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ACROSS 1 Paid back; berated badly (7) 5 Conspiring together, about to shoot off (7) 9 Elf got ale playing instrument (9) 10 Skinflint makes Frenchman rise awkwardly (5) 11 Fellow to criticise one set of drums (7) 12 Seems an improvement all together (2,5) 13 Use annual vice, generating capacity to irritate (8,5) 18 Dire cameraman displayed national ideal (8,5) 20 Hates article also whirling around (7) 23 Confiscate one medium coin (7) 25 I would return to current fool (5) 26 He ripened, developing hay fever treatment (9) 27 Conflict that caused division and raw disorder (4,3) 28 Head originally short of reserve (7)

DOWN 1 Deny turn to the heartless judge first (6) 2 Boyfriend played demon in fashionable society (4,5) 3 That problem with European character (5) 4 Religious leader laid out with a student and a graduate (5,4) 5 Attractive person to share, that is (5) 6 I move, running behind residence in amateur film (4,5) 7 Fertile patch for a group (5) 8 Magician has new score registered by queen (8) 14 Dish causes national anxiety (5,4) 15 Payment method if she’s involving swimmers (9) 16 Emulsion mixed with iodine for car (9) 17 Jumping over cellar to get gin cocktail (8) 19 Suppliers of milk sent dude to right school (6) 21 A lax arrangement has island forming a line (5) 22 Insult small mare terribly (5) 24 Fit of temper in a field (5)