number following 11 is the opposite of this (3)

27 Loss of sound? It returns about middle of clip (7) 28 Writer’s favourite American incentive (7) 29 Capital mark-up a lulu potentially (5,6)

DOWN

1 Weird kind of eccentric fiddle (10,5) 2 Author edits a book in new volume (7) 3 Republican is monarch? That’s a step up (5)

4 After leave, sailor picked up soldier in N Africa (6,3)

5 Learned to camouflage a chopper? (7) 6 Popular GP most recently brought in poster for quick fix (8,7)

7 Meeting prisoner of war? That’s very impressive (6)

8 Grand dame imbibes litres with pleasure (6)

16 Illness, new to the ear, distressed Naomi (9)

18 Instinctive whistleblower left former partner (6)

19 Endurance mainmast shattered, except for one metre (7)

21 Drink works, sustaining Alec after loss of energy (7)

23 Finish nearly all the champagne perhaps (6)

25 Hardline guy occasionally cheers (5)